Mitchell Krueger and Stefan Kozlov will face off in the semifinal of the Tallahassee Challenger for the 9th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:00 pm on STADIUM. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mitchell Krueger is the pick to win this match.
Mitchell Krueger -> 1.46
Stefan Kozlov -> 2.55
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Prediction and head to head Mitchell Krueger vs. Stefan Kozlov
This will be the 9th time that Mitchell Krueger and Stefan Kozlov clash against each other. The head to head is 5-3 for Kozlov (see full H2H stats), but Krueger has a winning record of 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kozlov won 7-5 0-6 7-6(1) in the 1st round in the Charlottesville Challenger back in 2022.
Mitchell Krueger
18 - 10win/loss
147
135
LLWLLLLWLW | 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. 277, the American reached the semifinal after defeating Ethan Quinn 6-1 7-62, Thai Kwiatkowski 7-63 6-2 and Joel Schwaerzler 7-5 7-64.
In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Schwaerzler (7-5 7-64). During the match, Krueger scored 85 points vs Schwaerzler’s 77. Krueger was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Krueger fired 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Mitchell Krueger was quite effective on serve to win 75% (36/48) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Mitchell broke Schwaerzler 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Krueger has good record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (278-267). 6-3 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Krueger has a composed 48-54 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Indian Wells 1 Challenger where he defeated Brandon Holt in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4.
Mitchell has an overall 17-10 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tallahassee Challenger
Stefan Kozlov
24 - 11win/loss
355
103
LWLWWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-19 | 16-9 | 17-8 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 6-12 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-34 | 14-18 | 0-5 | 4-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-15 | 20-12 | 5-2 | 16-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-13 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 515, the American got to the semifinal after defeating Gerard Campana Lee 4-6 6-3 6-0, Tennys Sandgren 6-2 6-75 6-1 and Oliver Crawford 6-2 6-2.
In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Crawford (6-2 6-2). During the match Kozlov scored 63 points vs Crawford’s 46. The American was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Kozlov blasted 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Stefan Kozlov conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 78% of his first serves in, win 86% (31/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 20% (2/10) on the 2nd serve. Stefan broke Crawford 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Kozlov’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Kigali 1 Challenger.
Stefan has a composed 24-10 win-loss record in 2024, 17-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tallahassee Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2016 and 2017. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Krueger | Kozlov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 66 | 69 |
| Pts | 238-199 | 272-216 |
| Total Points | 437 | 488 |
| Winners | 91 | 104 |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% |
Both Krueger and Kozlov played 3 matches. At the moment, Stefan Kozlov surrendered 2 sets while Mitchell Krueger hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Krueger has played 2 set(s) less than Kozlov (6 vs 8). Therefore, Krueger played 3 games less than Kozlov. Mitchell scored 91 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The American bagged 104 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Krueger | Kozlov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 128/206 | 144/228 |
| %1st in | 62% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 91/128 | 104/144 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 45/78 | 42/84 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 50% |
Krueger struck 9 aces (3 per match). Kozlov recorded 15 aces (5 per match). Krueger won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Kozlov won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Krueger | Kozlov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 17 |
| Converted | 11/21 | 17/38 |
| % Converted | 52% | 45% |
| Conceded | 9 | 16 |
| Saved | 4 | 11 |
| % Saved | 44% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 |
Mitchell broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Mitchell conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. Kozlov broke his opponents 17 times with a 45% conversion rate. Stefan conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Krueger | |||||
| R1 Quinn |
R2 Kwiatkowski |
1/4 Schwaerzler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-62 | 7-63 6-2 | 7-5 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 21 | 25 | 66 | |
| pts | 74-58 | 79-64 | 85-77 | 238-199 | |
| Total points | 132 | 143 | 162 | 437 | |
| Winners | 25 | 30 | 36 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 38% | 42% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 40/68 | 40/67 | 48/71 | 128/206 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 60% | 68% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 25/40 | 30/40 | 36/48 | 91/128 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 75% | 75% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 15/27 | 14/23 | 45/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 56% | 61% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 3/7 | 3/7 | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 43% | 43% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 2/3 | 1/3 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 67% | 33% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Kozlov | |||||
| R1 Campana |
R2 Sandgren |
1/4 Crawford |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-0 | 6-2 6-75 6-1 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 28 | 16 | 69 | |
| pts | 96-75 | 113-95 | 63-46 | 272-216 | |
| Total points | 171 | 208 | 109 | 488 | |
| Winners | 25 | 48 | 31 | 104 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 42% | 49% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 41/71 | 67/111 | 36/46 | 144/228 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 60% | 78% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 25/41 | 48/67 | 31/36 | 104/144 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 72% | 86% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/30 | 26/44 | 2/10 | 42/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 59% | 20% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 9 | 4 | 4 | 17 | |
| Converted | 9/17 | 4/8 | 4/13 | 17/38 | |
| Converted % | 53% | 50% | 31% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | 0 | 16 | |
| Saved | 3/8 | 8/8 | 0/0 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 100% | – | 46% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWLWWLW Tennis Scores in Tallahassee Challenger
- Zizou BergsBergs – Gerald MelzerMelzer (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Oliver CrawfordCrawford (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Alexander RitschardRitschard (7-5 6-73 6-4) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler (7-5 7-64) – See score progression
- Christian Harrison/Marcus WillisHarrison/Marcus Willis – Nicholas Bybel/Oliver CrawfordBybel/Oliver Crawford (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- William Blumberg/Luis David MartinezBlumberg/Luis David Martinez – Strong Kirchheimer/Toby Alex KodatKirchheimer/Toby Alex Kodat (4-6 6-3 10-8) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler (7-5 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Gerald MelzerMelzer (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Stefan KozlovKozlov (3-5) – H2H and prediction
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Zizou BergsBergs (1-0) – H2H and prediction
