Thai Kwiatkowski and Christian Harrison will square off in the qualifications of the Knoxville Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thai Kwiatkowski who should win in 3 sets.
Thai Kwiatkowski -> 1.83
Christian Harrison -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Thai Kwiatkowski vs. Christian Harrison
This will be the 2nd time that Thai Kwiatkowski and Christian Harrison square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Harrison (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Harrison won 6-7(6) 7-6(1) 6-2 in the 1st round in the Charleston Challenger back in September 2023.
Thai Kwiatkowski
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-19 | 19-8 | 1-7 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-24 | 23-15 | 7-3 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-24 | 5-9 | 9-6 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-9 | 11-7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 354, the American reached the qualifications after beating Chris Rodesch 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications against Rodesch, Kwiatkowski recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Kwiatkowski scored 94 points vs Rodesch’s 84. Thai was exceptionally aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kwiatkowski managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Thai Kwiatkowski lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kwiatkowski put 68% of his first serves in, winning 82% (45/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Kwiatkowski broke Rodesch twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Kwiatkowski has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (200-142). 3-4 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kwiatkowski has an aggregate 26-25 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Thai’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Sunrise and M15 Las Vegas.
The American has an overall 33-22 win-loss record in 2023, 3-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Christian Harrison
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-20 | 10-11 | 0-2 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-13 | 7-5 | 9-4 | 2-3 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-17 | 16-11 | 10-2 | 6-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-4 | 4-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 535, the American got to the qualifications after defeating Keegan Smith 2-6 6-2 7-5.
In the qualifications against Smith, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 7-5). During the match Harrison scored 83 points vs Smith’s 76. Christian was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Harrison struck 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Christian Harrison was extremely effective on serve to win 78% (36/46) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Harrison broke Smith 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Harrison has an aggregate 13-17 win-loss record in 2023, 3-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kwiatkowski | Harrison |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 |
| Pts | 94-84 | 83-76 |
| Total Points | 178 | 159 |
| Winners | 45 | 36 |
| %Winners | 48% | 43% |
Both Kwiatkowski and Harrison played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Thai Kwiatkowski conceded 1 set, while Christian Harrison surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kwiatkowski and Harrison have played the same amount of sets 3. They also played the same amount of games (28). The American scored 45 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Harrison fired 36 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kwiatkowski | Harrison |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 5 |
| 1st in | 55/81 | 46/75 |
| %1st in | 68% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 45/55 | 36/46 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 16/29 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 55% |
Kwiatkowski struck 6 aces . Harrison blasted 5 aces . Kwiatkowski won 82% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Harrison won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kwiatkowski | Harrison |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/8 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 25% | 67% |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 80% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The American broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kwiatkowski | |||
| Q1 Rodesch | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 94-84 | 94-84 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 55/81 | 55/81 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 45/55 | 45/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 13/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Harrison | |||
| Q1 Smith | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 83-76 | 83-76 | |
| Total points | 159 | 159 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 46/75 | 46/75 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 36/46 | 36/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 16/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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