Dusan Obradovic and Ergi Kirkin will face off in the qualifications of the Split Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dusan Obradovic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dusan Obradovic is the pick to win this match.
Dusan Obradovic -> 1.79
Ergi Kirkin -> 1.89
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Prediction and head to head Dusan Obradovic vs. Ergi Kirkin
There is no head to head record between Dusan Obradovic and Ergi Kirkin since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Dusan Obradovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 42-26 | 0-0 | 42-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 39-29 | 0-0 | 39-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-26 | 2-4 | 34-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-23 | 0-4 | 34-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-21 | 2-5 | 18-15 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 490, the Serbian reached the qualifications after beating Connor Thomson 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, Dusan had a good straight sets win against Thomson (6-4 6-2). During the match, Obradovic scored 65 points vs Thomson’s 41. The Serbian was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Obradovic was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Dusan Obradovic was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (26/34) of his 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Obradovic was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Thomson 3 times.
Obradovic has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (178-143). 14-9 on clay in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Obradovic has an overall170-122 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
Obradovic’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Antalya.
The Serbian has an overall 14-9 win-loss record in 2026, 14-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split Challenger
Dusan 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. 608, the Turk got to the qualifications after beating Matyas Cerny 7-5 3-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Turk defeated Cerny (7-5 3-6 6-4). During the match Kirkin scored 111 points vs Cerny’s 109. The Turk was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Kirkin made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ergi Kirkin lost the serve 5 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Kirkin put 57% of his first serves in, winning 61% (41/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (26/50) on the 2nd serve. The Turk broke Cerny 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Kirkin has an overall 11-6 win-loss record in 2026, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Obradovic | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 31 |
| Pts | 65-41 | 111-109 |
| Total Points | 106 | 220 |
| Winners | 26 | 41 |
| %Winners | 40% | 37% |
Both Obradovic and Kirkin played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ergi Kirkin conceded 1 set while Dusan Obradovic hasn’t lost a set so far. Obradovic has played 1 set(s) less than Kirkin (2 vs 3). Therefore, Obradovic played 13 games less than Kirkin. Dusan scored 26 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Kirkin fired 41 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Obradovic | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 3 |
| 1st in | 34/53 | 67/117 |
| %1st in | 64% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 41/67 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 26/50 |
| %2nd pts | 74% | 52% |
Obradovic didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kirkin fired 3 aces . Obradovic won 76% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 74% of the points. On the other side, Kirkin won 61% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Obradovic | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/3 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 100% | 45% |
| Conceded | 2 | 15 |
| Saved | 2 | 10 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Dusan broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Dusan pretty effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. Kirkin broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Turk conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Obradovic | |||
| Q1 Thomson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 65-41 | 65-41 | |
| Total points | 106 | 106 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 34/53 | 34/53 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 26/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 14/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 74% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kirkin | |||
| Q1 Cerny |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 111-109 | 111-109 | |
| Total points | 220 | 220 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 67/117 | 67/117 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 41/67 | 41/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/50 | 26/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 10/15 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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