Erik Arutiunian and Maks Kasnikowski will play each other in the qualifications of the Charlottesville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maks Kasnikowski who should win in 3 sets.
Maks Kasnikowski -> 1.61
Erik Arutiunian -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Erik Arutiunian vs. Maks Kasnikowski
There is no head to head record between Erik Arutiunian and Maks Kasnikowski since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Erik Arutiunian
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44-20 | 34-15 | 0-0 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 27-26 | 22-19 | 2-5 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-30 | 21-16 | 20-12 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-23 | 12-17 | 5-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 6-7 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 547, Arutiunian got to the qualifications after defeating Jangjun Kim 6-4 7-6(5).
In the qualifications, The Belarussian had a good straight sets win against Kim (6-4 7-65). During the match, Arutiunian scored 76 points vs Kim’s 68. Arutiunian was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Arutiunian recorded 18 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Erik Arutiunian was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (39/48) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Belarussian broke Kim once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Arutiunian has a winning match record in the last 5 years having won 57% of his matches (136-104). 6-3 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Arutiunian has a compiled16-9 match record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Erik’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M25 Sharm ElSheikh.
Erik has an aggregate 40-18 win-loss record in 2025, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Charlottesville Challenger
The Belarussian has never competed in this tournament before.
Maks Kasnikowski
21 - 13win/loss
409
168
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-15 | 9-5 | 9-6 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 40-28 | 6-8 | 22-13 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-25 | 13-6 | 22-14 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-19 | 16-7 | 20-10 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-11 | 7-5 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 551, the Pole got to the qualifications after beating Edward Winter 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Kasnikowski had a good straight sets win against Winter (6-3 6-4). During the match Kasnikowski scored 81 points vs Winter’s 69. Maks was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Kasnikowski struck 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Maks Kasnikowski lost the serve once and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Kasnikowski put 55% of his first serves in, winning 76% (32/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (15/35) on the 2nd serve. The Pole broke Winter 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Kasnikowski’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Koszalin.
The Pole has a composed 20-13 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Charlottesville Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history
.H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Arutiunian | Kasnikowski |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 19 |
| Pts | 76-68 | 81-69 |
| Total Points | 144 | 150 |
| Winners | 39 | 32 |
| %Winners | 51% | 40% |
Both Arutiunian and Kasnikowski played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Arutiunian and Kasnikowski have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Arutiunian played 4 games more than Kasnikowski. Erik scored 39 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Maks scored 32 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Arutiunian | Kasnikowski |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 18 | 6 |
| 1st in | 48/72 | 42/77 |
| %1st in | 67% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 39/48 | 32/42 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 15/35 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 43% |
Arutiunian made 18 aces . Kasnikowski made 6 aces . Arutiunian won 81% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Kasnikowski won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Arutiunian | Kasnikowski |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 4 |
| Converted | 1/4 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 25% | 40% |
| Conceded | 5 | 12 |
| Saved | 5 | 11 |
| % Saved | 100% | 92% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Arutiunian broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. Arutiunian pretty effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 5 break points. Maks broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Kasnikowski conceded his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded.
| Arutiunian | |||
| Q1 Kim | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 76-68 | 76-68 | |
| Total points | 144 | 144 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 18 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 48/72 | 48/72 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 39/48 | 39/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 14/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 1/4 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kasnikowski | |||
| Q1 Winter | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 81-69 | 81-69 | |
| Total points | 150 | 150 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/77 | 42/77 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 32/42 | 32/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/35 | 15/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 11/12 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 92% | 92% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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