Jerome Kym and Marco Cecchinato will face off in the 2^nd round of the Hagen Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on PLATZMANN CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jerome Kym who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jerome Kym is the pick to win this match.
Jerome Kym -> 1.48
Marco Cecchinato -> 2.5

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Prediction and head to head Jerome Kym vs. Marco Cecchinato

This will be the 2^nd time that Jerome Kym and Marco Cecchinato fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kym (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Kym won 6-3 6-0 in the quarter in the Modena Challenger back in July 2025.

Jerome Kym

Ranked no. 191, Jerome got to the 2^nd round after beating Kimmer Coppejans 6-2 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Coppejans (6-2 6-3). During the match, Kym scored 55 points vs Coppejans’s 39. Jerome was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kym made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Jerome Kym was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 76% (25/33) of his 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kym broke Coppejans 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Kym has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 66% of his matches (147-76). 14-10 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kym has a compiled85-44 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.

Jerome’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Mauthausen Challenger,the Vicenza Challenger and the Modena Challenger.

Kym has an overall 16-15 win-loss record in 2025, 14-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Hagen Challenger

Jerome has never competed in this tournament before.

Marco Cecchinato

Ranked no. 287, Cecchinato got to the 2^nd round after defeating Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva 6-2 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Lucas Reis Da (6-2 6-3). During the match Cecchinato scored 66 points vs Lucas Reis Da’s 44. Cecchinato was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Cecchinato recorded 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Marco Cecchinato was quite effective on serve to win 76% (26/34) of his 1st serve and 75% (12/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Cecchinato broke Lucas Reis Da 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Milan Challenger where he defeated Dino Prizmic in the final 6-2 6-3.

The Italian has a compiled 25-21 win-loss record in 2025, 25-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kym	Cecchinato
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
Pts	55-39	66-44
Total Points	94	110
Winners	25	26
%Winners	45%	39%

Both Kym and Cecchinato played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kym and Cecchinato have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (17). Kym scored 25 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian blasted 26 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kym	Cecchinato
Aces	3	2
Avg per match	3	2
1st in	33/51	34/50
%1st in	65%	68%
1st pts	25/33	26/34
%1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	13/18	12/16
%2nd pts	72%	75%

Kym blasted 3 aces . Cecchinato made 2 aces . Kym won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, Cecchinato won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 75% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kym	Cecchinato
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/10
% Converted	75%	30%
Conceded	0	2
Saved	0	2
% Saved	0%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Kym broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Kym was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Italian broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Cecchinato was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

Kym
	R1 Coppejans	Total
Score	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	55-39	55-39
Total points	94	94
Winners	25	25
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	33/51	33/51
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	25/33	25/33
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	13/18	13/18
% 2nd pts	72%	72%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/4
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Cecchinato
	R1 Lucas Reis Da	Total
Score	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	66-44	66-44
Total points	110	110
Winners	26	26
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	34/50	34/50
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	26/34	26/34
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	12/16	12/16
% 2nd pts	75%	75%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/10	3/10
Converted %	30%	30%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

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