Learner Tien and Aidan Mchugh will face off in the 1st round of the Champaign Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 5:30 pm on THE GOLDENBERG COURT. 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 2 sets.
Learner Tien -> 1.091
Aidan Mchugh -> 6.3
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Prediction and head to head Learner Tien vs. Aidan Mchugh
This will be the 2nd time that Learner Tien and Aidan Mchugh face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Mchugh (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Mchugh won 7-6(7) 5-7 6-2 in the quarter in M25 Edwardsville back in 2023.
Learner Tien
60 - 11win/loss
114
114
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 60-11 | 53-8 | 0-1 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-10 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 10-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 12-11 | 8-5 | 3-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 114 (career-high), Tien will start his run in the Champaign Challenger after he played his last match in the Knoxville Challenger where he lost 7-5 7-6(9) to Eubanks in the final on the 10th of November.
Learner has a compiled 60-11 win-loss record in 2024, 7-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Bloomfield Hills Challenger where he beat Nishesh Basavareddy in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4 and the Las Vegas Challenger where he defeated 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 102-32 record. He has a positive 18-5 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Aidan Mchugh
31 - 30win/loss
498
298
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-30 | 20-15 | 1-1 | 7-10 | 1-3 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 52-30 | 39-20 | 0-0 | 13-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-26 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 23-12 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 52-28 | 34-15 | 7-5 | 10-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-13 | 4-8 | 3-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 498, Aidan will start his run in the Champaign Challenger after he played his last match in the Knoxville Challenger where he lost 7-6(5) 7-6(5) to Kotzen in the qualifications on the 3rd of November.
Mchugh has an overall 31-30 win-loss record in 2024, 7-10 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)
.Mchugh’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 East Lansing.
In terms of his career, The Brit has an overall 264-180 record. He has a positive 68-54 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022 and 2023. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Champaign Challenger
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Henry SearleSearle (6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones – Mark LajalLajal (6-3 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kenta MiyoshiMiyoshi – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Adam WaltonWalton (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Patrick MaloneyMaloney – Edoardo LavagnoLavagno (6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hady HabibHady – Toby Alex KodatToby (4-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Patrick KypsonKypson – Stefan KozlovKozlov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Govind NandaNanda – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Patrick MaloneyMaloney – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze – Christopher EubanksEubanks (0-0) – H2H and prediction