Darwin Blanch and Dylan Dietrich will clash against each other in the quarter of the Columbus Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm 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 Dylan Dietrich who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dylan Dietrich is the pick to win this match.
Dylan Dietrich -> 1.72
Darwin Blanch -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Darwin Blanch vs. Dylan Dietrich
There is no head to head record between Darwin Blanch and Dylan Dietrich since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Darwin Blanch
30 - 26win/loss
163
163
WWLWWWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30-26 | 13-15 | 10-7 | 2-0 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 40-22 | 31-14 | 2-3 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-19 | 16-10 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 7-7 | 0-2 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-8 | 7-4 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 163 (career-high), Darwin got to the quarter after beating Patrick Maloney 6-4 7-5 and Daniel Milavsky 6-3 1-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Darwin defeated Milavsky (6-3 1-6 6-3).During the match, Blanch scored less points (2) than Milavsky. In fact, the world no. 163 won 90 points vs Milavsky’s. That means that Blanch was more focused during the important points. The American was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Blanch scored 14 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Darwin Blanch lost the serve 3 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Blanch put 59% of his first serves in, winning 63% (40/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (22/45) on the 2nd serve. Blanch broke Milavsky 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 51% of the points he played.
ATP Columbus Challenger - Darwin Blanch's projected path
Blanch has a winning match record in the last 5 years having won 58% of his matches (111-82). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Blanch has a compiled9-5 win-loss record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Tiburon Challenger where he beat Michael Mmoh in the final 3-6 6-4 6-2.
The American has a compiled 30-26 win-loss record in 2026, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2025. See his history.
Dylan Dietrich
27 - 8win/loss
363
363
WWLWWWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27-8 | 3-1 | 20-6 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-15 | 3-2 | 13-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 363 (career-high), the Swiss got to the quarter after defeating Jeff Wolf 7-6(6) 6-3 and Andrew Fenty 7-5 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Fenty (7-5 6-2). During the match Dietrich scored 78 points vs Fenty’s 62. The Swiss was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Dietrich managed to score 8 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Dylan Dietrich was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (35/45) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Swiss broke Fenty 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
ATP Columbus Challenger - Dylan Dietrich's projected path
The Swiss’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Ljubljana.
Dylan has an overall 27-8 win-loss record in 2026, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
The Swiss has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blanch | Dietrich |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 42 |
| Pts | 161-154 | 151-128 |
| Total Points | 315 | 279 |
| Winners | 72 | 70 |
| %Winners | 45% | 46% |
Both Blanch and Dietrich played 2 matches. At the moment, Darwin Blanch surrendered 1 set while Dylan Dietrich hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Blanch has played 1 set more than Dietrich (5 vs 4). Therefore, Blanch played 5 games more than Dietrich. Darwin scored 72 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Dylan managed to score 70 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blanch | Dietrich |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 26 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 9.5 |
| 1st in | 99/167 | 86/142 |
| %1st in | 59% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 72/99 | 70/86 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 35/68 | 28/56 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 50% |
Blanch blasted 26 aces (13 per match). Dietrich fired 19 aces (9.5 per match). Blanch won 73% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Dietrich won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blanch | Dietrich |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/15 | 4/13 |
| % Converted | 33% | 31% |
| Conceded | 14 | 10 |
| Saved | 11 | 10 |
| % Saved | 79% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Blanch broke his opponents 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Blanch dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. The Swiss broke his opponents 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. The Swiss was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 10 break points.
| Blanch | ||||
| R1 Maloney |
R2 Milavsky |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 6-3 1-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 25 | 47 | |
| pts | 71-62 | 90-92 | 161-154 | |
| Total points | 133 | 182 | 315 | |
| Winners | 32 | 40 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 44% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 14 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 35/58 | 64/109 | 99/167 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 32/35 | 40/64 | 72/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 63% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 22/45 | 35/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 49% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 3/7 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 43% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 11/14 | 11 | |
| Saved % | – | 79% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Dietrich | ||||
| R1 Wolf |
R2 Fenty |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-3 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 20 | 42 | |
| pts | 73-66 | 78-62 | 151-128 | |
| Total points | 139 | 140 | 279 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 45% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 8 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 41/72 | 45/70 | 86/142 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 64% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 35/41 | 35/45 | 70/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 78% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 13/25 | 28/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 52% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 3/11 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 27% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 8/8 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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