Trey Hilderbrand and Nathan Ponwith will square off in the 1st round of the Cleveland Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 4. 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 Trey Hilderbrand who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Trey Hilderbrand is the pick to win this match.
Trey Hilderbrand -> 1.35
Nathan Ponwith -> 2.99
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Prediction and head to head Trey Hilderbrand vs. Nathan Ponwith
This will be the 3rd time that Trey Hilderbrand and Nathan Ponwith face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Hilderbrand and Ponwith (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Hilderbrand won 6-3 4-6 6-1 in the qualifications in the Las Vegas Challenger back in 2024.
Trey Hilderbrand
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8-5 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-20 | 15-10 | 9-8 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-13 | 17-11 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-9 | 9-5 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 690 (career-high), Trey reached the 1st round after defeating Matt Kuhar 6-4 4-6 6-4 and James Tracy 7-6(4) 4-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, The American defeated Tracy (7-64 4-6 6-2). During the match, Hilderbrand scored 115 points vs Tracy’s 103. The American was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hilderbrand made 15 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Trey Hilderbrand was quite efficient on serve to win 81% (44/54) of his 1st serve and 58% (22/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Trey broke Tracy twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Trey started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 2 set in this event to conquer 51% of the points he played.
Hilderbrand has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (70-47). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hilderbrand has an aggregate6-5 match record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
The American has a compiled 4-1 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cleveland Challenger
Trey has never competed in this tournament before.
Nathan Ponwith
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4-8 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 20-27 | 18-21 | 2-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-32 | 18-25 | 2-2 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-27 | 19-15 | 6-7 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-14 | 16-13 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 754, Nathan got to the 1st round after defeating Casey Hishinuma 6-2 6-0 and Strong Kirchheimer 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, Nathan had a good straight sets win against Kirchheimer (6-3 6-1). During the match Ponwith scored 58 points vs Kirchheimer’s 37. The American was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Ponwith managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nathan Ponwith lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Ponwith put 60% of his first serves in, winning 69% (20/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the 2nd serve. Nathan broke Kirchheimer 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ponwith started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 62% of the points he played.
Ponwith has an overall 2-2 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cleveland Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hilderbrand | Ponwith |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 61 | 30 |
| Pts | 200-190 | 118-72 |
| Total Points | 390 | 190 |
| Winners | 83 | 41 |
| %Winners | 42% | 35% |
Both Hilderbrand and Ponwith played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Trey Hilderbrand surrendered 2 sets while Nathan Ponwith hasn’t lost a set so far. Hilderbrand has played 2 sets more than Ponwith (6 vs 4). Therefore, Hilderbrand played 31 games more than Ponwith. Trey scored 83 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The American struck 41 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hilderbrand | Ponwith |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 31 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 15.5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 102/177 | 55/87 |
| %1st in | 58% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 83/102 | 41/55 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 43/75 | 21/32 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 66% |
Hilderbrand managed to score 31 aces (15.5 per match). Ponwith bagged 8 aces (4 per match). Hilderbrand won 81% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Ponwith won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hilderbrand | Ponwith |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 10 |
| Converted | 4/16 | 10/21 |
| % Converted | 25% | 48% |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Trey broke his opponents 4 times with a 25% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Ponwith conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hilderbrand | ||||
| Q1 Kuhar |
Q3 Tracy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-4 | 7-64 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 31 | 61 | |
| pts | 85-87 | 115-103 | 200-190 | |
| Total points | 172 | 218 | 390 | |
| Winners | 39 | 44 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 38% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 16 | 15 | 31 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 48/85 | 54/92 | 102/177 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 59% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 39/48 | 44/54 | 83/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/37 | 22/38 | 43/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 58% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/9 | 4/16 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 22% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 67% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ponwith | ||||
| Q1 Hishinuma |
Q3 Kirchheimer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 16 | 30 | |
| pts | 60-35 | 58-37 | 118-72 | |
| Total points | 95 | 95 | 190 | |
| Winners | 21 | 20 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 34% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 26/39 | 29/48 | 55/87 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 60% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 20/29 | 41/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 69% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 13/19 | 21/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 68% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/10 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 50% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 75% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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