Kris Van Wyk and Petr Bar Biryukov will face off in the qualifications of the Pune Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. 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 Petr Bar Biryukov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Petr Bar Biryukov is the pick to win this match.
Petr Bar Biryukov -> 1.833
Kris Van Wyk -> 1.89
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Prediction and head to head Kris Van Wyk vs. Petr Bar Biryukov
This will be the 2nd time that Kris Van Wyk and Petr Bar Biryukov fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bar Biryukov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Bar Biryukov won 6-7(2) 6-3 6-2 in the qualifications in the Hangzhou Challenger back in 2024.
Kris Van Wyk
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6-7 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 65-39 | 64-38 | 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. 364, the South African got to the qualifications after defeating Nitin Kumar Sinha 7-5 7-5.
In the qualifications, Kris had a good straight sets win against Kumar Sinha (7-5 7-5). During the match, Van Wyk scored 86 points vs Kumar Sinha’s 72. Kris was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Van Wyk struck 8 aces and he was not very solid on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Overall, Kris Van Wyk was pretty efficient on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 60% (24/40) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Van Wyk broke Kumar Sinha 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Van Wyk has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 66% of his matches (173-89). 1-1 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Van Wyk has a compiled171-86 record in the last 4 years on hard.
Van Wyk has an aggregate 1-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pune Challenger
The South African has never competed in this tournament before.
Petr Bar Biryukov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-9 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-23 | 43-22 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-20 | 15-9 | 9-9 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-17 | 25-14 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-18 | 3-1 | 2-10 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 410, Bar Biryukov got to the qualifications after beating Oleksandr Ovcharenko 6-3 7-6(6).
In the qualifications, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Ovcharenko (6-3 7-66). During the match Bar Biryukov scored 68 points vs Ovcharenko’s 61. Petr was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Bar Biryukov buried his opponent with 22 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Petr Bar Biryukov conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Bar Biryukov put 66% of his first serves in, winning 85% (40/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. The Russian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Ovcharenko once.
Bar Biryukov’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Monastir.
The Russian has a composed 6-4 win-loss record in 2025, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van Wyk | Bar Biryukov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 22 |
| Pts | 86-72 | 68-61 |
| Total Points | 158 | 129 |
| Winners | 28 | 40 |
| %Winners | 33% | 59% |
Both Van Wyk and Bar Biryukov played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Van Wyk and Bar Biryukov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Van Wyk played 2 games more than Bar Biryukov. The South African scored 28 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian made 40 winners (59%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van Wyk | Bar Biryukov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 22 |
| 1st in | 39/79 | 47/71 |
| %1st in | 49% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 40/47 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 24/40 | 11/24 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 46% |
Van Wyk blasted 8 aces . Bar Biryukov struck 22 aces . Van Wyk won 72% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Bar Biryukov won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Van Wyk | Bar Biryukov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 1 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 1/1 |
| % Converted | 50% | 100% |
| Conceded | 9 | 3 |
| Saved | 7 | 3 |
| % Saved | 78% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Van Wyk broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kris surrendered his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Bar Biryukov broke his opponent once with a 100% conversion rate. Bar Biryukov was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Van Wyk | |||
| Q1 Kumar Sinha |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 86-72 | 86-72 | |
| Total points | 158 | 158 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 39/79 | 39/79 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 28/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/40 | 24/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Bar Biryukov | |||
| Q1 Ovcharenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 68-61 | 68-61 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 59% | 59% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 22 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 47/71 | 47/71 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 40/47 | 40/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/24 | 11/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 1/1 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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