Enzo Couacaud and Aidan Mchugh will play each other in the 2nd round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 Enzo Couacaud who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Enzo Couacaud is the pick to win this match.
Enzo Couacaud -> 1.45
Aidan Mchugh -> 2.67
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Prediction and head to head Enzo Couacaud vs. Aidan Mchugh
This will be the 2nd time that Enzo Couacaud and Aidan Mchugh play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Couacaud (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Couacaud won 6-2 3-6 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Winnipeg Challenger back in July 2022.
Enzo Couacaud
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-11 | 6-4 | 13-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 12-9 | 9-9 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-28 | 27-13 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-24 | 5-4 | 16-17 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 1-2 | 5-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 183, Enzo got to the 2nd round after beating Ezekiel Clark 7-65 6-3.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Clark (7-65 6-3). During the match, Couacaud scored 73 points vs Clark’s 62. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Couacaud made 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Enzo Couacaud lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Couacaud put 63% of his first serves in, winning 80% (32/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Enzo broke Clark 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Couacaud has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (296-182). 2-5 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Couacaud has an aggregate 46-44 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Couacaud’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Bendigo Challenger.
Couacaud has an aggregate 36-27 win-loss record in 2022, 2-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Aidan Mchugh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-17 | 7-5 | 1-1 | 5-7 | 1-3 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 52-30 | 39-20 | 0-0 | 13-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-26 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 23-12 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 52-28 | 34-15 | 7-5 | 10-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-13 | 4-8 | 3-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 343, Aidan got to the 2nd round after defeating Cannon Kingsley 6-2 7-68.
In the 1st round, Mchugh had a good straight sets win against Kingsley (6-2 7-68). During the match Mchugh scored 78 points vs Kingsley’s 68. Mchugh was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Mchugh blasted 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Aidan Mchugh was quite effective on serve to win 74% (39/53) of his 1st serve and 55% (18/33) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Aidan broke Kingsley twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
The Brit’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Glasgow.
Mchugh has a composed 37-24 win-loss record in 2022, 23-10 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Couacaud | Mchugh |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 21 |
| Pts | 73-62 | 78-68 |
| Total Points | 135 | 146 |
| Winners | 32 | 39 |
| %Winners | 44% | 50% |
Both Couacaud and Mchugh played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Couacaud and Mchugh have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Couacaud played 1 game more than Mchugh. The French player scored 32 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Mchugh struck 39 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Couacaud | Mchugh |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 7 |
| 1st in | 40/63 | 53/86 |
| %1st in | 63% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 32/40 | 39/53 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 18/33 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 55% |
Couacaud made 9 aces . Mchugh blasted 7 aces . Couacaud won 80% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Mchugh won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Couacaud | Mchugh |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 2/5 |
| % Converted | 50% | 40% |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 |
| Saved | 3 | 8 |
| % Saved | 60% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
The French player broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Enzo conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Mchugh broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. The Brit was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 8 break points.
| Couacaud | |||
| R1 Clark |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 73-62 | 73-62 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 40/63 | 40/63 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 32/40 | 32/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 10/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Mchugh | |||
| R1 Kingsley |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-68 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 78-68 | 78-68 | |
| Total points | 146 | 146 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 53/86 | 53/86 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 39/53 | 39/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/33 | 18/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 8/8 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWLLWLLWLW Tennis Scores in Knoxville Challenger
- Aidan MchughMchugh – Cannon KingsleyKingsley (6-2 7-68) – See score progression
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Gage BrymerBrymer (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Emilio NavaNava (7-66 6-3) – See score progression
- Paul JubbJubb – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (6-4 3-6 7-617) – See score progression
- Inaki Montes-De La TorreMontes-De La Torre – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Alexander BernardBernard (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Tristan MccormickMccormick (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Giles HusseyHussey (7-61 6-1) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Keegan SmithSmith (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Adam WaltonWalton (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Martin DammDamm (6-77 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Ethan QuinnQuinn (7-62 4-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Lucas GerchGerch – Juncheng ShangShang (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Ezekiel ClarkClark (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Alexander BernardBernard (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Tristan MccormickMccormick (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Adam WaltonWalton (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Emilio NavaNava (7-6(6) 6-3) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Giles HusseyHussey (7-6(1) 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Stefan KozlovKozlov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Aidan MchughMchugh (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael MmohMmoh – Ulises BlanchBlanch (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Paul JubbJubb – Lucas GerchGerch (0-0) – H2H and prediction
