Steve Johnson and Mitchell Krueger will square off in the quarter of the Sarasota Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:30 pm on ELIZABETH MOORE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Steve Johnson who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Steve Johnson is the pick to win this match.
Steve Johnson -> 1.58
Mitchell Krueger -> 2.38
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Prediction and head to head Steve Johnson vs. Mitchell Krueger
This will be the 2nd time that Steve Johnson and Mitchell Krueger clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Johnson (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Johnson won 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in the Indian Wells Challenger back in 2020.
Steve Johnson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-20 | 15-11 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-28 | 20-18 | 6-4 | 2-2 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-17 | 8-12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-11 | 18-7 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 107, Steve reached the quarter after defeating Andrea Collarini 6-3 6-4 and Yosuke Watanuki 3-6 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round against Watanuki, Steve recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-1). During the match, Johnson scored 85 points vs Watanuki’s 78. Steve was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Johnson bagged 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Steve Johnson was very effective on serve to win 76% (29/38) of his 1st serve and 59% (22/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Steve broke Watanuki 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Johnson has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Johnson has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (270-220). 3-1 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Johnson has an overall 43-39 record in the last years on clay.
The American has a composed 12-9 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sarasota Challenger
Mitchell Krueger
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-17 | 18-8 | 9-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2021 | 29-24 | 19-12 | 5-5 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-13 | 14-8 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 153, the American reached the quarter after defeating Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 6-3 6-2 and Tomas Barrios Vera 6-4 7-63.
In the 2nd round, Krueger had a good straight sets win against Tomas Barrios Vera (6-4 7-63). During the match Krueger scored 88 points vs Tomas Barrios Vera’s 84. Krueger was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Krueger managed to score 10 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mitchell Krueger lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Krueger put 69% of his first serves in, winning 64% (37/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the 2nd serve. Krueger broke Tomas Barrios Vera twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mitchell hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The American’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Traralgon Challenger.
Mitchell has a compiled 16-10 win-loss record in 2022, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Johnson | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 40 |
| Pts | 156-132 | 158-135 |
| Total Points | 288 | 293 |
| Winners | 53 | 67 |
| %Winners | 34% | 42% |
Both Johnson and Krueger played 2 matches. At the moment, Steve Johnson conceded 1 set while Mitchell Krueger hasn’t dropped a set so far. Johnson has played 1 set more than Krueger (5 vs 4). Therefore, Johnson played 5 games more than Krueger. Steve scored 53 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Krueger blasted 67 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Johnson | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 7.5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 66/133 | 97/149 |
| %1st in | 50% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 53/66 | 67/97 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 39/67 | 32/52 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 62% |
Johnson bagged 15 aces (7.5 per match). Krueger bagged 12 aces (6 per match). Johnson won 80% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Krueger won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Johnson | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/14 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 50% | 38% |
| Conceded | 10 | 12 |
| Saved | 7 | 11 |
| % Saved | 70% | 92% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Johnson broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Steve conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded.
| Johnson | ||||
| R1 Collarini |
R2 Watanuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 3-6 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 26 | 45 | |
| pts | 71-54 | 85-78 | 156-132 | |
| Total points | 125 | 163 | 288 | |
| Winners | 24 | 29 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 7 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 28/58 | 38/75 | 66/133 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 51% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 29/38 | 53/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 76% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 22/37 | 39/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 59% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/7 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 57% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 3/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 60% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Krueger | ||||
| R1 Moreno De Alboran |
R2 Tomas Barrios Vera |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 23 | 40 | |
| pts | 70-51 | 88-84 | 158-135 | |
| Total points | 121 | 172 | 293 | |
| Winners | 30 | 37 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 10 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 39/65 | 58/84 | 97/149 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 69% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 30/39 | 37/58 | 67/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 64% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 17/26 | 32/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 65% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 2/9 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 22% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 | 12 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 8/9 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 89% | 95% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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