Strong Kirchheimer and Patrick Brady will square off in the 2^nd round of the Puerto Vallarta Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm on PUERTO VALLARTA. 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 Strong Kirchheimer who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Strong Kirchheimer is the pick to win this match.
Strong Kirchheimer -> 1.74
Patrick Brady -> 2

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Prediction and head to head Strong Kirchheimer vs. Patrick Brady

This will be the 2^nd time that Strong Kirchheimer and Patrick Brady fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Brady (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Brady won 6-7(5) 6-2 7-5 in the qualifications in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger back in November 2024.

Strong Kirchheimer

Ranked no. 618, Kirchheimer got to the 2^nd round after defeating Sai Karteek Reddy Ganta 6-3 6-2 and Henry Searle 6-3 3-6 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Strong defeated Searle (6-3 3-6 6-2). During the match, Kirchheimer scored 91 points vs Searle’s 84. Strong was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kirchheimer bagged 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Strong Kirchheimer lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kirchheimer put 68% of his first serves in, winning 68% (41/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Strong broke Searle 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Kirchheimer has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (261-212). 14-17 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kirchheimer has an aggregate135-116 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

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

The American has an aggregate 24-30 win-loss record in 2024, 14-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger

Strong has never competed in this tournament before.

Patrick Brady

Ranked no. 898, the Brit got to the 2^nd round after defeating Finn Reynolds 7-5 6-1, Strong Kirchheimer 6-7(5) 6-2 7-5 and Santiago Ledesma 6-2 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Patrick had a good straight sets win against Ledesma (6-2 6-1). During the match Brady scored 56 points vs Ledesma’s 35. Patrick was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Brady scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 6 double faults. Patrick Brady lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Brady put 70% of his first serves in, winning 84% (26/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (5/13) on the 2nd serve. Brady broke Ledesma 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Brady has a composed 15-16 win-loss record in 2024, 9-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kirchheimer	Brady
Match played	2	3
Tot Set	5	7
Tot Games	43	67
Pts	152-121	260-205
Total Points	273	465
Winners	68	104
%Winners	45%	40%

Kirchheimer played 2 matches while Brady competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Strong Kirchheimer lost 1 set, while Patrick Brady surrendered 1 set. Kirchheimer has played 2 set(s) less than Brady (5 vs 7). Therefore, Kirchheimer played 24 games less than Brady. Kirchheimer scored 68 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit fired 104 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kirchheimer	Brady
Aces	8	5
Avg per match	4	1.7
1st in	91/134	153/228
%1st in	68%	67%
1st pts	68/91	104/153
%1st pts	75%	68%
2nd pts	24/43	41/75
%2nd pts	56%	55%

Kirchheimer scored 8 aces (4 per match). Brady bagged 5 aces (1.7 per match). Kirchheimer won 75% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Brady won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kirchheimer	Brady
Won	7	16
Converted	7/15	16/42
% Converted	47%	38%
Conceded	8	21
Saved	6	15
% Saved	75%	71%
Times Broken	2	6

The American broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Strong lost his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Brady broke his opponents 16 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Brit conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Kirchheimer
	Q1 Karteek Reddy Ganta	Q3 Brady	R1 Searle	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	6-75 6-2 7-5	6-3 3-6 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	17	33	26	76
pts	61-37	–	91-84	152-121
Total points	98	0	175	273
Winners	27		41	68
%Winners	44%	0%	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	4	0	4	8
Double Faults	2		5	7
1st in	31/46	/	60/88	91/134
% 1st in	67%	0%	68%	68%
1st pts	27/31	/	41/60	68/91
% 1st pts	87%	0%	68%	75%
2nd pts	10/15	/	14/28	24/43
% 2nd pts	67%	0%	50%	56%
Breaks
Won	3		4	7
Converted	3/6	/	4/9	7/15
Converted %	50%	0%	44%	47%
Conceded	1		7	8
Saved	1/1	0/	5/7	6
Saved %	100%	–	71%	57%
Times Broken	0		2	2

Brady
	Q1 Reynolds	Q3 Kirchheimer	R1 Ledesma	Total
Score	7-5 6-1	6-75 6-2 7-5	6-2 6-1
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	19	33	15	67
pts	80-61	124-109	56-35	260-205
Total points	141	233	91	465
Winners	27	51	26	104
%Winners	34%	41%	46%	40%
SERVE
Aces	1	3	1	5
Double Faults	7	6	6	19
1st in	41/65	81/119	31/44	153/228
% 1st in	63%	68%	70%	67%
1st pts	27/41	51/81	26/31	104/153
% 1st pts	66%	63%	84%	68%
2nd pts	14/24	22/38	5/13	41/75
% 2nd pts	58%	58%	38%	55%
Breaks
Won	5	6	5	16
Converted	5/19	6/15	5/8	16/42
Converted %	26%	40%	63%	38%
Conceded	6	13	2	21
Saved	4/6	10/13	1/2	15
Saved %	67%	77%	50%	65%
Times Broken	2	3	1	6

Tennis Scores in Puerto Vallarta Challenger

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• Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Giles HusseyHussey (7-5 0-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Aidan MayoMayo – Keegan SmithSmith (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Liam DraxlDraxl – Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez (6-0 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings

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