Mitchell Krueger and Learner Tien will square off in the quarter of the Indian Wells 1 Challenger for the 2^nd 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 2^nd 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 2^nd round in the Fairfield Challenger back in 2023.

Mitchell Krueger

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 2^nd 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

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 2^nd 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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