Mitchell Krueger and Learner Tien will face off in the 2nd round of the Fairfield Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on EVE ZIMMERMAN COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mitchell Krueger who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mitchell Krueger is the pick to win this match.
Mitchell Krueger -> 1.73
Learner Tien -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Mitchell Krueger vs. Learner Tien
There is no head to head record between Mitchell Krueger and Learner Tien since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Mitchell Krueger
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-15 | 16-6 | 9-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-29 | 15-19 | 4-4 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-28 | 18-15 | 6-5 | 1-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-24 | 19-12 | 5-5 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-13 | 14-8 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 290, Mitchell reached the 2nd round after defeating Alfredo Perez 7-66 6-2.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Perez (7-66 6-2). During the match, Krueger scored 69 points vs Perez’s 57. Krueger was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Krueger struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Mitchell Krueger was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (35/46) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mitchell broke Perez twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Krueger has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (311-288). 14-18 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Krueger has a compiled 207-180 record in the last years on hard.
Krueger’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Dallas.
Krueger has a compiled 25-25 win-loss record in 2023, 14-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Fairfield Challenger
Learner Tien
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-3 | 14-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-10 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 10-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 12-11 | 8-5 | 3-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 712, Learner reached the 2nd round after beating Cannon Kingsley 6-4 6-4, Federico Agustin Gomez 2-6 6-2 7-64 and Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 6-2 6-79 6-4.
In the 1st round, Learner defeated Moreno De Alboran (6-2 6-79 6-4). During the match Tien scored 119 points vs Moreno De Alboran’s 100. The American was quite aggressive to blast 54 winners.
About the serving games, Tien scored 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Learner Tien lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Tien put 72% of his first serves in, winning 72% (54/75) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. Tien broke Moreno De Alboran 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Learner’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Irvine.
Tien has a composed 17-8 win-loss record in 2023, 17-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Fairfield Challenger
Learner has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Krueger | Tien |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 80 |
| Pts | 69-57 | 312-278 |
| Total Points | 126 | 590 |
| Winners | 35 | 122 |
| %Winners | 51% | 39% |
Krueger played 1 match while Tien competed in 3 matches. Tien started his run from the qualifications while Krueger had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Learner Tien dropped 2 sets while Mitchell Krueger hasn’t lost a set so far. Krueger has played 6 set(s) less than Tien (2 vs 8). Therefore, Krueger played 59 games less than Tien. Krueger scored 35 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Tien bagged 122 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Krueger | Tien |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 46/63 | 178/285 |
| %1st in | 73% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 35/46 | 122/178 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 55/107 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 51% |
Krueger blasted 2 aces . Tien made 10 aces (3.3 per match). Krueger won 76% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Tien won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Krueger | Tien |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 13 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 13/32 |
| % Converted | 50% | 41% |
| Conceded | 2 | 30 |
| Saved | 2 | 22 |
| % Saved | 100% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 8 |
Mitchell broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Krueger quite strong on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. Learner broke his opponents 13 times with a 41% conversion rate. Tien conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Krueger | |||
| R1 Perez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 69-57 | 69-57 | |
| Total points | 126 | 126 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 46/63 | 46/63 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 35/46 | 35/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 11/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Tien | |||||
| Q1 Kingsley |
Q3 Agustin |
R1 Moreno De Alboran |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 2-6 6-2 7-64 | 6-2 6-79 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 29 | 31 | 80 | |
| pts | 92-85 | 101-93 | 119-100 | 312-278 | |
| Total points | 177 | 194 | 219 | 590 | |
| Winners | 32 | 36 | 54 | 122 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 36% | 45% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 51/89 | 52/92 | 75/104 | 178/285 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | 72% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 32/51 | 36/52 | 54/75 | 122/178 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 69% | 72% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/38 | 23/40 | 13/29 | 55/107 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 58% | 45% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 3/6 | 6/14 | 13/32 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 50% | 43% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 10 | 7 | 30 | |
| Saved | 11/13 | 7/10 | 4/7 | 22 | |
| Saved % | 85% | 70% | 57% | 212% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Fairfield Challenger
- Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Adam WaltonWalton (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Christian LangmoLangmo – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Denis KudlaKudla (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Learner TienTien – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (6-2 6-79 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Keegan SmithSmith (7-63 7-64) – See score progression
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – August HolmgrenHolmgren (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Ozan BarisBaris (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Aziz DougazDougaz (2-6 7-65 6-0) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Stefan DostanicDostanic (6-3 5-7 7-64) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Alfredo PerezPerez (7-66 6-2) – See score progression
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Bernard TomicTomic (6-3 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (7-69 6-0) – See score progression
- Aidan MayoMayo – Patrick KypsonKypson (3-6 7-63 7-64) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Mark LajalLajal (1-6 7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Skander MansouriMansouri – Vasek PospisilPospisil (1-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (1-5) – H2H and prediction
- Skander MansouriMansouri – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon HoltHolt – Christian LangmoLangmo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Steve JohnsonJohnson (0-1) – H2H and prediction
