Learner Tien and Micah Braswell will face off in the 2^nd round of the Tiburon Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on KENNEDY-GROSSMAN. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Learner Tien who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Learner Tien is the pick to win this match.
Learner Tien -> 1.27
Micah Braswell -> 3.48

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Prediction and head to head Learner Tien vs. Micah Braswell

There is no head to head record between Learner Tien and Micah Braswell since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Learner Tien

Ranked no. 148 (career-high), Learner reached the 2^nd round after beating Govind Nanda 7-6(7) 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Tien had a good straight sets win against Nanda (7-6⁷ 6-1). During the match, Tien scored 72 points vs Nanda’s 60. Tien was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Tien bagged 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Learner Tien lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Tien put 54% of his first serves in, winning 79% (30/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. Learner broke Nanda 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Tien has a fantastic record in the last 3 years having won 75% of his matches (88-29). 46-7 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tien has an aggregate74-22 match record in the last 3 years on hard.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Bloomfield Hills Challenger where he defeated Nishesh Basavareddy in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4 and the Las Vegas Challenger where he beat Tristan Boyer in the final 7-5 1-6 6-3.

Learner has an aggregate 46-8 win-loss record in 2024, 46-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tiburon Challenger

Micah Braswell

Ranked no. 607 (career-high), Micah got to the 2^nd round after beating Strong Kirchheimer 6-2 1-6 6-4, Murphy Cassone 6-2 6-3 and Dane Sweeny 6-2 3-6 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Braswell defeated Sweeny (6-2 3-6 6-1). During the match Braswell scored 82 points vs Sweeny’s 63. Micah was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Braswell struck 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Micah Braswell was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 67% (24/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Sweeny 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

The American’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Wichita.

Braswell has a compiled 20-8 win-loss record in 2024, 15-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tiburon Challenger

Micah has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tien	Braswell
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	8
Tot Games	20	66
Pts	72-60	232-198
Total Points	132	430
Winners	30	76
%Winners	42%	33%

Tien played 1 match while Braswell competed in 3 matches. Braswell started his run from the qualifications while Tien had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Micah Braswell dropped 2 sets while Learner Tien hasn’t conceded a set so far. Tien has played 6 set(s) less than Braswell (2 vs 8). Therefore, Tien played 46 games less than Braswell. The American scored 30 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Braswell blasted 76 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tien	Braswell
Aces	6	16
Avg per match	6	5.3
1st in	38/70	99/197
%1st in	54%	50%
1st pts	30/38	76/99
%1st pts	79%	77%
2nd pts	16/32	55/98
%2nd pts	50%	56%

Tien recorded 6 aces . Braswell fired 16 aces (5.3 per match). Tien won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Braswell won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Tien	Braswell
Won	3	12
Converted	3/5	12/31
% Converted	60%	39%
Conceded	3	12
Saved	2	8
% Saved	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	4

The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Braswell broke his opponents 12 times with a 39% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Tien
	R1 Nanda	Total
Score	7-67 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	72-60	72-60
Total points	132	132
Winners	30	30
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	38/70	38/70
% 1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	30/38	30/38
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	16/32	16/32
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/5	3/5
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Braswell
	Q1 Kirchheimer	Q3 Cassone	R1 Sweeny	Total
Score	6-2 1-6 6-4	6-2 6-3	6-2 3-6 6-1
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	25	17	24	66
pts	81-82	69-53	82-63	232-198
Total points	163	122	145	430
Winners	27	23	26	76
%Winners	33%	33%	32%	33%
SERVE
Aces	4	3	9	16
Double Faults	6	2	2	10
1st in	37/77	29/51	33/69	99/197
% 1st in	48%	57%	48%	50%
1st pts	27/37	23/29	26/33	76/99
% 1st pts	73%	79%	79%	77%
2nd pts	18/40	13/22	24/36	55/98
% 2nd pts	45%	59%	67%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	4	4	12
Converted	4/8	4/16	4/7	12/31
Converted %	50%	25%	57%	39%
Conceded	5	2	5	12
Saved	2/5	2/2	4/5	8
Saved %	40%	100%	80%	220%
Times Broken	3	0	1	4

Tennis Scores in Tiburon Challenger

• Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Karue SellSell – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Colton SmithSmith – Remy BertolaBertola (6-4 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Denis KudlaKudla – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (7-5 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Nicolas MejiaMejia – Jeff WolfWolf (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Micah BraswellBraswell – (0-0) – H2H and prediction