Kris Van Wyk and Lukas Pokorny will square off in the qualifications of the Shanghai Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 6. 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 Lukas Pokorny who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Lukas Pokorny is the pick to win this match.
Lukas Pokorny -> 1.52
Kris Van Wyk -> 2.42

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Prediction and head to head Kris Van Wyk vs. Lukas Pokorny

There is no head to head record between Kris Van Wyk and Lukas Pokorny since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Kris Van Wyk

Ranked no. 405, the South African got to the qualifications after defeating Charles Chen 6-4 6-1.

In the qualifications, The South African had a good straight sets win against Chen (6-4 6-1). During the match, Van Wyk scored 65 points vs Chen’s 45. The South African was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Regarding the service games, Van Wyk blasted 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Kris Van Wyk was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 76% (22/29) of his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kris broke Chen 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Van Wyk has a solid match record in the last 3 years having won 67% of his matches (149-74). 42-25 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Van Wyk has a composed148-72 match record in the last 3 years on hard.

Kris’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh,M15 Monastir and M15 Hillcrest.

The South African has an overall 42-25 win-loss record in 2024, 42-25 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Shanghai Challenger

Kris has never competed in this tournament before.

Lukas Pokorny

Ranked no. 509, Lukas reached the qualifications after beating Tristan Lamasine 7-6(7) 6-3.

In the qualifications, Pokorny had a good straight sets win against Lamasine (7-6⁷ 6-3). During the match Pokorny scored 73 points vs Lamasine’s 62. Pokorny was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, Pokorny fired 16 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Lukas Pokorny lost the serve once. Furthermore, Pokorny put 58% of his first serves in, winning 85% (35/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Lukas broke Lamasine twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Pokorny’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir.

Pokorny has a compiled 26-17 win-loss record in 2024, 18-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Van Wyk	Pokorny
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	22
Pts	65-45	73-62
Total Points	110	135
Winners	22	35
%Winners	34%	48%

Both Van Wyk and Pokorny played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Van Wyk and Pokorny have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Van Wyk played 5 games less than Pokorny. Van Wyk scored 22 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian blasted 35 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Van Wyk	Pokorny
Aces	6	16
Avg per match	6	16
1st in	29/55	41/71
%1st in	53%	58%
1st pts	22/29	35/41
%1st pts	76%	85%
2nd pts	15/26	15/30
%2nd pts	58%	50%

Van Wyk made 6 aces . Pokorny bagged 16 aces . Van Wyk won 76% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Pokorny won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Van Wyk	Pokorny
Won	4	2
Converted	4/7	2/3
% Converted	57%	67%
Conceded	4	1
Saved	3	0
% Saved	75%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

The South African broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Kris conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Pokorny broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Pokorny conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Van Wyk
	Q1 Chen	Total
Score	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	65-45	65-45
Total points	110	110
Winners	22	22
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	29/55	29/55
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	22/29	22/29
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	15/26	15/26
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/7	4/7
Converted %	57%	57%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

Pokorny
	Q1 Lamasine	Total
Score	7-67 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	73-62	73-62
Total points	135	135
Winners	35	35
%Winners	48%	48%
SERVE
Aces	16	16
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	41/71	41/71
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	35/41	35/41
% 1st pts	85%	85%
2nd pts	15/30	15/30
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/3	2/3
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

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