Gabriel Diallo

and Mitchell Krueger will face off in the 2^nd round of the Cleveland Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gabriel Diallo who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Gabriel Diallo is the pick to win this match.
Gabriel Diallo -> 1.61
Mitchell Krueger -> 2.21

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Prediction and head to head Gabriel Diallo vs. Mitchell Krueger

There is no head to head record between Gabriel Diallo and Mitchell Krueger since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Gabriel Diallo

Ranked no. 221 (career-high), the Canadian got to the 2^nd round after beating Alafia Ayeni 6-1 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Diallo had a good straight sets win against Ayeni (6-1 6-1). During the match, Diallo scored 59 points vs Ayeni’s 35. The Canadian was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about the service games, Diallo made 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Gabriel Diallo conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Diallo put 81% of his first serves in, winning 77% (34/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 20% (2/10) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Ayeni 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Diallo has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 66% of his matches (47-24). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Diallo has an overall14-9 match record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.

The Canadian has a composed 2-2 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cleveland Challenger

Diallo has never competed in this tournament before.

Mitchell Krueger

Ranked no. 229, Krueger reached the 2^nd round after beating Nick Chappell 6-3 7-6⁴.

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Chappell (6-3 7-6⁴). During the match Krueger scored 83 points vs Chappell’s 67. Mitchell was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Krueger struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Mitchell Krueger was pretty efficient on serve to win 86% (30/35) of his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Mitchell broke Chappell twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).

The American has a compiled 4-2 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cleveland Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2021 and 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Diallo	Krueger
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	14	22
Pts	59-35	83-67
Total Points	94	150
Winners	34	30
%Winners	58%	36%

Both Diallo and Krueger played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Diallo and Krueger have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Diallo played 8 games less than Krueger. Gabriel scored 34 winners (58% of the total points). On the other side, Krueger recorded 30 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Diallo	Krueger
Aces	4	2
Avg per match	4	2
1st in	44/54	35/65
%1st in	81%	54%
1st pts	34/44	30/35
%1st pts	77%	86%
2nd pts	2/10	17/30
%2nd pts	20%	57%

Diallo fired 4 aces . Krueger recorded 2 aces . Diallo won 77% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 20% of the points. On the other side, Krueger won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Diallo	Krueger
Won	5	2
Converted	5/7	2/9
% Converted	71%	22%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2	1
% Saved	100%	50%
Times Broken	0	1

The Canadian broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Canadian pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points. The American broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Diallo
	R1 Ayeni	Total
Score	6-1 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	14	14
pts	59-35	59-35
Total points	94	94
Winners	34	34
%Winners	58%	58%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	44/54	44/54
% 1st in	81%	81%
1st pts	34/44	34/44
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	2/10	2/10
% 2nd pts	20%	20%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/7
Converted %	71%	71%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Krueger
	R1 Chappell	Total
Score	6-3 7-64
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	83-67	83-67
Total points	150	150
Winners	30	30
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	35/65	35/65
% 1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	30/35	30/35
% 1st pts	86%	86%
2nd pts	17/30	17/30
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/9	2/9
Converted %	22%	22%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Cleveland Challenger

• Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Matija PecoticPecotic (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Stefan KozlovKozlov – Patrick KypsonKypson (6-4 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Steve JohnsonJohnson – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (6-4 7-6²) – See score progression
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Jack SockSock (7-6³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Elmar EjupovicEjupovic (6-2 6-7⁴ 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – Alafia AyeniAyeni (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Brandon HoltHolt – Alfredo PerezPerez (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Yibing WuWu – Aidan MayoMayo (6-1 0-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat (7-5 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Evan ZhuZhu (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Emilio GomezGomez – Ezekiel ClarkClark (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (6-2 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Alex RybakovRybakov (7-6⁷ 6-7⁷ 6-2) – See score progression
• Kyle SeeligSeelig – Keegan SmithSmith (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Nick ChappellChappell (6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Steve JohnsonJohnson – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (6-4 7-6(2)) – See score progression
• Brandon HoltHolt – Alfredo PerezPerez (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Jack SockSock (7-6(3) 6-4) – See score progression
• Ryan HarrisonHarrison – Jaimee Floyd AngeleFloyd Angele (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Yibing WuWu – Aidan MayoMayo (6-1 0-6 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Emilio GomezGomez – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Steve JohnsonJohnson – Kyle SeeligSeelig (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Stefan KozlovKozlov – Ryan HarrisonHarrison (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Yibing WuWu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon HoltHolt – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (1-1) – H2H and prediction