Liam Draxl and Patrick Maloney will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Little Rock Challenger for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on STADIUM. 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 Liam Draxl who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Liam Draxl is the pick to win this match.
Liam Draxl -> 1.3
Patrick Maloney -> 3.28

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Prediction and head to head Liam Draxl vs. Patrick Maloney

This will be the 5^th time that Liam Draxl and Patrick Maloney clash against each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Draxl (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Draxl won 7-5 7-5 in the 2^nd round in the Savannah Challenger back in April 2025.

Liam Draxl

Ranked no. 146, Draxl reached the 2^nd round after defeating Rafael Jodar 7-5 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Jodar (7-5 6-2). During the match, Draxl scored 72 points vs Jodar’s 61. Liam was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about the service games, Draxl made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Liam Draxl lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Draxl put 73% of his first serves in, winning 67% (34/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Jodar 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Draxl has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 67% of his matches (187-94). 1-2 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Draxl has an overall89-46 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

Draxl’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Oeiras 1 Challenger,the Oeiras 3 Challenger,the Sarasota Challenger and the Savannah Challenger.

The Canadian has a compiled 26-13 win-loss record in 2025, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Little Rock Challenger

Patrick Maloney

Ranked no. 342, Maloney got to the 2^nd round after defeating Nicolas Kicker 5-7 6-2 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Kicker, Maloney recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-2 6-3). During the match Maloney scored 107 points vs Kicker’s 96. Maloney was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.

About the serving games, Maloney fired 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Patrick Maloney lost the serve 3 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Maloney put 59% of his first serves in, winning 67% (46/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (23/47) on the 2nd serve. Maloney broke Kicker 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Patrick’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Ithaca and M15 Sherbrooke.

The American has an overall 27-10 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Little Rock Challenger

Patrick has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Draxl	Maloney
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	20	29
Pts	72-61	107-96
Total Points	133	203
Winners	34	46
%Winners	47%	43%

Both Draxl and Maloney played 1 match. At the moment, Patrick Maloney conceded 1 set while Liam Draxl hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Draxl has played 1 set(s) less than Maloney (2 vs 3). Therefore, Draxl played 9 games less than Maloney. Liam scored 34 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Patrick made 46 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Draxl	Maloney
Aces	2	8
Avg per match	2	8
1st in	51/70	69/116
%1st in	73%	59%
1st pts	34/51	46/69
%1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	8/19	23/47
%2nd pts	42%	49%

Draxl fired 2 aces . Maloney managed to score 8 aces . Draxl won 67% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Maloney won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Draxl	Maloney
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/13
% Converted	63%	38%
Conceded	7	13
Saved	5	10
% Saved	71%	77%
Times Broken	2	3

Draxl broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Liam surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Maloney conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.

Draxl
	R1 Jodar	Total
Score	7-5 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	72-61	72-61
Total points	133	133
Winners	34	34
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	51/70	51/70
% 1st in	73%	73%
1st pts	34/51	34/51
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	8/19	8/19
% 2nd pts	42%	42%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	5/7	5
Saved %	71%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

Maloney
	R1 Kicker	Total
Score	5-7 6-2 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	107-96	107-96
Total points	203	203
Winners	46	46
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	69/116	69/116
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	46/69	46/69
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	23/47	23/47
% 2nd pts	49%	49%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/13	5/13
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	13	13
Saved	10/13	10
Saved %	77%	77%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Little Rock Challenger

• Kenta MiyoshiMiyoshi – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (7-5 5-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Yi ZhouZhou (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Paul JubbJubb – Karue SellSell (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Adria Soriano BarreraSoriano Barrera – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (7-5 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Tyler ZinkZink – Tung-Lin WuWu (7-6³ 5-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Govind NandaNanda (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Liam DraxlDraxl – Rafael JodarJodar (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Nicolas MejiaMejia (7-6⁴ 6-0) – See score progression
• Andres MartinMartin – Hyeon ChungChung (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Patrick KypsonKypson – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniel MilavskyMilavsky – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Michael ZhengZheng – Christian LangmoLangmo (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Stefan KozlovKozlov – Aziz DougazDougaz (5-7 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Patrick MaloneyMaloney – Nicolas KickerKicker (5-7 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Andres AndradeAndrade – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (7-6⁴ 6-2) – See score progression
• Naoki NakagawaNakagawa – Alexander KotzenKotzen (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Patrick KypsonKypson – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniel MilavskyMilavsky – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Patrick MaloneyMaloney – Nicolas KickerKicker (5-7 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Liam DraxlDraxl – Rafael JodarJodar (7-5 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Adria Soriano BarreraSoriano Barrera – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andres AndradeAndrade – Stefan KozlovKozlov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Patrick KypsonKypson – Tyler ZinkZink (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Paul JubbJubb (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Patrick MaloneyMaloney – Liam DraxlDraxl (0-4) – H2H and prediction