Mitchell Krueger and Denis Kudla will play each other in the 1st round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 10th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 5:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mitchell Krueger who should win in 3 sets.
Mitchell Krueger -> 1.57
Denis Kudla -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Mitchell Krueger vs. Denis Kudla
This will be the 10th time that Mitchell Krueger and Denis Kudla play each other. The head to head is 7-2 for Kudla (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Krueger won 6-7(4) 7-5 ret. in the 1st round in the Champaign Challenger back in 2023.
Mitchell Krueger
41 - 29win/loss
145
135
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-29 | 30-17 | 9-7 | 1-4 | 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. 144, Krueger will start his run in the Knoxville Challenger after he played his last match in the Charlottesville Challenger where he lost 7-5 7-6(6) to Kent in the 1st round on the 28th of October.
Mitchell has an overall 41-29 win-loss record in 2024, 1-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Indian Wells 1 Challenger where he defeated Brandon Holt in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4 and the Little Rock Challenger where he beat Yuta Shimizu in the final 6-3 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Krueger has an overall 422-370 record. He has a negative 32-42 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023. See his history.
Denis Kudla
23 - 22win/loss
223
53
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-22 | 9-7 | 6-6 | 7-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 13-17 | 1-3 | 11-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-33 | 21-19 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-27 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 12-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-9 | 13-6 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 217, Kudla will start his run in the Knoxville Challenger after he played his last match in the Charlottesville Challenger where he lost 0-6 6-3 7-5 to Mejia in the 1st round on the 28th of October.
Kudla has an aggregate 23-22 win-loss record in 2024, 7-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)
.Kudla’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Cleveland Challenger and the San Luis Potosi Challenger.
In terms of his career, The American has an overall 514-402 record. He has a positive 104-65 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2017 and 2023. See his history.
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Denis KudlaKudla – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (7-2) – H2H and prediction
- Karue SellSell – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kyle EdmundEdmund – Blaz RolaRola (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Naoki NakagawaNakagawa – Andres UrreaUrrea (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Dmitry PopkoPopko (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – Brandon HoltHolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andre IlaganIlagan – Jose GarciaGarcia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefan DostanicDostanic – Govind NandaNanda (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Micah BraswellBraswell – (0-0) – H2H and prediction