Zachary Svajda and Tennys Sandgren will square off in the 2nd round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 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 Tennys Sandgren who should win in 3 sets.
Tennys Sandgren -> 1.66
Zachary Svajda -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Zachary Svajda vs. Tennys Sandgren
There is no head to head record between Zachary Svajda and Tennys Sandgren since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Zachary Svajda
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33-21 | 18-15 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 14-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-35 | 27-21 | 2-4 | 2-5 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-24 | 28-8 | 2-6 | 10-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-23 | 25-14 | 0-3 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-13 | 24-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 262, Svajda got to the 2nd round after defeating Adam Walton 6-4 4-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Svajda defeated Walton (6-4 4-6 6-3). During the match, Svajda scored 83 points vs Walton’s 80. Zachary was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Svajda bagged 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Zachary Svajda was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 73% (40/55) of his 1st serve and 60% (21/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Zachary broke Walton twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Svajda has a winning match record in the last 5 years having won 56% of his matches (77-61). 1-4 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Svajda has a composed2-8 match record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Los Angeles,M15 Fountain Valley and the Tiburon Challenger.
Svajda has an overall 26-21 win-loss record in 2022, 1-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Tennys Sandgren
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-9 | 4-4 | 5-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-25 | 20-19 | 0-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-23 | 19-11 | 1-5 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-24 | 5-12 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-13 | 7-5 | 5-3 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 288, Tennys got to the 2nd round after beating Emilio Nava 7-66 6-3.
In the 1st round, Tennys had a good straight sets win against Nava (7-66 6-3). During the match Sandgren scored 70 points vs Nava’s 55. Tennys was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Sandgren struck 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Tennys Sandgren was quite efficient on serve to win 92% (34/37) of his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sandgren broke Nava once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Sandgren’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Las Vegas Challenger.
The American has an overall 23-21 win-loss record in 2022, 3-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2013. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Svajda | Sandgren |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 22 |
| Pts | 83-80 | 70-55 |
| Total Points | 163 | 125 |
| Winners | 40 | 34 |
| %Winners | 48% | 49% |
Both Svajda and Sandgren played 1 match. At the moment, Zachary Svajda conceded 1 set while Tennys Sandgren hasn’t conceded a set so far. Svajda has played 1 set more than Sandgren (3 vs 2). Therefore, Svajda played 7 games more than Sandgren. Zachary scored 40 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The American struck 34 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Svajda | Sandgren |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 4 |
| 1st in | 55/90 | 37/60 |
| %1st in | 61% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 40/55 | 34/37 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 92% |
| 2nd pts | 21/35 | 16/23 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 70% |
Svajda bagged 9 aces . Sandgren recorded 4 aces . Svajda won 73% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Sandgren won 92% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Svajda | Sandgren |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 1 |
| Converted | 2/3 | 1/4 |
| % Converted | 67% | 25% |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 67% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Svajda broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Svajda dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Svajda | |||
| R1 Walton | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 83-80 | 83-80 | |
| Total points | 163 | 163 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 55/90 | 55/90 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 40/55 | 40/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/35 | 21/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Sandgren | |||
| R1 Nava | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 70-55 | 70-55 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 37/60 | 37/60 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 34/37 | 34/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 16/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 1/4 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Knoxville Challenger
- Lucas GerchGerch – Paul JubbJubb (5-7 7-62 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Inaki Montes-De La TorreMontes-De La Torre (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Aidan MchughMchugh (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Stefan KozlovKozlov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael MmohMmoh – Ulises BlanchBlanch (0-1) – H2H and prediction