Mitchell Krueger and Learner Tien will square off in the quarter of the Indian Wells 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:30 pm on PC3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Learner Tien who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Learner Tien is the pick to win this match.
Learner Tien -> 1.83
Mitchell Krueger -> 1.89
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Prediction and head to head Mitchell Krueger vs. Learner Tien
This will be the 2nd time that Mitchell Krueger and Learner Tien clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Krueger (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Krueger won 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Fairfield Challenger back in 2023.
Mitchell Krueger
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-14 | 15-5 | 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. 286, Krueger got to the quarter after defeating Matias Soto 6-4 7-63 and Benjamin Lock 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Krueger had a good straight sets win against Lock (6-4 6-4). During the match, Krueger scored 74 points vs Lock’s 60. Krueger was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Krueger struck 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Mitchell Krueger lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Krueger put 59% of his first serves in, winning 79% (26/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Mitchell broke Lock 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Krueger hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Krueger has good match record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (263-257). 2-0 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Krueger has an aggregate 185-158 record in the last years on hard.
Mitchell has an overall 2-0 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Indian Wells 1 Challenger
Learner Tien
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-3 | 9-2 | 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. 473, the American got to the quarter after defeating Maxwell Mckennon 6-2 3-6 6-0 and Giovanni Oradini 6-2 7-61.
In the 2nd round, Tien had a good straight sets win against Oradini (6-2 7-61). During the match Tien scored 78 points vs Oradini’s 58. Learner was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Tien struck 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Learner Tien lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Tien put 61% of his first serves in, winning 70% (28/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the 2nd serve. Learner was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Oradini 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tien has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
The American has an overall 2-0 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Krueger | Tien |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 44 |
| Pts | 158-131 | 162-123 |
| Total Points | 289 | 285 |
| Winners | 58 | 55 |
| %Winners | 37% | 34% |
Both Krueger and Tien played 2 matches. At the moment, Learner Tien surrendered 1 set while Mitchell Krueger hasn’t conceded a set so far. Krueger has played 1 set(s) less than Tien (4 vs 5). Therefore, Krueger played 1 game less than Tien. The American scored 58 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Tien blasted 55 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Krueger | Tien |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3 |
| 1st in | 72/120 | 79/136 |
| %1st in | 60% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 58/72 | 55/79 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 28/48 | 31/57 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 54% |
Krueger bagged 12 aces (6 per match). Tien blasted 6 aces (3 per match). Krueger won 81% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Tien won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Krueger | Tien |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 10 |
| Converted | 6/22 | 10/13 |
| % Converted | 27% | 77% |
| Conceded | 6 | 9 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Krueger broke his opponents 6 times with a 27% conversion rate. Krueger dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Tien broke his opponents 10 times with a 77% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Krueger | ||||
| R1 Soto |
R2 Lock |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-63 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 20 | 43 | |
| pts | 84-71 | 74-60 | 158-131 | |
| Total points | 155 | 134 | 289 | |
| Winners | 32 | 26 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 35% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 39/64 | 33/56 | 72/120 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 59% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 32/39 | 26/33 | 58/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 79% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/25 | 11/23 | 28/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 48% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/12 | 4/10 | 6/22 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 40% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Tien | ||||
| R1 Mckennon |
R2 Oradini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-0 | 6-2 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 21 | 44 | |
| pts | 84-65 | 78-58 | 162-123 | |
| Total points | 149 | 136 | 285 | |
| Winners | 27 | 28 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 36% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 39/70 | 40/66 | 79/136 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 61% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 27/39 | 28/40 | 55/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 14/26 | 31/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 4/4 | 10/13 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 100% | 77% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 1/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 33% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
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