Learner Tien and Patrick Kypson will clash against each other in the quarter of the Fairfield Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:00 pm on TAD TAUBE COURT. 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 -> 1.35
Patrick Kypson -> 2.99

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Prediction and head to head Learner Tien vs. Patrick Kypson

There is no head to head record between Learner Tien and Patrick Kypson since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Learner Tien

Ranked no. 148 (career-high), Learner reached the quarter after defeating Goncalo Oliveira 6-2 6-2 and Toby Alex Kodat 7-5 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Learner had a good straight sets win against Alex Kodat (7-5 6-4). During the match, Tien scored 77 points vs Alex Kodat’s 68. Learner was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Tien made 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Learner Tien lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Tien put 69% of his first serves in, winning 72% (31/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (7/19) on the 2nd serve. Learner broke Alex Kodat 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Learner hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Tien has a fantastic record in the last 3 years having won 75% of his matches (92-30). 50-8 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Tien has a compiled78-23 record in the last 3 years on hard.

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Bloomfield Hills Challenger where he overcame 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 50-9 win-loss record in 2024, 50-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Fairfield Challenger

Patrick Kypson

Ranked no. 184, Patrick reached the quarter after defeating Bor Artnak 6-1 6-3 and Edas Butvilas 6-3 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Patrick had a good straight sets win against Butvilas (6-3 6-4). During the match Kypson scored 72 points vs Butvilas’s 56. Patrick was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about serving, Kypson recorded 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Patrick Kypson lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kypson put 60% of his first serves in, winning 85% (28/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Kypson broke Butvilas 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kypson hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Cleveland Challenger where he defeated Ethan Quinn in the final 4-6 6-3 6-2.

Patrick has a composed 19-21 win-loss record in 2024, 8-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Fairfield Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tien	Kypson
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	38	35
Pts	141-113	131-94
Total Points	254	225
Winners	55	49
%Winners	39%	37%

Both Tien and Kypson played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Tien and Kypson have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Tien played 3 games more than Kypson. Learner scored 55 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Kypson made 49 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tien	Kypson
Aces	8	6
Avg per match	4	3
1st in	74/111	59/103
%1st in	67%	57%
1st pts	55/74	49/59
%1st pts	74%	83%
2nd pts	12/37	25/44
%2nd pts	32%	57%

Tien made 8 aces (4 per match). Kypson scored 6 aces (3 per match). Tien won 74% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 32% of the points. On the other side, Kypson won 83% of the points behind 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	Tien	Kypson
Won	11	7
Converted	11/21	7/13
% Converted	52%	54%
Conceded	9	4
Saved	4	3
% Saved	44%	75%
Times Broken	5	1

Tien broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Tien surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. Patrick broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Tien
	R1 Oliveira	R2 Alex	Total
Score	6-2 6-2	7-5 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	16	22	38
pts	64-45	77-68	141-113
Total points	109	145	254
Winners	24	31	55
%Winners	38%	40%	39%
SERVE
Aces	6	2	8
Double Faults	4	3	7
1st in	31/49	43/62	74/111
% 1st in	63%	69%	67%
1st pts	24/31	31/43	55/74
% 1st pts	77%	72%	74%
2nd pts	5/18	7/19	12/37
% 2nd pts	28%	37%	32%
Breaks
Won	6	5	11
Converted	6/12	5/9	11/21
Converted %	50%	56%	52%
Conceded	6	3	9
Saved	4/6	0/3	4
Saved %	67%	0%	34%
Times Broken	2	3	5

Kypson
	R1 Artnak	R2 Butvilas	Total
Score	6-1 6-3	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	16	19	35
pts	59-38	72-56	131-94
Total points	97	128	225
Winners	21	28	49
%Winners	36%	39%	37%
SERVE
Aces	4	2	6
Double Faults	1	5	6
1st in	26/48	33/55	59/103
% 1st in	54%	60%	57%
1st pts	21/26	28/33	49/59
% 1st pts	81%	85%	83%
2nd pts	14/22	11/22	25/44
% 2nd pts	64%	50%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	3	7
Converted	4/5	3/8	7/13
Converted %	80%	38%	54%
Conceded	1	3	4
Saved	1/1	2/3	3
Saved %	100%	67%	84%
Times Broken	0	1	1

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