Patrick Kypson and Alexander Kotzen will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 8:00 pm on COURT 3. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Patrick Kypson who should win in 2 sets.
Patrick Kypson -> 1.25
Alexander Kotzen -> 3.64
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Prediction and head to head Patrick Kypson vs. Alexander Kotzen
This will be the 2nd time that Patrick Kypson and Alexander Kotzen face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kypson (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Kypson won 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in M15 South Bend back in 2022.
Patrick Kypson
23 - 25win/loss
182
133
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-25 | 8-11 | 4-7 | 9-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-21 | 10-11 | 17-6 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-14 | 13-7 | 2-2 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-11 | 4-2 | 20-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-9 | 7-6 | 5-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 182, the American will start his run in the Knoxville Challenger after he played his last match in the Charlottesville Challenger where he lost 7-6(4) 6-3 to Lajal in the 2nd round on the 30th of October.
Kypson has an overall 23-25 win-loss record in 2024, 9-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title the Cleveland Challenger where he defeated Ethan Quinn in the final 4-6 6-3 6-2.
Talking about his overall career, Patrick has an overall 204-124 record. He has a positive 36-19 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
Alexander Kotzen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-8 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-14 | 12-9 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-7 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-18 | 34-13 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-8 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 867, Kotzen reached the 1st round after beating Aidan Mchugh 7-6(5) 7-6(5) and Naoki Nakagawa 6-3 7-6(3).
In the qualifications, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Nakagawa (6-3 7-63). During the match Kotzen scored 67 points vs Nakagawa’s 49. Alexander was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Kotzen struck 9 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alexander Kotzen was pretty effective on serve to win 91% (32/35) of his 1st serve and 76% (16/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Nakagawa once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 53% of the points he played.
The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Tulsa.
Alexander has a compiled 15-8 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Knoxville Challenger
- 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
- Mark LajalLajal – Paul JubbJubb (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