Mitchell Krueger and Sebastian Korda will play each other in the 3rd round of the Indian Wells Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on STADIUM 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Korda who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sebastian Korda is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Korda -> 1.61
Mitchell Krueger -> 2.20
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Prediction and head to head Mitchell Krueger vs. Sebastian Korda
This will be the 2nd time that Mitchell Krueger and Sebastian Korda fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Krueger (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
Mitchell Krueger
Ranked no. 220, the American got to the 3rd round after defeating Dudi Sela 0-6 7-64 7-5 and Radu Albot 0-6 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Albot, Krueger recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-4 6-4). During the match Krueger scored 87 points vs Albot’s 85. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Krueger scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Mitchell Krueger lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Krueger put 54% of his first serves in, winning 73% (29/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. Krueger broke Albot 3 times after converting 21% of his break points (3/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has lost 2 set in this tournament to win 50% of the points he played.
Krueger has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (1034-915). 7-4 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Krueger has a 299-260 record in the last 10 years on hard.
The American’s best result of the season was getting to the semi-finals in the Newport Beach Challenger.
Mitchell has a 9-6 win-loss record in 2020, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Indian Wells Challenger
Mitchell lost in the 2nd round 6-1 6-4 to Jason Jung.
Sebastian Korda
Ranked no. 225 (career high), Korda got to the 3rd round after beating Brandon Holt 6-3 6-1 and Christopher O Connell 6-1 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Sebastian had a good straight sets win against O Connell (6-1 6-1). During the match Korda scored 51 points vs O Connell’s 28. Korda was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Korda blasted 5 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Sebastian Korda was extremely effective on serve to win 80% (24/30) of his 1st serve and 57% (4/7) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Korda broke O Connell 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 65% of the points he played.
Korda has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 61% of his matches (147-95). 4-1 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Korda has a 116-80 record in the last 5 years on hard.
Sebastian has a 7-5 win-loss record in 2020, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Indian Wells Challenger
The American didn’t play in the Indian Wells Challenger in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Krueger | Korda |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 57 | 30 |
| Pts | 182-185 | 109-59 |
| Total Points | 367 | 168 |
| Winners | 69 | 43 |
| %Winners | 38% | 39% |
Both Krueger and Korda played 2 matches. At the moment, Mitchell Krueger conceded 2 sets while Sebastian Korda hasn’t dropped a set so far. Krueger has played 2 sets more than Korda (6 vs 4). Therefore, Krueger played 27 games more than Korda. The American scored 69 winners (38% on total points). On the other side, Korda blasted 43 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Krueger | Korda |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 102/180 | 55/82 |
| %1st in | 57% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 69/102 | 43/55 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 40/78 | 18/27 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 67% |
Krueger blasted 4 aces (2 per match). Korda blasted 9 aces (4.5 per match). Krueger won 68% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Korda won 78% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Krueger | Korda |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 10 |
| Converted | 6/20 | 10/13 |
| % Converted | 30% | 77% |
| Conceded | 21 | 4 |
| Saved | 12 | 3 |
| % Saved | 57% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 1 |
Krueger broke his opponents 6 times with 30% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Sebastian broke his opponents 10 times with 77% conversion rate. Sebastian conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Krueger | ||||
| R1 Sela |
R2 Albot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 0-6 7-64 7-5 | 0-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 26 | 57 | |
| pts | 95-100 | 87-85 | 182-185 | |
| Total points | 195 | 172 | 367 | |
| Winners | 40 | 29 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 33% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 62/106 | 40/74 | 102/180 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 54% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 40/62 | 29/40 | 69/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 73% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/44 | 17/34 | 40/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 50% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/14 | 6/20 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 21% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 10 | 21 | |
| Saved | 6/11 | 6/10 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 55% | 60% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 4 | 350 | |
| Korda | ||||
| R1 Holt |
R2 O |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 14 | 30 | |
| pts | 58-31 | 51-28 | 109-59 | |
| Total points | 89 | 79 | 168 | |
| Winners | 19 | 24 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 47% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 25/45 | 30/37 | 55/82 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 81% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 19/25 | 24/30 | 43/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 80% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 4/7 | 18/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 57% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/7 | 10/13 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 71% | 77% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | – | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | -50 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Indian Wells Challenger
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Sem VerbeekVerbeek (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Romain ArneodoArneodo (4-6 6-1 7-68) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Ryan PenistonPeniston (6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Mischa ZverevZverev (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-1 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Raymond SarmientoSarmiento – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Noah RubinRubin – Lucas PouillePouille (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Michael RedlickiRedlicki (7-64 6-0) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (7-5 7-66) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Jack SockSock – Ugo HumbertHumbert (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Radu AlbotAlbot (0-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Michael MmohMmoh (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Romain ArneodoArneodo (4-6 6-1 7-6(8)) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Mischa ZverevZverev (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Raymond SarmientoSarmiento – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Taro DanielDaniel (0-0) – See H2H details
- Denis KudlaKudla – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – See H2H details
- Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Marcos GironGiron (0-0) – See H2H details
- Raymond SarmientoSarmiento – Noah RubinRubin (1-0) – See H2H details
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – See H2H details
- Jack SockSock – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (0-0) – See H2H details
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (1-0) – See H2H details
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (0-1) – See H2H details
