Mitchell Krueger and Keegan Smith will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Cary Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 4:00 pm on STADIUM. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mitchell Krueger who should win in 3 sets.
Mitchell Krueger -> 1.47
Keegan Smith -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Mitchell Krueger vs. Keegan Smith
There is no head to head record between Mitchell Krueger and Keegan Smith since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Mitchell Krueger
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2021 | 29-24 | 19-12 | 5-5 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 172, Krueger will start his run in the Cary Challenger after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 7-6(6) 6-4 to Gomez in the qualifications on the 23rd of August.
The American has an overall 22-20 win-loss record in 2022, 12-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Mitchell’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Traralgon Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 345-304 record. He has a positive 215-181 record on hard.
Previously in the Cary Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament twice in 2021 and 2021. See his history.
Keegan Smith
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43-21 | 26-11 | 0-0 | 17-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-26 | 36-21 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-26 | 31-20 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-24 | 26-14 | 3-4 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-5 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 348, the American will start his run in the Cary Challenger after he played his last match in the Chicago Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-4
to Brouwer in the 1st round on the 10th of August.Smith has an aggregate 25-16 win-loss record in 2022, 22-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Cancun and M25 Bakersfield.
In terms of his career, Smith has an overall 92-48 record. He has a positive 76-34 record on hard.
Previously in the Cary Challenger
Smith has never competed in this tournament before.
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