Patrick Kypson and Antoine Ghibaudo will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Sioux Falls Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 5:00 pm on SIOUX FALLS FORD LINCOLN STADIUM. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Patrick Kypson who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Patrick Kypson is the pick to win this match.
Patrick Kypson -> 1.4
Antoine Ghibaudo -> 2.79

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Prediction and head to head Patrick Kypson vs. Antoine Ghibaudo

This will be the 2^nd time that Patrick Kypson and Antoine Ghibaudo play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ghibaudo (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played, Ghibaudo won 7-6(1) 7-5 in the 1^st round in the Newport Challenger back in July 2025.

Patrick Kypson

Ranked no. 166, Kypson got to the semifinal after beating Oliver Tarvet 6-2 4-6 6-3, Rafael Jodar 6-4 6-4 and Rinky Hijikata 6-4 6-4.

In the quarter, Patrick had a good straight sets win against Hijikata (6-4 6-4). During the match, Kypson scored 68 points vs Hijikata’s 49. Kypson was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kypson managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Patrick Kypson was pretty efficient on serve to win 88% (30/34) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Patrick broke Hijikata twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Patrick has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Kypson has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (240-138). 12-4 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kypson has an overall 51-25 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Bogota Challenger where he overcame Pedro Sakamoto in the final 6-1 6-3 and the Little Rock Challenger where he overcame Michael Zheng in the final 6-1 1-6 7-5.

Patrick has an overall 38-14 win-loss record in 2025, 12-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sioux Falls Challenger

Antoine Ghibaudo

Ranked no. 398 (career-high), Antoine reached the semifinal after beating Maxwell Exsted 6-4 7-5, Francisco Rocha 6-3 6-2, Jay Clarke 2-6 6-2 7-5, Andrew Fenty 7-5 6-4 and Martin Damm 7-6(4) 6-4.

In the quarter, Antoine had a good straight sets win against Damm (7-6⁴ 6-4). During the match Ghibaudo scored 78 points vs Damm’s 76. Antoine was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.

About the serving games, Ghibaudo struck 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Antoine Ghibaudo lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Ghibaudo put 64% of his first serves in, winning 65% (36/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (19/31) on the 2nd serve. Ghibaudo broke Damm twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ghibaudo started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Ghibaudo’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Heraklion.

Ghibaudo has a composed 31-16 win-loss record in 2025, 10-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sioux Falls Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st

round in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kypson	Ghibaudo
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	7	11
Tot Games	67	112
Pts	248-204	367-308
Total Points	452	675
Winners	106	165
%Winners	43%	45%

Kypson played 3 matches while Ghibaudo competed in 5 matches. Ghibaudo started his run from the qualifications while Kypson had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Patrick Kypson surrendered 1 set, while Antoine Ghibaudo conceded 1 set. Kypson has played 4 set(s) less than Ghibaudo (7 vs 11). Therefore, Kypson played 45 games less than Ghibaudo. The American scored 106 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The French player fired 165 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kypson	Ghibaudo
Aces	20	19
Avg per match	6.7	3.8
1st in	136/218	232/342
%1st in	62%	68%
1st pts	106/136	165/232
%1st pts	78%	71%
2nd pts	41/82	65/110
%2nd pts	50%	59%

Kypson bagged 20 aces (6.7 per match). Ghibaudo made 19 aces (3.8 per match). Kypson won 78% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Ghibaudo won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kypson	Ghibaudo
Won	10	17
Converted	10/21	17/34
% Converted	48%	50%
Conceded	14	18
Saved	10	10
% Saved	71%	56%
Times Broken	4	8

Patrick broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Ghibaudo broke his opponents 17 times with a 50% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.

Kypson
	R1 Tarvet	R2 Jodar	1/4 Hijikata	Total
Score	6-2 4-6 6-3	6-4 6-4	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	27	20	20	67
pts	101-90	79-65	68-49	248-204
Total points	191	144	117	452
Winners	47	29	30	106
%Winners	47%	37%	44%	43%
SERVE
Aces	12	4	4	20
Double Faults	2	4	1	7
1st in	65/102	37/68	34/48	136/218
% 1st in	64%	54%	71%	62%
1st pts	47/65	29/37	30/34	106/136
% 1st pts	72%	78%	88%	78%
2nd pts	18/37	13/31	10/14	41/82
% 2nd pts	49%	42%	71%	50%
Breaks
Won	4	4	2	10
Converted	4/9	4/7	2/5	10/21
Converted %	44%	57%	40%	48%
Conceded	9	5	0	14
Saved	7/9	3/5	0/0	10
Saved %	78%	60%	–	46%
Times Broken	2	2	0	4

Ghibaudo
	Q1 Exsted	Q3 Rocha	R1 Clarke	R2 Fenty	1/4 Damm	Total
Score	6-4 7-5	6-3 6-2	2-6 6-2 7-5	7-5 6-4	7-64 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	2	11
Tot Games	22	17	28	22	23	112
pts	69-59	58-37	86-76	76-60	78-76	367-308
Total points	128	95	162	136	154	675
Winners	34	27	36	32	36	165
%Winners	49%	47%	42%	42%	46%	45%
SERVE
Aces	3	2	4	7	3	19
Double Faults	1	1	1	1	3	7
1st in	44/65	34/47	52/79	47/65	55/86	232/342
% 1st in	68%	72%	66%	72%	64%	68%
1st pts	34/44	27/34	36/52	32/47	36/55	165/232
% 1st pts	77%	79%	69%	68%	65%	71%
2nd pts	11/21	10/13	13/27	12/18	19/31	65/110
% 2nd pts	52%	77%	48%	67%	61%	59%
Breaks
Won	3	3	5	4	2	17
Converted	3/4	3/6	5/11	4/9	2/4	17/34
Converted %	75%	50%	45%	44%	50%	50%
Conceded	2	1	7	4	4	18
Saved	1/2	1/1	3/7	2/4	3/4	10
Saved %	50%	100%	43%	50%	75%	106%
Times Broken	1	0	4	2	1	8

Tennis Scores in Sioux Falls Challenger

• Patrick KypsonKypson – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz – Jordan ThompsonThompson (7-5 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Antoine GhibaudoGhibaudo – Martin DammDamm (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Johannus MondayMonday – Andres MartinMartin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Justin Boulais/Mitchell KruegerBoulais/Mitchell Krueger – Siddhant Banthia/Hans Hach VerdugoBanthia/Hans Hach Verdugo (7-5 7-6³) – See score progression
• Juan Jose Bianchi/Andrew FentyJose Bianchi/Andrew Fenty – Cleeve Harper/David StevensonHarper/David Stevenson (6-4 3-6 10-8) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Patrick KypsonKypson – (0-1) – H2H and prediction