Mitchell Krueger and Antoine Ghibaudo will square off in the 2nd round of the Newport Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.35
Antoine Ghibaudo -> 2.99
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Prediction and head to head Mitchell Krueger vs. Antoine Ghibaudo
There is no head to head record between Mitchell Krueger and Antoine Ghibaudo since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Mitchell Krueger
16 - 19win/loss
186
135
LWWLLLLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-25 | 8-14 | 9-7 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-31 | 30-17 | 9-7 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-29 | 15-19 | 4-4 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-28 | 18-15 | 6-5 | 1-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-24 | 19-12 | 5-5 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 164, Mitchell reached the 2nd round after beating Stefan Kozlov 6-1 3-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, The American defeated Kozlov (6-1 3-6 6-1). During the match, Krueger scored 80 points vs Kozlov’s 66. Krueger was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Krueger bagged 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Mitchell Krueger was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (32/45) of his 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Kozlov 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Krueger has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (280-274). 1-2 on grass in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Krueger has an aggregate 10-16 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
Krueger’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Oeiras 5 Challenger.
Krueger has a compiled 16-19 win-loss record in 2025, 1-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Newport Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Antoine Ghibaudo
12 - 7win/loss
457
446
LWWWLLWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19-12 | 13-8 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-27 | 14-9 | 8-7 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-23 | 5-7 | 0-1 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 6-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 601, Ghibaudo got to the 2nd round after beating Finn Reynolds 6-2 6-3, Reese Stalder 7-5 6-1 and Patrick Kypson 7-6(1) 7-5.
In the 1st round, Ghibaudo had a good straight sets win against Kypson (7-61 7-5). During the match Ghibaudo scored 87 points vs Kypson’s 79. Ghibaudo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Ghibaudo recorded 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Antoine Ghibaudo lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Ghibaudo put 60% of his first serves in, winning 68% (34/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Kypson 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Antoine’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Heraklion.
Ghibaudo has a compiled 12-7 win-loss record in 2025, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Krueger | Ghibaudo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 61 |
| Pts | 80-66 | 221-176 |
| Total Points | 146 | 397 |
| Winners | 32 | 88 |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% |
Krueger played 1 match while Ghibaudo competed in 3 matches. Ghibaudo started his run from the qualifications while Krueger had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Mitchell Krueger lost 1 set while Antoine Ghibaudo hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Krueger has played 3 set(s) less than Ghibaudo (3 vs 6). Therefore, Krueger played 38 games less than Ghibaudo. Mitchell scored 32 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Ghibaudo bagged 88 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Krueger | Ghibaudo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 45/75 | 117/206 |
| %1st in | 60% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 32/45 | 88/117 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 16/30 | 45/89 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 51% |
Krueger recorded 4 aces . Ghibaudo managed to score 13 aces (4.3 per match). Krueger won 71% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Ghibaudo won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Krueger | Ghibaudo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 12 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 12/27 |
| % Converted | 44% | 44% |
| Conceded | 4 | 14 |
| Saved | 3 | 9 |
| % Saved | 75% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Mitchell surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 12 times with a 44% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Krueger | |||
| R1 Kozlov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 80-66 | 80-66 | |
| Total points | 146 | 146 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 45/75 | 45/75 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 32/45 | 32/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/30 | 16/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ghibaudo | |||||
| Q1 Reynolds |
Q3 Stalder |
R1 Kypson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 7-5 6-1 | 7-61 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 | 25 | 61 | |
| pts | 62-43 | 72-54 | 87-79 | 221-176 | |
| Total points | 105 | 126 | 166 | 397 | |
| Winners | 23 | 31 | 34 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 43% | 39% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 9 | 4 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 28/51 | 39/71 | 50/84 | 117/206 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | 60% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 31/39 | 34/50 | 88/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 79% | 68% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 14/32 | 18/34 | 45/89 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 44% | 53% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/7 | 4/11 | 12/27 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 57% | 36% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 3/4 | 6/9 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 75% | 67% | 142% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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