
Steve Johnson and Mitchell Krueger will square off in the 2nd round of the Las Vegas Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 Steve Johnson who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Steve Johnson is the pick to win this match.
Steve Johnson -> 1.53
Mitchell Krueger -> 2.44
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Prediction and head to head Steve Johnson vs. Mitchell Krueger
This will be the 3rd time that Steve Johnson and Mitchell Krueger play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Johnson (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Johnson won 7-6(4) 3-6 6-3 in the quarter in the Sarasota Challenger back in April 2022.
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. 119, Steve got to the 2nd round after defeating Gastao Elias 5-7 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round against Elias, Johnson recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 7-5). During the match, Johnson scored 106 points vs Elias’s 99. Johnson was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Johnson scored 8 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Steve Johnson lost the serve once and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Johnson put 47% of his first serves in, winning 67% (37/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 66% (41/62) on the 2nd serve. Steve broke Elias twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Johnson has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (287-237). 18-17 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Johnson has an overall 173-136 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Steve’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Sarasota Challenger.
Johnson has an aggregate 29-26 win-loss record in 2022, 18-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Las Vegas Challenger
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. 199, the American reached the 2nd round after beating Simon Carr 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, Krueger had a good straight sets win against Carr (7-5 6-4). During the match Krueger scored 80 points vs Carr’s 61. Krueger was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Krueger struck 7 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Mitchell Krueger was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 83% (33/40) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Mitchell broke Carr 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Mitchell’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Traralgon Challenger.
Krueger has an aggregate 28-25 win-loss record in 2022, 18-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Las Vegas Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Johnson | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 22 |
| Pts | 106-99 | 80-61 |
| Total Points | 205 | 141 |
| Winners | 37 | 33 |
| %Winners | 35% | 41% |
Both Johnson and Krueger played 1 match. At the moment, Steve Johnson lost 1 set while Mitchell Krueger hasn’t dropped a set so far. Johnson has played 1 set more than Krueger (3 vs 2). Therefore, Johnson played 11 games more than Krueger. Johnson scored 37 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Mitchell managed to score 33 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Johnson | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 7 |
| 1st in | 55/117 | 40/64 |
| %1st in | 47% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 37/55 | 33/40 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 41/62 | 13/24 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 54% |
Johnson managed to score 8 aces . Krueger recorded 7 aces . Johnson won 67% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Krueger won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Johnson | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 33% | 38% |
| Conceded | 13 | 5 |
| Saved | 12 | 4 |
| % Saved | 92% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The American broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The American surrendered his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded. Mitchell broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Krueger conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Johnson | |||
| R1 Elias |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 106-99 | 106-99 | |
| Total points | 205 | 205 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 55/117 | 55/117 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 37/55 | 37/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 41/62 | 41/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 12/13 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 92% | 92% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Krueger | |||
| R1 Carr |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 80-61 | 80-61 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 40/64 | 40/64 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 33/40 | 33/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 13/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
LWWWWWLWWL Tennis Scores in Las Vegas Challenger
- Ben SheltonShelton – Valentin VacherotVacherot (6-74 7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Simon CarrCarr (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Facundo MenaMena (6-1 0-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Cannon KingsleyKingsley (7-5 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Govind NandaNanda – Nicolas MejiaMejia (7-61 6-4) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Juncheng ShangShang – Alexander CozbinovCozbinov (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Evan ZhuZhu – Aidan MayoMayo (6-4 7-69) – See score progression
- Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones – Vasek PospisilPospisil (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Alfredo PerezPerez – Denis KudlaKudla (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Emilio NavaNava (7-67 6-2) – See score progression
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Omni KumarKumar (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Maxim VerbovenVerboven (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Paul JubbJubb (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Gastao EliasElias (5-7 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alfredo PerezPerez – Denis KudlaKudla (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Juncheng ShangShang – Alexander CozbinovCozbinov (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Omni KumarKumar (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Valentin VacherotVacherot (6-7(4) 7-6(4) 6-4) – See score progression
- Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones – Vasek PospisilPospisil (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Evan ZhuZhu – Aidan MayoMayo (6-4 7-6(9)) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Cannon KingsleyKingsley (7-5 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Steve JohnsonJohnson (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alfredo PerezPerez – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evan ZhuZhu – Stefan KozlovKozlov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Govind NandaNanda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon HoltHolt – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (1-0) – H2H and prediction








