Laurent Lokoli and Ergi Kirkin will square off in the qualifications of the Zadar Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on CENTER COURT. 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 Laurent Lokoli who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Laurent Lokoli is the pick to win this match.
Laurent Lokoli -> 1.444
Ergi Kirkin -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Laurent Lokoli vs. Ergi Kirkin
There is no head to head record between Laurent Lokoli and Ergi Kirkin since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Laurent Lokoli
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39-20 | 5-1 | 26-13 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 30-18 | 17-7 | 13-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-22 | 24-14 | 8-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-26 | 12-10 | 5-6 | 6-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 59-22 | 26-10 | 27-7 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 448, Lokoli got to the qualifications after beating Karlo Kajin 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, Lokoli had a good straight sets win against Kajin (6-3 6-1). During the match, Lokoli scored 67 points vs Kajin’s 49. Laurent was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lokoli blasted 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Laurent Lokoli conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 62% of his first serves in, win 76% (29/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Lokoli broke Kajin 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Lokoli has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (275-175). 1-0 on clay in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Lokoli has a compiled 94-65 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Lokoli has an aggregate 9-6 win-loss record in 2026, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Lokoli has never competed in this tournament before.
Ergi Kirkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32-24 | 18-10 | 14-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 28-23 | 16-12 | 7-8 | 5-3 | 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 |
Ranked no. 568, Kirkin reached the qualifications after beating Dinko Dinev 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Turk had a good straight sets win against Dinev (6-2 6-2). During the match Kirkin scored 59 points vs Dinev’s 33. Ergi was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Kirkin struck 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ergi Kirkin lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kirkin put 47% of his first serves in, winning 91% (20/22) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. Kirkin broke Dinev 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).
Kirkin has an overall 10-5 win-loss record in 2026, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lokoli | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 |
| Pts | 67-49 | 59-33 |
| Total Points | 116 | 92 |
| Winners | 29 | 20 |
| %Winners | 43% | 34% |
Both Lokoli and Kirkin 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, Lokoli and Kirkin have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (16). Laurent scored 29 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Turk scored 20 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lokoli | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 38/61 | 22/47 |
| %1st in | 62% | 47% |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 20/22 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 91% |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 11/25 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 44% |
Lokoli bagged 3 aces . Kirkin recorded 3 aces . Lokoli won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Kirkin won 91% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lokoli | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 6/7 |
| % Converted | 40% | 86% |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Laurent broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Lokoli was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Ergi broke his opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. The Turk conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lokoli | |||
| Q1 Kajin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 67-49 | 67-49 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 38/61 | 38/61 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 29/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 11/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kirkin | |||
| Q1 Dinev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 59-33 | 59-33 | |
| Total points | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 22/47 | 22/47 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 20/22 | 20/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 91% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/25 | 11/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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