Mitchell Krueger and Bor Artnak will play each other in the 2nd round of the Indian Wells 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on PC3. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mitchell Krueger who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mitchell Krueger is the pick to win this match.
Mitchell Krueger -> 1.3
Bor Artnak -> 3.32
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Prediction and head to head Mitchell Krueger vs. Bor Artnak
There is no head to head record between Mitchell Krueger and Bor Artnak since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Mitchell Krueger
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-31 | 30-17 | 9-7 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 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, Mitchell reached the 2nd round after beating Omni Kumar 7-62 6-3.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Kumar (7-62 6-3). During the match, Krueger scored 79 points vs Kumar’s 64. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Krueger scored 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Mitchell Krueger lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Krueger put 56% of his first serves in, winning 72% (31/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. The American was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Kumar 4 times.
Krueger has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (267-257). 6-0 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Krueger has an aggregate 189-158 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Indian Wells 1 Challenger where he defeated Brandon Holt in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4.
The American has a composed 6-0 win-loss record in 2024, 6-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Indian Wells 2 Challenger
Bor Artnak
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-24 | 10-9 | 29-11 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-33 | 16-7 | 28-25 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-12 | 9-6 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 527, Artnak got to the 2nd round after defeating Patrick Brady 6-3 7-5, Ezekiel Clark 6-3 6-4 and James Kent Trotter 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round, Artnak had a good straight sets win against Kent Trotter (6-3 7-5). During the match Artnak scored 70 points vs Kent Trotter’s 59. The Slovenian was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Artnak scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Bor Artnak was pretty efficient on serve to win 82% (28/34) of his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Artnak broke Kent Trotter 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Bor has an overall 3-1 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Krueger | Artnak |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 61 |
| Pts | 79-64 | 208-170 |
| Total Points | 143 | 378 |
| Winners | 31 | 83 |
| %Winners | 39% | 40% |
Krueger played 1 match while Artnak competed in 3 matches. Artnak started his run from the qualifications while Krueger had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Krueger has played 4 set(s) less than Artnak (2 vs 6). Therefore, Krueger played 39 games less than Artnak. Mitchell scored 31 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Bor scored 83 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Krueger | Artnak |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 43/77 | 113/189 |
| %1st in | 56% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 31/43 | 83/113 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 43/76 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 57% |
Krueger fired 2 aces . Artnak scored 9 aces (3 per match). Krueger won 72% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Artnak won 73% 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 | Krueger | Artnak |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 12 |
| Converted | 4/4 | 12/21 |
| % Converted | 100% | 57% |
| Conceded | 8 | 16 |
| Saved | 5 | 12 |
| % Saved | 63% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Krueger conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovenian broke his opponents 12 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Slovenian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Krueger | |||
| R1 Kumar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 79-64 | 79-64 | |
| Total points | 143 | 143 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 43/77 | 43/77 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 31/43 | 31/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 17/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Artnak | |||||
| Q1 Brady |
Q3 Clark |
R1 Kent |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 19 | 21 | 61 | |
| pts | 76-59 | 62-52 | 70-59 | 208-170 | |
| Total points | 135 | 114 | 129 | 378 | |
| Winners | 26 | 29 | 28 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 47% | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 39/64 | 40/63 | 34/62 | 113/189 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 63% | 55% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 26/39 | 29/40 | 28/34 | 83/113 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 73% | 82% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 13/23 | 17/28 | 43/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 57% | 61% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 3/5 | 3/8 | 12/21 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 60% | 38% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 4 | 2 | 16 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 3/4 | 2/2 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 75% | 100% | 245% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLLLLLWW Tennis Scores in Indian Wells 2 Challenger
- Andre IlaganIlagan – Federico GaioGaio (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Bor ArtnakArtnak – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Paul JubbJubb – Ozan BarisBaris (7-61 6-2) – See score progression
- Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara – Matija PecoticPecotic (7-65 0-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Maxwell MckennonMckennon (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Tim HandelHandel – Matias SotoSoto (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Thomas Fancutt/Ajeet RaiFancutt/Ajeet Rai – Mac Kiger/Benjamin SigouinKiger/Benjamin Sigouin (6-4 3-6 10-6) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Gabriel DebruDebru (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Evan ZhuZhu (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Learner TienTien – Giovanni OradiniOradini (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Sebastian FanselowFanselow – Vasek PospisilPospisil (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Yshai OlielOliel – Benjamin LockLock (3-6 7-63 6-0) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Ryan SeggermanSeggerman (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Omni KumarKumar (7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Blaise BicknellBicknell – Aidan MayoMayo (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Lucas GerchGerch (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Trevor SvajdaSvajda – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (0-6 7-64 7-63) – See score progression
- Bor ArtnakArtnak – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara – Matija PecoticPecotic (7-6(5) 0-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Maxwell MckennonMckennon (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Paul JubbJubb – Ozan BarisBaris (7-6(1) 6-2) – See score progression
- Tim HandelHandel – Matias SotoSoto (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Andre IlaganIlagan – Federico GaioGaio (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian FanselowFanselow – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Paul JubbJubb (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tim HandelHandel – Andre IlaganIlagan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
