Ergi Kirkin and Juan Bautista Torres will fight against each other in the quarter of the Dobrich Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Bautista Torres who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Juan Bautista Torres is the pick to win this match.
Juan Bautista Torres -> 1.57
Ergi Kirkin -> 2.31
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Prediction and head to head Ergi Kirkin vs. Juan Bautista Torres
This will be the 3rd time that Ergi Kirkin and Juan Bautista Torres fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Kirkin and Bautista (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Bautista won 7-6(5) 6-2 in the 1st round in the Tampere Challenger back in July 2024.
Ergi Kirkin
41 - 23win/loss
302
251
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 42-28 | 11-4 | 29-19 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 47-26 | 3-4 | 39-15 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 34-28 | 3-5 | 27-19 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 35-27 | 4-8 | 29-16 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 18-8 | 14-3 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 266, the Turk got to the quarter after beating Carlos Lopez Montagud 6-3 7-6(4) and Yshai Oliel 4-6 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Oliel, Kirkin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-4).During the match, Kirkin scored less points (4) than Oliel. In fact, the world no. 266 won 84 points vs Oliel’s. That means that Kirkin was more focused during the important points. The Turk was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kirkin made 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ergi Kirkin lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kirkin put 53% of his first serves in, winning 66% (31/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (24/42) on the 2nd serve. Kirkin broke Oliel 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ergi has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Kirkin has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (251-167). 29-17 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kirkin has an aggregate180-102 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Porto Alegre Challenger where he overcame Daniel Dutra Da Silva in the final 6-3 7-5.
Kirkin has a composed 41-22 win-loss record in 2024, 29-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Dobrich Challenger
The Turk has never competed in this tournament before.
Juan Bautista Torres
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 41-25 | 0-0 | 41-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 34-19 | 0-0 | 34-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 34-28 | 1-2 | 33-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 44-23 | 12-10 | 32-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 328, Bautista got to the quarter after beating Gabi Adrian Boitan 7-6(4) 6-4 and Alexander Donski 6-3 1-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Argentine defeated Donski (6-3 1-6 6-3). During the match Bautista scored 88 points vs Donski’s 75. Juan was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Bautista scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Juan Bautista Torres lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Bautista put 68% of his first serves in, winning 64% (36/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the 2nd serve. Bautista broke Donski 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Juan has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Bautista’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Santos Challenger and the Lima 1 Challenger.
Bautista has a compiled 31-21 win-loss record in 2024, 31-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Kirkin | Bautista |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
Tot Games | 52 | 48 |
Pts | 166-160 | 161-141 |
Total Points | 326 | 302 |
Winners | 65 | 70 |
%Winners | 39% | 43% |
Both Kirkin and Bautista played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Ergi Kirkin lost 1 set, while Juan Bautista Torres dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kirkin and Bautista have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Kirkin played 4 games more than Bautista. Kirkin scored 65 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Juan fired 70 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Kirkin | Bautista |
---|---|---|
Aces | 7 | 3 |
Avg per match | 3.5 | 1.5 |
1st in | 92/166 | 105/157 |
%1st in | 55% | 67% |
1st pts | 65/92 | 70/105 |
%1st pts | 71% | 67% |
2nd pts | 38/74 | 25/52 |
%2nd pts | 51% | 48% |
Kirkin managed to score 7 aces (3.5 per match). Bautista blasted 3 aces (1.5 per match). Kirkin won 71% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Bautista won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Kirkin | Bautista |
---|---|---|
Won | 7 | 8 |
Converted | 7/18 | 8/17 |
% Converted | 39% | 47% |
Conceded | 11 | 17 |
Saved | 6 | 10 |
% Saved | 55% | 59% |
Times Broken | 5 | 7 |
Kirkin broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Ergi dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. Bautista broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.
Kirkin | ||||
R1 Lopez |
R2 Oliel |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-3 7-64 | 4-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 22 | 30 | 52 | |
pts | 82-72 | 84-88 | 166-160 | |
Total points | 154 | 172 | 326 | |
Winners | 34 | 31 | 65 | |
%Winners | 41% | 37% | 39% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
1st in | 45/77 | 47/89 | 92/166 | |
% 1st in | 58% | 53% | 55% | |
1st pts | 34/45 | 31/47 | 65/92 | |
% 1st pts | 76% | 66% | 71% | |
2nd pts | 14/32 | 24/42 | 38/74 | |
% 2nd pts | 44% | 57% | 51% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
Converted | 3/9 | 4/9 | 7/18 | |
Converted % | 33% | 44% | 39% | |
Conceded | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
Saved | 3/5 | 3/6 | 6 | |
Saved % | 60% | 50% | 55% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Bautista | ||||
R1 Adrian Boitan |
R2 Donski |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-64 6-4 | 6-3 1-6 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 23 | 25 | 48 | |
pts | 73-66 | 88-75 | 161-141 | |
Total points | 139 | 163 | 302 | |
Winners | 34 | 36 | 70 | |
%Winners | 47% | 41% | 43% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
1st in | 49/75 | 56/82 | 105/157 | |
% 1st in | 65% | 68% | 67% | |
1st pts | 34/49 | 36/56 | 70/105 | |
% 1st pts | 69% | 64% | 67% | |
2nd pts | 11/26 | 14/26 | 25/52 | |
% 2nd pts | 42% | 54% | 48% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
Converted | 4/7 | 4/10 | 8/17 | |
Converted % | 57% | 40% | 47% | |
Conceded | 8 | 9 | 17 | |
Saved | 5/8 | 5/9 | 10 | |
Saved % | 63% | 56% | 60% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Head 2 Head
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