Ergi Kirkin and Aryan Shah will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Abidjan 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on CENTRAL KAYDAN. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
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 -> 1.85
Aryan Shah -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Ergi Kirkin vs. Aryan Shah
There is no head to head record between Ergi Kirkin and Aryan Shah since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Ergi Kirkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10-11 | 5-6 | 0-3 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 49-30 | 18-5 | 29-20 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-26 | 3-4 | 39-15 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 3-5 | 27-19 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-27 | 4-8 | 29-16 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 321, Ergi reached the 2nd round after beating Nicolas Jadoun 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, Kirkin had a good straight sets win against Jadoun (6-1 6-4). During the match, Kirkin scored 57 points vs Jadoun’s 35. Ergi was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kirkin fired 10 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Ergi Kirkin was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 76% (22/29) of his 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kirkin broke Jadoun 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Kirkin has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (268-184). 5-6 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kirkin has a compiled 67-49 record in the last years on hard.
Ergi has an aggregate 10-11 win-loss record in 2025, 5-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Abidjan 2 Challenger
Aryan Shah
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-8 | 14-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-17 | 32-13 | 2-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 8-6 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 6-4 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 471, Shah got to the 2nd round after beating Taha Baadi 7-6(5) 6-2.
In the 1st round, Shah had a good straight sets win against Baadi (7-65 6-2). During the match Shah scored 76 points vs Baadi’s 65. Aryan was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Shah struck 12 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Aryan Shah lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Shah put 51% of his first serves in, winning 78% (28/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. Aryan broke Baadi 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
The Indian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Ahmedabad.
Aryan has a composed 14-8 win-loss record in 2025, 14-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kirkin | Shah |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 |
| Pts | 57-35 | 76-65 |
| Total Points | 92 | 141 |
| Winners | 22 | 28 |
| %Winners | 39% | 37% |
Both Kirkin and Shah played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kirkin and Shah have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kirkin played 4 games less than Shah. Kirkin scored 22 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Indian struck 28 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kirkin | Shah |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 12 |
| 1st in | 29/48 | 36/70 |
| %1st in | 60% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 28/36 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 17/34 |
| %2nd pts | 74% | 50% |
Kirkin managed to score 10 aces . Shah recorded 12 aces . Kirkin won 76% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 74% of the points. On the other side, Shah won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kirkin | Shah |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 3/10 |
| % Converted | 80% | 30% |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Ergi broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Turk conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Indian broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Shah conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kirkin | |||
| R1 Jadoun |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 57-35 | 57-35 | |
| Total points | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 29/48 | 29/48 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 22/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 14/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 74% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Shah | |||
| R1 Baadi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 76-65 | 76-65 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 36/70 | 36/70 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 28/36 | 28/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 17/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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