Micah Braswell and Blaz Rola will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Knoxville Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 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 Blaz Rola who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Blaz Rola is the pick to win this match.
Blaz Rola -> 1.68
Micah Braswell -> 2.08

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Prediction and head to head Micah Braswell vs. Blaz Rola

There is no head to head record between Micah Braswell and Blaz Rola since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Micah Braswell

Ranked no. 552, the American got to the qualifications after defeating Bor Artnak 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Artnak (6-3 6-4). During the match, Braswell scored 61 points vs Artnak’s 49. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Regarding the service games, Braswell scored 5 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Micah Braswell was quite efficient on serve to win 80% (20/25) of his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Micah broke Artnak 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Braswell has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 60% of his matches (39-26). 6-4 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Braswell has an overall8-5 match record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.

Micah’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Wichita.

The American has an overall 23-12 win-loss record in 2024, 6-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Micah has never competed in this tournament before.

Blaz Rola

Ranked no. 821, Blaz got to the qualifications after beating Kyle Edmund 6-3 7-6(4).

In the qualifications, The Slovenian had a good straight sets win against Edmund (6-3 7-6⁴). During the match Rola scored 69 points vs Edmund’s 65. Rola was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Rola made 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Blaz Rola was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (34/44) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Rola broke Edmund twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Rola’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Celje.

Rola has an overall 15-10 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Braswell	Rola
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	22
Pts	61-49	69-65
Total Points	110	134
Winners	20	34
%Winners	33%	49%

Both Braswell and Rola played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Braswell and Rola have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Braswell played 3 games less than Rola. The American scored 20 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovenian scored 34 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Braswell	Rola
Aces	5	9
Avg per match	5	9
1st in	25/51	44/70
%1st in	49%	63%
1st pts	20/25	34/44
%1st pts	80%	77%
2nd pts	17/26	14/26
%2nd pts	65%	54%

Braswell fired 5 aces . Rola made 9 aces . Braswell won 80% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Rola won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Braswell	Rola
Won	3	2
Converted	3/10	2/6
% Converted	30%	33%
Conceded	1	4
Saved	0	3
% Saved	0%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Blaz broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Rola conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Braswell
	Q1 Artnak	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	61-49	61-49
Total points	110	110
Winners	20	20
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	25/51	25/51
% 1st in	49%	49%
1st pts	20/25	20/25
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	17/26	17/26
% 2nd pts	65%	65%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/10	3/10
Converted %	30%	30%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Rola
	Q1 Edmund	Total
Score	6-3 7-64
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	69-65	69-65
Total points	134	134
Winners	34	34
%Winners	49%	49%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	44/70	44/70
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	34/44	34/44
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	14/26	14/26
% 2nd pts	54%	54%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/6	2/6
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

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