Darwin Blanch and Mitchell Krueger will play each other in the 2nd round of the Sioux Falls Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7:30 pm on 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 Darwin Blanch who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Darwin Blanch is the pick to win this match.
Darwin Blanch -> 1.152
Mitchell Krueger -> 4.55
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Prediction and head to head Darwin Blanch vs. Mitchell Krueger
This will be the 3rd time that Darwin Blanch and Mitchell Krueger fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Blanch and Krueger (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Blanch won 6-3 7-6(5) in the 1st round in the Champaign Challenger back in 2025.
Darwin Blanch
35 - 28win/loss
144
144
WLWWWWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35-28 | 17-16 | 10-7 | 3-1 | 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. 144 (career-high), Darwin got to the 2nd round after beating Sebastian Gorzny 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Blanch had a good straight sets win against Gorzny (6-4 6-2). During the match, Blanch scored 59 points vs Gorzny’s 43. Darwin was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, Blanch blasted 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Darwin Blanch was very efficient on serve to win 90% (19/21) of his 1st serve and 77% (17/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Gorzny 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Blanch has a winning record in the last 5 years having won 58% of his matches (116-84). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Blanch has a composed10-6 win-loss record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Tiburon Challenger where he defeated Michael Mmoh in the final 3-6 6-4 6-2.
Blanch has a compiled 35-28 win-loss record in 2026, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sioux Falls Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2025. See his history.
Mitchell Krueger
16 - 24win/loss
351
135
WLLLWWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16-24 | 6-15 | 4-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 29-32 | 12-17 | 9-7 | 7-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-31 | 30-17 | 9-7 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-29 | 15-19 | 4-4 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-28 | 18-15 | 6-5 | 1-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 351, Mitchell got to the 2nd round after beating Andres Andrade 6-3 6-0.
In the 1st round, Mitchell had a good straight sets win against Andrade (6-3 6-0). During the match Krueger scored 60 points vs Andrade’s 32. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Krueger made 3 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mitchell Krueger conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Krueger put 62% of his first serves in, winning 68% (21/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 84% (16/19) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Andrade 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Krueger has an aggregate 16-24 win-loss record in 2026, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sioux Falls Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024 and 2025. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blanch | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 15 |
| Pts | 59-43 | 60-32 |
| Total Points | 102 | 92 |
| Winners | 19 | 21 |
| %Winners | 32% | 35% |
Both Blanch and Krueger played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Blanch and Krueger have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Blanch played 3 games more than Krueger. Darwin scored 19 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Mitchell struck 21 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blanch | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 3 |
| 1st in | 21/43 | 31/50 |
| %1st in | 49% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 19/21 | 21/31 |
| %1st pts | 90% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 17/22 | 16/19 |
| %2nd pts | 77% | 84% |
Blanch made 7 aces . Krueger bagged 3 aces . Blanch won 90% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 77% of the points. On the other side, Krueger won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 84% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blanch | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 60% | 57% |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Darwin was rock solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Mitchell broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Krueger was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Blanch | |||
| R1 Gorzny |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 59-43 | 59-43 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 21/43 | 21/43 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 19/21 | 19/21 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/22 | 17/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 77% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Krueger | |||
| R1 Andrade |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 60-32 | 60-32 | |
| Total points | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 31/50 | 31/50 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 21/31 | 21/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/19 | 16/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 84% | 84% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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