Ergi Kirkin and Tibo Colson will face off in the 2^nd round of the Abidjan 1 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:30 am on COURT CNPS. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ergi Kirkin who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ergi Kirkin is the pick to win this match.
Ergi Kirkin -> 1.58
Tibo Colson -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Ergi Kirkin vs. Tibo Colson

There is no head to head record between Ergi Kirkin and Tibo Colson since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Ergi Kirkin

Ranked no. 314, Kirkin got to the 2^nd round after defeating Aziz Ouakaa 7-5 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Kirkin had a good straight sets win against Ouakaa (7-5 7-5). During the match, Kirkin scored 83 points vs Ouakaa’s 74. Ergi was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kirkin struck 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ergi Kirkin lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kirkin put 57% of his first serves in, winning 73% (29/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. The Turk broke Ouakaa 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Kirkin has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (267-183). 4-5 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Kirkin has an aggregate 66-48 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The Turk has a composed 9-10 win-loss record in 2025, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Abidjan 1 Challenger

Ergi has never competed in this tournament before.

Tibo Colson

Ranked no. 524, the Belgian got to the 2^nd round after beating Abdoulaziz Bationo 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Tibo had a good straight sets win against Bationo (6-3 6-4). During the match Colson scored 73 points vs Bationo’s 58. Tibo was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Colson fired 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Tibo Colson conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Colson put 51% of his first serves in, winning 86% (32/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (16/35) on the 2nd serve. Colson broke Bationo twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Colson’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Doha and M25 Doha.

Colson has a composed 16-5 win-loss record in 2025, 12-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kirkin	Colson
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	24	19
Pts	83-74	73-58
Total Points	157	131
Winners	29	32
%Winners	35%	44%

Both Kirkin and Colson played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kirkin and Colson have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kirkin played 5 games more than Colson. Kirkin scored 29 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian struck 32 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kirkin	Colson
Aces	4	11
Avg per match	4	11
1st in	40/70	37/72
%1st in	57%	51%
1st pts	29/40	32/37
%1st pts	73%	86%
2nd pts	14/30	16/35
%2nd pts	47%	46%

Kirkin struck 4 aces . Colson bagged 11 aces . Kirkin won 73% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Colson won 86% of the points on 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	Kirkin	Colson
Won	5	2
Converted	5/13	2/3
% Converted	38%	67%
Conceded	5	4
Saved	2	4
% Saved	40%	100%
Times Broken	3	0

Kirkin broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Turk surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. The Belgian broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Colson was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.

Kirkin
	R1 Ouakaa	Total
Score	7-5 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	24	24
pts	83-74	83-74
Total points	157	157
Winners	29	29
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	40/70	40/70
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	29/40	29/40
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	14/30	14/30
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/13	5/13
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	2/5	2
Saved %	40%	40%
Times Broken	3	3

Colson
	R1 Bationo	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	73-58	73-58
Total points	131	131
Winners	32	32
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	11	11
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	37/72	37/72
% 1st in	51%	51%
1st pts	32/37	32/37
% 1st pts	86%	86%
2nd pts	16/35	16/35
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/3	2/3
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	4/4	4
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Abidjan 1 Challenger

• Aziz DougazDougaz – Toby SamuelSamuel (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Ergi KirkinKirkin – Aziz OuakaaOuakaa (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Adil KalyanpurKalyanpur (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Philip HenningHenning – Lucas PoullainPoullain (7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Robin BertrandBertrand – Tommaso CompagnucciCompagnucci (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Luca PotenzaPotenza – Yanki ErelErel (6-7³ 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Vadym UrsuUrsu – Moez EcharguiEchargui (6-1 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Aleksandre BakshiBakshi – Kirill KivattsevKivattsev (1-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Aryan ShahShah (3-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Tibo ColsonColson – Abdoulaziz BationoBationo (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Aziz DougazDougaz – Toby SamuelSamuel (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Philip HenningHenning – Lucas PoullainPoullain (7-6(5) 6-3) – See score progression
• Clement ChidekhChidekh – Dominik PalanPalan (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Maximus JonesJones – Kris Van WykVan Wyk (7-5 2-6 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Luca PotenzaPotenza – Yanki ErelErel (6-7(3) 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Adil KalyanpurKalyanpur (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Ergi KirkinKirkin – Aziz OuakaaOuakaa (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Vadym UrsuUrsu – Moez EcharguiEchargui (6-1 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Robin BertrandBertrand – Tommaso CompagnucciCompagnucci (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression

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• Clement ChidekhChidekh – (0-0) – H2H and prediction