Learner Tien and Max Wiskandt will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday 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 Learner Tien who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Learner Tien is the pick to win this match.
Learner Tien -> 1.154
Max Wiskandt -> 4.8

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Prediction and head to head Learner Tien vs. Max Wiskandt

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

Learner Tien

Ranked no. 121 (career-high), Learner will start his run in the Knoxville Challenger after he played his last match in the Charlottesville Challenger where he lost 6-3 3-6 6-2 to Kent in the semifinal on the 2^nd of November.

Tien has an aggregate 56-10 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was winning 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 overcame Tristan Boyer in the final 7-5 1-6 6-3 and the Fairfield Challenger where he beat Bernard Tomic in the final 6-0 6-1.

Talking about his overall career, Tien has an overall 98-31 record. He has a positive 14-4 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Tien has never competed in this tournament before.

Max Wiskandt

Ranked no. 493 (career-high), the German reached the 1^st

round after beating Hady Habib 6-3 6-3 and Ryan Seggerman 6-4 3-6 6-3.

In the qualifications, Max defeated Seggerman (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match Wiskandt scored 90 points vs Seggerman’s 74. Wiskandt was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Wiskandt scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Max Wiskandt was pretty efficient on serve to win 73% (33/45) of his 1st serve and 71% (22/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The German broke Seggerman 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The German started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Wiskandt’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir.

Max has an overall 43-28 win-loss record in 2024, 7-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Tennis Scores in Knoxville Challenger

• Mark LajalLajal – Paul JubbJubb (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Denis KudlaKudla (6-4 1-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Brandon HoltHolt – Adam WaltonWalton (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jay ClarkeClarke – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-3 2-6 7-6⁰) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Ethan QuinnQuinn (3-6 6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Karue SellSell – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Patrick KypsonKypson – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon HoltHolt – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Micah BraswellBraswell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – (0-0) – H2H and prediction