Mitchell Krueger and Patrick Zahraj will face off in the qualifications of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:30 pm on COURT 3. 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 Mitchell Krueger who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mitchell Krueger is the pick to win this match.
Mitchell Krueger -> 1.39
Patrick Zahraj -> 2.81

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Prediction and head to head Mitchell Krueger vs. Patrick Zahraj

There is no head to head record between Mitchell Krueger and Patrick Zahraj since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Mitchell Krueger

Ranked no. 141, the American reached the qualifications after defeating Toby Alex Kodat 5-7 3-1 ret..

In the qualifications against Alex Kodat, the American had a free pass after Alex Kodat retired on a 5-7 3-1 . scoreline.

Krueger has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (270-263). 1-0 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Krueger has an aggregate 43-49 match record in the last years on clay.

Krueger has an aggregate 6-8 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Houston

Patrick Zahraj

Ranked no. 289 (career-high), Patrick got to the qualifications after beating Felix Corwin 6-4 7-5.

In the qualifications, Patrick had a good straight sets win against Corwin (6-4 7-5). During the match Zahraj scored 71 points vs Corwin’s 66. The German was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Zahraj struck 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Patrick Zahraj lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Zahraj put 65% of his first serves in, winning 67% (34/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (11/27) on the 2nd serve. The German was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Corwin 5 times.

Zahraj’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Pau Challenger.

Patrick has a compiled 18-9 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Houston

Zahraj has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Krueger	Zahraj
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	16	22
Pts	55-55	71-66
Total Points	110	137
Winners	20	34
%Winners	36%	48%

Both Krueger and Zahraj played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Mitchell Krueger dropped 1 set while Patrick Zahraj hasn’t dropped a set so far. Krueger has played 1 set more than Zahraj (3 vs 2). However, it’s interesting to notice that Krueger played 6 games less than Zahraj. The American scored 20 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Patrick made 34 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Krueger	Zahraj
Aces	3	3
Avg per match	3	3
1st in	25/48	51/78
%1st in	52%	65%
1st pts	20/25	34/51
%1st pts	80%	67%
2nd pts	11/23	11/27
%2nd pts	48%	41%

Krueger struck 3 aces . Zahraj blasted 3 aces . Krueger won 80% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Zahraj won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Krueger	Zahraj
Won	1	5
Converted	1/3	5/5
% Converted	33%	100%
Conceded	3	8
Saved	2	5
% Saved	67%	63%
Times Broken	1	3

Mitchell broke his opponent once with a 33% conversion rate. Mitchell surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Zahraj broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Krueger
	Q1 Alex	Total
Score	5-7 3-1 ret.
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	55-55	55-55
Total points	110	110
Winners	20	20
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	25/48	25/48
% 1st in	52%	52%
1st pts	20/25	20/25
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	11/23	11/23
% 2nd pts	48%	48%
Breaks
Won	1	1
Converted	1/3	1/3
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Zahraj
	Q1 Corwin	Total
Score	6-4 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	71-66	71-66
Total points	137	137
Winners	34	34
%Winners	48%	48%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	51/78	51/78
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	34/51	34/51
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	11/27	11/27
% 2nd pts	41%	41%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/5	5/5
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	5/8	5
Saved %	63%	63%
Times Broken	3	3

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