Patrick Kypson and Strong Kirchheimer will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Champaign Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on THE SCHWARTZ COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Patrick Kypson who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Patrick Kypson is the pick to win this match.
Patrick Kypson -> 1.25
Strong Kirchheimer -> 3.64

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Prediction and head to head Patrick Kypson vs. Strong Kirchheimer

There is no head to head record between Patrick Kypson and Strong Kirchheimer since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Patrick Kypson

Ranked no. 179, the American got to the 2^nd round after defeating Stefan Kozlov 1-6 7-6(3) 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Kozlov, Kypson recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-6³

6-4).During the match, Kypson scored less points (3) than Kozlov. In fact, the world no. 179 won 89 points vs Kozlov’s. That means that Kypson was more focused during the important points. Kypson was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kypson struck 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Patrick Kypson lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kypson put 59% of his first serves in, winning 80% (40/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (14/35) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Kozlov 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Kypson has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (206-125). 11-5 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kypson has an aggregate 38-20 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Cleveland Challenger where he beat Ethan Quinn in the final 4-6 6-3 6-2.

Kypson has a composed 25-26 win-loss record in 2024, 11-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Champaign Challenger

Strong Kirchheimer

Ranked no. 645, Kirchheimer got to the 2^nd round after defeating Reese Stalder 6-3 6-4, Trey Hilderbrand 6-1 6-4 and Tyler Zink 5-7 7-5 7-5.

In the 1^st round against Zink, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-5 7-5). During the match Kirchheimer scored 109 points vs Zink’s 102. Kirchheimer was exceptionally aggressive to blast 52 winners.

Talking about serving, Kirchheimer scored 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Strong Kirchheimer lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kirchheimer put 67% of his first serves in, winning 75% (52/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. Kirchheimer broke Zink 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Kirchheimer’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M15 San Diego.

Strong has a composed 22-28 win-loss record in 2024, 8-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Champaign Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2022 and 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kypson	Kirchheimer
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	3	7
Tot Games	30	72
Pts	89-92	231-196
Total Points	181	427
Winners	40	107
%Winners	45%	46%

Kypson played 1 match while Kirchheimer competed in 3 matches. Kirchheimer started his run from the qualifications while Kypson had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Patrick Kypson lost 1 set, while Strong Kirchheimer dropped 1 set. Kypson has played 4 set(s) less than Kirchheimer (3 vs 7). Therefore, Kypson played 42 games less than Kirchheimer. Kypson scored 40 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Strong scored 107 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kypson	Kirchheimer
Aces	10	20
Avg per match	10	6.7
1st in	50/85	143/210
%1st in	59%	68%
1st pts	40/50	107/143
%1st pts	80%	75%
2nd pts	14/35	36/67
%2nd pts	40%	54%

Kypson made 10 aces . Kirchheimer bagged 20 aces (6.7 per match). Kypson won 80% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Kirchheimer won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kypson	Kirchheimer
Won	3	11
Converted	3/8	11/25
% Converted	38%	44%
Conceded	11	12
Saved	7	7
% Saved	64%	58%
Times Broken	4	5

Patrick broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The American lost his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Strong broke his opponents 11 times with a 44% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.

Kypson
	R1 Kozlov	Total
Score	1-6 7-63 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	89-92	89-92
Total points	181	181
Winners	40	40
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	10	10
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	50/85	50/85
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	40/50	40/50
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	14/35	14/35
% 2nd pts	40%	40%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/8	3/8
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	7/11	7
Saved %	64%	64%
Times Broken	4	4

Kirchheimer
	Q1 Stalder	Q3 Hilderbrand	R1 Zink	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	6-1 6-4	5-7 7-5 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	19	17	36	72
pts	63-56	59-38	109-102	231-196
Total points	119	97	211	427
Winners	27	28	52	107
%Winners	43%	47%	48%	46%
SERVE
Aces	8	7	5	20
Double Faults	2	2	4	8
1st in	42/63	32/44	69/103	143/210
% 1st in	67%	73%	67%	68%
1st pts	27/42	28/32	52/69	107/143
% 1st pts	64%	88%	75%	75%
2nd pts	11/21	8/12	17/34	36/67
% 2nd pts	52%	67%	50%	54%
Breaks
Won	4	3	4	11
Converted	4/8	3/5	4/12	11/25
Converted %	50%	60%	33%	44%
Conceded	3	0	9	12
Saved	1/3	0/0	6/9	7
Saved %	33%	–	67%	100%
Times Broken	2	0	3	5

Tennis Scores in Champaign Challenger

• Micah BraswellBraswell – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (3-6 6-3 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ethan QuinnQuinn – Hady HabibHabib (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Kenta MiyoshiMiyoshi – Aidan MchughMchugh (2-6 7-6⁴ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones – Patrick MaloneyMaloney (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

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