Hunter Heck and Steve Johnson will face off in the 1st round of the Champaign Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 7:30 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Steve Johnson is the pick to win this match.
Steve Johnson -> 1.008
Hunter Heck -> 12
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Prediction and head to head Hunter Heck vs. Steve Johnson
There is no head to head record between Hunter Heck and Steve Johnson since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Hunter Heck
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-3 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 9-7 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 7-8 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-5 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Hunter will start his run in the Champaign Challenger after he played his last match in M15 Fayetteville where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Paroulek in the 1st round on the 20th of September.
Heck has an overall 7-7 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
Talking about his overall career, Hunter has an overall 9-14 record. He has a flat 1-1 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021. See his history.
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. 113, Johnson will start his run in the Champaign Challenger after he played his last match in the Las Vegas Challenger where he lost 6-3 1-6 7-5 to Kozlov in the semifinal on the 29th of October.
The American has a composed 31-27 win-loss record in 2022, 0-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Steve’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Sarasota Challenger.
In terms of his career, Steve has an overall 349-275 record. He has a positive 36-33 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2010. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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LLLWW Tennis Scores in Champaign Challenger
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Alafia AyeniAyeni (7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-1 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Stefan KozlovKozlov (3-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sebastian FanselowSebastian – Ezekiel ClarkEzekiel (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Benjamin LockLock (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis KudlaKudla – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Adam WaltonWalton (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lucas GerchGerch – Nick ChappellChappell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aidan MchughMchugh – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hunter HeckHeck – Steve JohnsonJohnson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karlis OzolinsOzolins – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
