Jerome Kym and Justin Engel will square off in the quarter of the Villena Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:00 pm on PISTA CARLOS ALCARAZ. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jerome Kym who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jerome Kym is the pick to win this match.
Jerome Kym -> 1.27
Justin Engel -> 3.48

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Prediction and head to head Jerome Kym vs. Justin Engel

This will be the 2^nd time that Jerome Kym and Justin Engel clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Engel (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Engel won 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the final in M15 Villach back in May 2024.

Jerome Kym

Ranked no. 155, Jerome reached the quarter after beating Matteo Gigante 6-3 6-1 and Valentin Royer 6-1 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, Jerome had a good straight sets win against Royer (6-1 6-1). During the match, Kym scored 56 points vs Royer’s 29. Kym was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kym managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Jerome Kym was exceptionally effective on serve to win 90% (19/21) of his 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kym broke Royer 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Swiss hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 62% of the points he played.

Kym has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 69% of his matches (125-57). 13-3 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kym has an overall30-8 record in the last 6 years on hard.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Prostejov Challenger where he beat Chun Hsin Tseng in the final 6-2 3-6 6-2 and the Zug Challenger where he defeated Roman Andres Burruchaga in the final 6-4 6-4.

The Swiss has a composed 53-16 win-loss record in 2024, 13-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Villena Challenger

Kym has never competed in this tournament before.

Justin Engel

Ranked no. 522, the German reached the quarter after beating Raul Brancaccio 6-1 6-4

, Rafael Jodar 6-3 6-3 and Luca Van Assche 3-6 6-4 6-0.

In the 2^nd round against Van Assche, Engel recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-0). During the match Engel scored 79 points vs Van Assche’s 60. Engel was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Engel made 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Justin Engel lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Engel put 54% of his first serves in, winning 89% (34/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Van Assche 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The German started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Justin’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Villach,M15 Uslar,M15 Trier and M15 Cap d’Agde.

Engel has a compiled 35-13 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kym	Engel
Match played	2	3
Tot Set	4	7
Tot Games	30	60
Pts	120-73	209-157
Total Points	193	366
Winners	43	80
%Winners	36%	38%

Kym played 2 matches while Engel competed in 3 matches. Engel started his run from the qualifications while Kym had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Justin Engel conceded 1 set while Jerome Kym hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kym has played 3 set(s) less than Engel (4 vs 7). Therefore, Kym played 30 games less than Engel. Jerome scored 43 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Engel bagged 80 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kym	Engel
Aces	13	27
Avg per match	6.5	9
1st in	51/86	93/179
%1st in	59%	52%
1st pts	43/51	80/93
%1st pts	84%	86%
2nd pts	20/35	42/86
%2nd pts	57%	49%

Kym recorded 13 aces (6.5 per match). Engel blasted 27 aces (9 per match). Kym won 84% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Engel won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kym	Engel
Won	10	13
Converted	10/21	13/25
% Converted	48%	52%
Conceded	7	9
Saved	6	4
% Saved	86%	44%
Times Broken	1	5

Jerome broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Swiss surrendered his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Engel broke his opponents 13 times with a 52% conversion rate. Justin conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded.

Kym
	R1 Gigante	R2 Royer	Total
Score	6-3 6-1	6-1 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	16	14	30
pts	64-44	56-29	120-73
Total points	108	85	193
Winners	24	19	43
%Winners	38%	34%	36%
SERVE
Aces	6	7	13
Double Faults	3	1	4
1st in	30/52	21/34	51/86
% 1st in	58%	62%	59%
1st pts	24/30	19/21	43/51
% 1st pts	80%	90%	84%
2nd pts	11/22	9/13	20/35
% 2nd pts	50%	69%	57%
Breaks
Won	5	5	10
Converted	5/11	5/10	10/21
Converted %	45%	50%	48%
Conceded	7	0	7
Saved	6/7	0/0	6
Saved %	86%	–	43%
Times Broken	1	0	1

Engel
	Q1 Brancaccio	Q3 Soriano	R1 Jodar	R2 Van	Total
Score	6-1 6-4	w/o	6-3 6-3	3-6 6-4 6-0
Tot Set	2	–	2	3	7
Tot Games	17	–	18	25	60
pts	65-51	–	65-46	79-60	209-157
Total points	116	–	111	139	366
Winners	23	–	23	34	80
%Winners	35%	–	35%	43%	38%
SERVE
Aces	10	–	8	9	27
Double Faults	5	–	3	5	13
1st in	27/55	–	28/53	38/71	93/179
% 1st in	49%	–	53%	54%	52%
1st pts	23/27	–	23/28	34/38	80/93
% 1st pts	85%	–	82%	89%	86%
2nd pts	14/28	–	12/25	16/33	42/86
% 2nd pts	50%	–	48%	48%	49%
Breaks
Won	4	–	5	4	13
Converted	4/9	–	5/10	4/6	13/25
Converted %	44%	–	50%	67%	52%
Conceded	1	–	6	2	9
Saved	0/1	–	4/6	0/2	4
Saved %	0%	–	67%	0%	34%
Times Broken	1	–	2	2	5

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