Michael Mmoh and Tennys Sandgren will clash against each other in the quarter of the Knoxville Challenger for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Michael Mmoh who should win in 3 sets.
Michael Mmoh -> 1.46
Tennys Sandgren -> 2.64
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Prediction and head to head Michael Mmoh vs. Tennys Sandgren
This will be the 8th time that Michael Mmoh and Tennys Sandgren square off. The head to head is 4-3 for Sandgren (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Mmoh won 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in the Charleston Challenger back in September 2022.
Michael Mmoh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-16 | 7-7 | 3-4 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 8-12 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-21 | 27-14 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-29 | 18-12 | 8-7 | 17-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-18 | 14-11 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 115, the American reached the quarter after beating Alexander Bernard 6-0 6-0 and Ulises Blanch 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Mmoh had a good straight sets win against Blanch (7-5 6-3). During the match, Mmoh scored 71 points vs Blanch’s 56. Mmoh was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mmoh scored 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Michael Mmoh was pretty effective on serve to win 74% (28/38) of his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Mmoh broke Blanch 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mmoh hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 62% of the points he played.
Mmoh has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (247-175). 12-6 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mmoh has a composed 56-30 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Tallahassee Challenger,the Cary Challenger and the Fairfield Challenger.
The American has a composed 39-27 win-loss record in 2022, 12-6 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, Sandgren reached the quarter after beating Emilio Nava 7-66 6-3 and Zachary Svajda 6-1 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Sandgren had a good straight sets win against Svajda (6-1 6-2). During the match Sandgren scored 57 points vs Svajda’s 23. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Sandgren scored 12 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Tennys Sandgren lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Sandgren put 70% of his first serves in, winning 100% (23/23) of the points behind his 1st serve and 30% (3/10) on the 2nd serve. Tennys broke Svajda 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sandgren hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 62% of the points he played.
Sandgren’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Las Vegas Challenger.
Sandgren has an aggregate 24-21 win-loss record in 2022, 4-5 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 (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mmoh | Sandgren |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 37 |
| Pts | 131-82 | 127-78 |
| Total Points | 213 | 205 |
| Winners | 47 | 57 |
| %Winners | 36% | 45% |
Both Mmoh and Sandgren played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Mmoh and Sandgren have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Mmoh played 4 games less than Sandgren. Michael scored 47 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Sandgren bagged 57 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mmoh | Sandgren |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 8 |
| 1st in | 59/94 | 60/93 |
| %1st in | 63% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 47/59 | 57/60 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 95% |
| 2nd pts | 22/35 | 19/33 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 58% |
Mmoh scored 9 aces (4.5 per match). Sandgren struck 16 aces (8 per match). Mmoh won 80% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Sandgren won 95% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mmoh | Sandgren |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 7 |
| Converted | 9/24 | 7/12 |
| % Converted | 38% | 58% |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 75% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The American broke his opponents 9 times with a 38% conversion rate. Mmoh conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Tennys broke his opponents 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Tennys conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mmoh | ||||
| R1 Bernard | R2 Blanch | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-0 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 21 | 33 | |
| pts | 60-26 | 71-56 | 131-82 | |
| Total points | 86 | 127 | 213 | |
| Winners | 19 | 28 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 39% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 21/32 | 38/62 | 59/94 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 61% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 19/21 | 28/38 | 47/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 74% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/11 | 16/24 | 22/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 67% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/18 | 3/6 | 9/24 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 50% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 2/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sandgren | ||||
| R1 Nava | R2 Svajda | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-3 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 15 | 37 | |
| pts | 70-55 | 57-23 | 127-78 | |
| Total points | 125 | 80 | 205 | |
| Winners | 34 | 23 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 40% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 12 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 37/60 | 23/33 | 60/93 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 70% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 34/37 | 23/23 | 57/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 100% | 95% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 3/10 | 19/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 30% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 6/8 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 75% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Lucas GerchGerch (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael MmohMmoh – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (3-4) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – (2-1) – H2H and prediction