Christopher Eubanks and Learner Tien will face off in the final of the Knoxville Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:00 pm on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Learner Tien who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Learner Tien is the pick to win this match.
Learner Tien -> 1.65
Christopher Eubanks -> 2.13

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Prediction and head to head Christopher Eubanks vs. Learner Tien

There is no head to head record between Christopher Eubanks and Learner Tien since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Christopher Eubanks

Ranked no. 118, Christopher reached the final after defeating Joel Schwaerzler 6-4 6-1, Murphy Cassone 6-2 2-6 6-3, Eliot Spizzirri 5-7 6-3 7-6(5) and Johannus Monday 7-6(5) 4-6 7-6(1).

In the semifinal, Eubanks defeated Monday (7-6⁵ 4-6 7-6¹).During the match, Eubanks scored less points (3) than Monday. In fact, the world no. 118 won 101 points vs Monday’s. That means that Eubanks was more focused during the important points. Eubanks was extremely aggressive to blast 58 winners.

Talking about the service games, Eubanks overwhelmed his opponent with 20 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Christopher Eubanks was pretty efficient on serve to win 83% (58/70) of his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Christopher broke Monday once after converting 14% of his break points (1/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Eubanks has surrendered 3 set in this event to win 53% of the points he played.

Eubanks has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 56% of his matches (235-182). 10-4 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Eubanks has a composed51-33 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.

The American’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Newport,the Charleston Challenger and the Knoxville Challenger.

Eubanks has a compiled 25-27 win-loss record in 2024, 10-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Learner Tien

Ranked no. 121 (career-high), Tien reached the final after defeating Max Wiskandt 6-4 6-2, Micah Braswell 4-6 6-2 7-6(1), Jay Clarke 6-7(8) 6-3 6-2 and Nishesh Basavareddy 6-2 6-4.

In the semifinal, Tien had a good straight sets win against Basavareddy (6-2 6-4). During the match Tien scored 56 points vs Basavareddy’s 45. Tien was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Tien scored 5 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Learner Tien lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Tien put 83% of his first serves in, winning 74% (32/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (4/9) on the 2nd serve. Learner broke Basavareddy 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

His best result of the year 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.

The American has a composed 60-10 win-loss record in 2024, 7-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Eubanks	Tien
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	11	10
Tot Games	112	97
Pts	346-313	364-312
Total Points	659	676
Winners	179	155
%Winners	52%	43%

Both Eubanks and Tien played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Christopher Eubanks lost 3 sets, while Learner Tien lost 2 sets. Eubanks has played 1 set more than Tien (11 vs 10). Therefore, Eubanks played 15 games more than Tien. Christopher scored 179 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Learner managed to score 155 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Eubanks	Tien
Aces	60	26
Avg per match	15	6.5
1st in	232/338	209/317
%1st in	69%	66%
1st pts	179/232	155/209
%1st pts	77%	74%
2nd pts	54/106	52/108
%2nd pts	51%	48%

Eubanks struck 60 aces (15 per match). Tien struck 26 aces (6.5 per match). Eubanks won 77% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Tien won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Eubanks	Tien
Won	11	16
Converted	11/25	16/40
% Converted	44%	40%
Conceded	21	17
Saved	13	11
% Saved	62%	65%
Times Broken	8	6

The American broke his opponents 11 times with a 44% conversion rate. The American surrendered his serve 8 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded. Tien broke his opponents 16 times with a 40% conversion rate. Tien conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.

Eubanks
	R1 Schwaerzler	R2 Cassone	1/4 Spizzirri	1/2 Monday	Total
Score	6-4 6-1	6-2 2-6 6-3	5-7 6-3 7-65	7-65 4-6 7-61
Tot Set	2	3	3	3	11
Tot Games	17	25	34	36	112
pts	56-33	83-71	106-105	101-104	346-313
Total points	89	154	211	205	659
Winners	30	37	54	58	179
%Winners	54%	45%	51%	57%	52%
SERVE
Aces	7	14	19	20	60
Double Faults	3	1	4	2	10
1st in	35/47	50/80	77/109	70/102	232/338
% 1st in	74%	63%	71%	69%	69%
1st pts	30/35	37/50	54/77	58/70	179/232
% 1st pts	86%	74%	70%	83%	77%
2nd pts	6/12	18/30	13/32	17/32	54/106
% 2nd pts	50%	60%	41%	53%	51%
Breaks
Won	3	3	4	1	11
Converted	3/4	3/5	4/9	1/7	11/25
Converted %	75%	60%	44%	14%	44%
Conceded	0	9	10	2	21
Saved	0/0	7/9	6/10	0/2	13
Saved %	–	78%	60%	0%	35%
Times Broken	0	2	4	2	8

Tien
	R1 Wiskandt	R2 Braswell	1/4 Clarke	1/2 Basavareddy	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	4-6 6-2 7-61	6-78 6-3 6-2	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	3	2	10
Tot Games	18	31	30	18	97
pts	74-57	119-110	115-100	56-45	364-312
Total points	131	229	215	101	676
Winners	31	48	44	32	155
%Winners	42%	40%	38%	57%	43%
SERVE
Aces	5	11	5	5	26
Double Faults	4	6	5	0	15
1st in	41/56	66/113	59/96	43/52	209/317
% 1st in	73%	58%	61%	83%	66%
1st pts	31/41	48/66	44/59	32/43	155/209
% 1st pts	76%	73%	75%	74%	74%
2nd pts	6/15	23/47	19/37	4/9	52/108
% 2nd pts	40%	49%	51%	44%	48%
Breaks
Won	4	3	5	4	16
Converted	4/12	3/11	5/11	4/6	16/40
Converted %	33%	27%	45%	67%	40%
Conceded	1	9	5	2	17
Saved	0/1	7/9	3/5	1/2	11
Saved %	0%	78%	60%	50%	47%
Times Broken	1	2	2	1	6

Tennis Scores in Knoxville Challenger

• Patrick Harper/Johannus MondayHarper/Johannus Monday – Micah Braswell/Eliot SpizzirriBraswell/Eliot Spizzirri (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

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