Kris Van Wyk and Federico Cina will square off in the qualifications of the Yokohama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Federico Cina who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Federico Cina is the pick to win this match.
Federico Cina -> 1.56
Kris Van Wyk -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Kris Van Wyk vs. Federico Cina
There is no head to head record between Kris Van Wyk and Federico Cina since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Kris Van Wyk
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 58-35 | 57-34 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-32 | 54-30 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-17 | 52-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 367, the South African reached the qualifications after defeating Alafia Ayeni 7-6(4) 3-6 6-1.
In the qualifications, Kris defeated Ayeni (7-64 3-6 6-1). During the match, Van Wyk scored 117 points vs Ayeni’s 110. Kris was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Van Wyk blasted 3 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 15 double faults. Kris Van Wyk lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Van Wyk put 54% of his first serves in, winning 72% (39/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (19/46) on the 2nd serve. The South African broke Ayeni 5 times after converting 28% of his break points (5/18).
Van Wyk has a solid record in the last 3 years having won 66% of his matches (165-84). 57-34 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Van Wyk has a composed163-81 win-loss record in the last 3 years on hard.
The South African’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh,M15 Monastir,M15 Hillcrest and M25 Guiyang.
The South African has an overall 58-35 win-loss record in 2024, 57-34 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokohama Challenger
The South African has never competed in this tournament before.
Federico Cina
28 - 20win/loss
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WLWWLWWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-20 | 15-12 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 596 (career-high), Federico got to the qualifications after beating Hikaru Shiraishi 6-1 3-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Cina defeated Shiraishi (6-1 3-6 6-4). During the match Cina scored 96 points vs Shiraishi’s 82. Cina was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Cina struck 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Federico Cina was quite efficient on serve to win 72% (38/53) of his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Italian broke Shiraishi 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Cina’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Buzau.
The Italian has an overall 28-20 win-loss record in 2024, 15-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van Wyk | Cina |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 26 |
| Pts | 117-110 | 96-82 |
| Total Points | 227 | 178 |
| Winners | 39 | 38 |
| %Winners | 33% | 40% |
Both Van Wyk and Cina played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Kris Van Wyk conceded 1 set, while Federico Cina dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Van Wyk and Cina have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Van Wyk played 3 games more than Cina. The South African scored 39 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian recorded 38 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van Wyk | Cina |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 8 |
| 1st in | 54/100 | 53/84 |
| %1st in | 54% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 39/54 | 38/53 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 19/46 | 18/31 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 58% |
Van Wyk bagged 3 aces . Cina managed to score 8 aces . Van Wyk won 72% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Cina won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Van Wyk | Cina |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/18 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 28% | 40% |
| Conceded | 8 | 7 |
| Saved | 4 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Van Wyk broke his opponent 5 times with a 28% conversion rate. The South African conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Federico conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Van Wyk | |||
| Q1 Ayeni |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 117-110 | 117-110 | |
| Total points | 227 | 227 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 15 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 54/100 | 54/100 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 39/54 | 39/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/46 | 19/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/18 | 5/18 | |
| Converted % | 28% | 28% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Cina | |||
| Q1 Shiraishi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 96-82 | 96-82 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 53/84 | 53/84 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 38/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 18/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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