Christopher Eubanks and Johannus Monday will square off in the semifinal of the Knoxville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:00 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 Christopher Eubanks who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Christopher Eubanks is the pick to win this match.
Christopher Eubanks -> 1.65
Johannus Monday -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head Christopher Eubanks vs. Johannus Monday
There is no head to head record between Christopher Eubanks and Johannus Monday since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Christopher Eubanks
25 - 27win/loss
109
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WWWWWLLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-27 | 11-11 | 0-7 | 11-4 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-26 | 24-16 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 14-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-26 | 24-16 | 1-2 | 14-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-21 | 19-13 | 0-1 | 11-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-8 | 12-6 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 118, Christopher reached the semifinal after beating Joel Schwaerzler 6-4 6-1, Murphy Cassone 6-2 2-6 6-3 and Eliot Spizzirri 5-7 6-3 7-6(5).
In the quarter against Spizzirri, Christopher recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 7-65). During the match, Eubanks scored 106 points vs Spizzirri’s 105. Eubanks was very aggressive to blast 54 winners.
Regarding the service games, Eubanks managed to score 19 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Christopher Eubanks lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Eubanks put 71% of his first serves in, winning 70% (54/77) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (13/32) on the 2nd serve. Christopher broke Spizzirri 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has dropped 2 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Eubanks has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 56% of his matches (234-182). 9-4 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Eubanks has an overall50-33 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
The American’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Newport and the Charleston Challenger.
The American has an overall 24-27 win-loss record in 2024, 9-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Johannus Monday
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-7 | 21-5 | 0-0 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 10-15 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-6 | 15-2 | 0-0 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 416 (career-high), Johannus got to the semifinal after defeating Nicolas Mejia 3-6 6-4 6-3, Patrick Kypson 3-6 6-3 7-6(7) and James Kent Trotter 6-4 7-6(2).
In the quarter, Monday had a good straight sets win against Kent Trotter (6-4 7-62). During the match Monday scored 76 points vs Kent Trotter’s 67. Monday was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Monday scored 6 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Johannus Monday was pretty effective on serve to win 72% (39/54) of his 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Johannus broke Kent Trotter once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brit has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The Brit’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 East Lansing,M25 Louisville,M25 Harlingen and M25 Norman.
Monday has a composed 29-6 win-loss record in 2024, 8-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Eubanks | Monday |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 76 | 82 |
| Pts | 245-209 | 267-247 |
| Total Points | 454 | 514 |
| Winners | 121 | 142 |
| %Winners | 49% | 53% |
Both Eubanks and Monday played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Christopher Eubanks dropped 2 sets, while Johannus Monday dropped 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Eubanks and Monday have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Eubanks played 6 games less than Monday. The American scored 121 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Johannus blasted 142 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Eubanks | Monday |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 40 | 32 |
| Avg per match | 13.3 | 10.7 |
| 1st in | 162/236 | 191/263 |
| %1st in | 69% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 121/162 | 142/191 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 37/74 | 44/72 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 61% |
Eubanks bagged 40 aces (13.3 per match). Monday managed to score 32 aces (10.7 per match). Eubanks won 75% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Monday won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Eubanks | Monday |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 4 |
| Converted | 10/18 | 4/13 |
| % Converted | 56% | 31% |
| Conceded | 19 | 13 |
| Saved | 13 | 11 |
| % Saved | 68% | 85% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 2 |
Christopher broke his opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. Eubanks dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded. The Brit broke his opponents 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Monday conceded his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded.
| Eubanks | |||||
| R1 Schwaerzler |
R2 Cassone |
1/4 Spizzirri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-2 2-6 6-3 | 5-7 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 25 | 34 | 76 | |
| pts | 56-33 | 83-71 | 106-105 | 245-209 | |
| Total points | 89 | 154 | 211 | 454 | |
| Winners | 30 | 37 | 54 | 121 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 45% | 51% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 14 | 19 | 40 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 35/47 | 50/80 | 77/109 | 162/236 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 63% | 71% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 30/35 | 37/50 | 54/77 | 121/162 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 74% | 70% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/12 | 18/30 | 13/32 | 37/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 60% | 41% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/5 | 4/9 | 10/18 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 60% | 44% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 9 | 10 | 19 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 7/9 | 6/10 | 13 | |
| Saved % | – | 78% | 60% | 46% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Monday | |||||
| R1 Mejia |
R2 Kypson |
1/4 Kent |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-3 | 3-6 6-3 7-67 | 6-4 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 31 | 23 | 82 | |
| pts | 98-88 | 93-92 | 76-67 | 267-247 | |
| Total points | 186 | 185 | 143 | 514 | |
| Winners | 51 | 52 | 39 | 142 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 56% | 51% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | 6 | 32 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 68/98 | 69/93 | 54/72 | 191/263 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 74% | 75% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 51/68 | 52/69 | 39/54 | 142/191 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | 72% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/30 | 15/24 | 13/18 | 44/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 63% | 72% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 25% | 50% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 3/4 | 3/3 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 75% | 100% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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