Maxwell Mckennon and Szymon Kielan will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Porto 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Szymon Kielan who should win in 3 sets.
Szymon Kielan -> 1.78
Maxwell Mckennon -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Maxwell Mckennon vs. Szymon Kielan
There is no head to head record between Maxwell Mckennon and Szymon Kielan since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Maxwell Mckennon
29 - 18win/loss
553
458
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-25 | 26-20 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-22 | 30-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 14-13 | 11-12 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 464, Mckennon got to the qualifications after beating Jan Jermar 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, Mckennon had a good straight sets win against Jermar (6-4 7-5). During the match, Mckennon scored 68 points vs Jermar’s 57. Mckennon was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mckennon fired 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Maxwell Mckennon was extremely effective on serve to win 84% (31/37) of his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mckennon broke Jermar twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Mckennon has a winning match record in the last 4 years having won 58% of his matches (76-54). 2-1 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mckennon has an aggregate2-1 record in the last 4 years on clay.
Mckennon’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Kayseri and M25 Castelo Branco.
The American has a composed 29-18 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto 2 Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Szymon Kielan
12 - 10win/loss
893
601
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13-14 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2024 | 18-22 | 10-9 | 5-10 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-21 | 12-10 | 3-8 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-20 | 8-9 | 13-8 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-9 | 1-2 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 893, Kielan reached the qualifications after defeating Bautista Vilicich 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Kielan had a good straight sets win against Vilicich (6-4 6-4). During the match Kielan scored 73 points vs Vilicich’s 67. Kielan was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Kielan bagged 10 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Szymon Kielan lost the serve once and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Kielan put 60% of his first serves in, winning 73% (33/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. Szymon broke Vilicich 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Kielan has an aggregate 12-10 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mckennon | Kielan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 20 |
| Pts | 68-57 | 73-67 |
| Total Points | 125 | 140 |
| Winners | 31 | 33 |
| %Winners | 46% | 45% |
Both Mckennon and Kielan 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, Mckennon and Kielan have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Mckennon played 2 games more than Kielan. The American scored 31 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Pole made 33 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mckennon | Kielan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 10 |
| 1st in | 37/63 | 45/75 |
| %1st in | 59% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 31/37 | 33/45 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 17/26 | 14/30 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 47% |
Mckennon made 5 aces . Kielan fired 10 aces . Mckennon won 84% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Kielan won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mckennon | Kielan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/3 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 67% | 43% |
| Conceded | 4 | 11 |
| Saved | 4 | 10 |
| % Saved | 100% | 91% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Mckennon broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Mckennon extremely effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points. Kielan broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Kielan conceded his serve once and he saved 91% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mckennon | |||
| Q1 Jermar | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 68-57 | 68-57 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 37/63 | 37/63 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 31/37 | 31/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/26 | 17/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 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 | |
| Kielan | |||
| Q1 Vilicich | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 73-67 | 73-67 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 45/75 | 45/75 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 33/45 | 33/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/30 | 14/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 10/11 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 91% | 91% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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