Christopher Eubanks and Aleksandar Vukic will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Champaign Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 Christopher Eubanks who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Christopher Eubanks is the pick to win this match.
Christopher Eubanks -> 1.5
Aleksandar Vukic -> 2.52

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Prediction and head to head Christopher Eubanks vs. Aleksandar Vukic

This will be the 2^nd time that Christopher Eubanks and Aleksandar Vukic clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Eubanks (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, Eubanks won 7-5 6-3

in the 1^st round in the Ningboo Challenger back in 2019.

Christopher Eubanks

Ranked no. 129, Christopher reached the semifinal after beating Adam Walton 6-3 6-3, Tennys Sandgren 6-4 6-3 and Evan Zhu 6-1 6-2.

In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Zhu (6-1 6-2). During the match, Eubanks scored 57 points vs Zhu’s 32. Eubanks was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Eubanks was unable to score even 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Christopher Eubanks was very efficient on serve to win 89% (24/27) of his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Eubanks broke Zhu 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Eubanks hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 59% of the points he played.

Eubanks has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (171-128). 14-5 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Eubanks has an overall41-24 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

Christopher’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Charlottesville Challenger and the Knoxville Challenger.

The American has an aggregate 43-25 win-loss record in 2022, 14-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Champaign Challenger

Aleksandar Vukic

Ranked no. 141, Vukic reached the semifinal after beating Aidan Mchugh 6-2 6-4, Patrick Kypson 6-4 6-2 and Nicolas Alvarez Varona 7-6⁶ 6-4.

In the quarter, Vukic had a good straight sets win against Alvarez Varona (7-6⁶ 6-4). During the match Vukic scored 73 points vs Alvarez Varona’s 71. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Vukic made 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Aleksandar Vukic was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (31/42) of his 1st serve and 63% (19/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Aleksandar broke Alvarez Varona twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Australian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

The Australian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Bengalaru 2 Challenger and the Calgary Challenger.

Vukic has a composed 26-22 win-loss record in 2022, 11-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Champaign Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2021. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Eubanks	Vukic
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	6
Tot Games	52	59
Pts	195-135	200-169
Total Points	330	369
Winners	86	84
%Winners	44%	42%

Both Eubanks and Vukic played 3 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Eubanks and Vukic have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Eubanks played 7 games less than Vukic. The American scored 86 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian blasted 84 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Eubanks	Vukic
Aces	18	24
Avg per match	6	8
1st in	100/146	105/182
%1st in	68%	58%
1st pts	86/100	84/105
%1st pts	86%	80%
2nd pts	26/46	40/77
%2nd pts	57%	52%

Eubanks made 18 aces (6 per match). Vukic struck 24 aces (8 per match). Eubanks won 86% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Vukic won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Eubanks	Vukic
Won	10	9
Converted	10/25	9/21
% Converted	40%	43%
Conceded	3	9
Saved	3	7
% Saved	100%	78%
Times Broken	0	2

Eubanks broke his opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. Christopher pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. Aleksandar broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

Eubanks
	R1 Walton	R2 Sandgren	1/4 Zhu	Total
Score	6-3 6-3	6-4 6-3	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	18	19	15	52
pts	68-48	70-55	57-32	195-135
Total points	116	125	89	330
Winners	29	33	24	86
%Winners	43%	47%	42%	44%
SERVE
Aces	9	9	0	18
Double Faults	2	4	3	9
1st in	34/51	39/54	27/41	100/146
% 1st in	67%	72%	66%	68%
1st pts	29/34	33/39	24/27	86/100
% 1st pts	85%	85%	89%	86%
2nd pts	10/17	7/15	9/14	26/46
% 2nd pts	59%	47%	64%	57%
Breaks
Won	3	3	4	10
Converted	3/9	3/7	4/9	10/25
Converted %	33%	43%	44%	40%
Conceded	1	2	0	3
Saved	1/1	2/2	0/0	3
Saved %	100%	100%	–	67%
Times Broken	0	0	0	0

Vukic
	R1 Mchugh	R2 Kypson	1/4 Alvarez	Total
Score	6-2 6-4	6-4 6-2	7-66 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	18	18	23	59
pts	65-50	62-48	73-71	200-169
Total points	115	110	144	369
Winners	25	28	31	84
%Winners	38%	45%	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	7	9	8	24
Double Faults	1	1	2	4
1st in	31/57	32/53	42/72	105/182
% 1st in	54%	60%	58%	58%
1st pts	25/31	28/32	31/42	84/105
% 1st pts	81%	88%	74%	80%
2nd pts	14/26	7/21	19/30	40/77
% 2nd pts	54%	33%	63%	52%
Breaks
Won	3	4	2	9
Converted	3/6	4/12	2/3	9/21
Converted %	50%	33%	67%	43%
Conceded	4	2	3	9
Saved	4/4	1/2	2/3	7
Saved %	100%	50%	67%	72%
Times Broken	0	1	1	2

Tennis Scores in Champaign Challenger

• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Ben SheltonShelton – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Evan ZhuZhu (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Steve JohnsonJohnson (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• N.Sriram Balaji/Jeevan NedunchezhiyanBalaji/Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan – Anirudh Chandrasekar/Adam WaltonChandrasekar/Adam Walton (7-6⁸ 2-6 10-4) – See score progression
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (7-6(6) 6-4) – See score progression
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Evan ZhuZhu (6-1 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Christopher EubanksEubanks (0-1) – H2H and prediction