Bernard Tomic and Jay Clarke will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 Bernard Tomic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Bernard Tomic is the pick to win this match.
Bernard Tomic -> 1.68
Jay Clarke -> 2.08

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Prediction and head to head Bernard Tomic vs. Jay Clarke

This will be the 4^th time that Bernard Tomic and Jay Clarke play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Tomic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, Tomic won 7-6(5) 6-3 in the 2^nd round in the Santo Domingo Challenger back in August 2024.

Bernard Tomic

Ranked no. 207, the Australian reached the 2^nd round after defeating Toby Alex Kodat 7-5 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Tomic had a good straight sets win against Alex Kodat (7-5 7-5). During the match, Tomic scored 87 points vs Alex Kodat’s 79. Bernard was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about the service games, Tomic struck 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Bernard Tomic lost the serve once and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Tomic put 65% of his first serves in, winning 70% (42/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (18/33) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Alex Kodat 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Tomic has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (255-198). 3-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Tomic has a composed 19-25 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Tomic’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Chennai,M25 Xalapa,M25 Tulsa and the Fairfield Challenger.

Tomic has an overall 48-26 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Jay Clarke

Ranked no. 251, the Brit got to the 2^nd round after beating Dmitry Popko 6-3 2-6 7-6(0).

In the 1^st round, Clarke defeated Popko (6-3 2-6 7-6⁰). During the match Clarke scored 99 points vs Popko’s 98. Jay was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.

About the serving games, Clarke bagged 12 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Jay Clarke lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Clarke put 49% of his first serves in, winning 78% (42/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (26/57) on the 2nd serve. Jay broke Popko twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

Clarke’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Hammamet,M15 Rovinj,M25 Santa Margherita di Pula,M25 Kiseljak and M25 Bali.

The Brit has a composed 52-26 win-loss record in 2024, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Clarke has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tomic	Clarke
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	24	30
Pts	87-79	99-98
Total Points	166	197
Winners	42	42
%Winners	48%	42%

Both Tomic and Clarke played 1 match. At the moment, Jay Clarke conceded 1 set while Bernard Tomic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Tomic has played 1 set(s) less than Clarke (2 vs 3). Therefore, Tomic played 6 games less than Clarke. Bernard scored 42 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Clarke managed to score 42 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tomic	Clarke
Aces	8	12
Avg per match	8	12
1st in	60/93	54/111
%1st in	65%	49%
1st pts	42/60	42/54
%1st pts	70%	78%
2nd pts	18/33	26/57
%2nd pts	55%	46%

Tomic recorded 8 aces . Clarke made 12 aces . Tomic won 70% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Clarke won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Tomic	Clarke
Won	3	2
Converted	3/8	2/8
% Converted	38%	25%
Conceded	12	7
Saved	11	4
% Saved	92%	57%
Times Broken	1	3

The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Tomic conceded his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded. Jay broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. Clarke conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Tomic
	R1 Alex	Total
Score	7-5 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	24	24
pts	87-79	87-79
Total points	166	166
Winners	42	42
%Winners	48%	48%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	60/93	60/93
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	42/60	42/60
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	18/33	18/33
% 2nd pts	55%	55%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/8	3/8
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	12	12
Saved	11/12	11
Saved %	92%	92%
Times Broken	1	1

Clarke
	R1 Popko	Total
Score	6-3 2-6 7-60
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	99-98	99-98
Total points	197	197
Winners	42	42
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	12	12
Double Faults	7	7
1st in	54/111	54/111
% 1st in	49%	49%
1st pts	42/54	42/54
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	26/57	26/57
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/8	2/8
Converted %	25%	25%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	4/7	4
Saved %	57%	57%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Knoxville Challenger

• Bernard TomicTomic – Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Colton SmithSmith (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Micah BraswellBraswell – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Marcelo Demoliner/Christian HarrisonDemoliner/Christian Harrison – Juan Pablo Ficovich/Tennyson WhitingPablo Ficovich/Tennyson Whiting (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Learner TienTien – Max WiskandtWiskandt (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Murphy CassoneCassone – Stefan DostanicDostanic (6-3 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Karue SellSell – Shunsuke MitsuiMitsui (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
• Johannus MondayMonday – Nicolas MejiaMejia (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Kenta MiyoshiMiyoshi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Patrick KypsonKypson – Alexander KotzenKotzen (3-6 6-3 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Mark LajalLajal – Paul JubbJubb (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Brandon HoltHolt – Adam WaltonWalton (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Denis KudlaKudla (6-4 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Jay ClarkeClarke – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-3 2-6 7-6⁰) – See score progression
• Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Ethan QuinnQuinn (3-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Colton SmithSmith (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Learner TienTien – Max WiskandtWiskandt (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Micah BraswellBraswell – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Patrick KypsonKypson – Alexander KotzenKotzen (3-6 6-3 7-6(7)) – See score progression
• Johannus MondayMonday – Nicolas MejiaMejia (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler (6-4 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Bernard TomicTomic – Jay ClarkeClarke (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Patrick KypsonKypson – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon HoltHolt – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (1-0) – H2H and prediction