Alex Bolt and Garrett Johns will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Chicago Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Bolt who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alex Bolt is the pick to win this match.
Alex Bolt -> 1.27
Garrett Johns -> 3.48

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Prediction and head to head Alex Bolt vs. Garrett Johns

This will be the 2^nd time that Alex Bolt and Garrett Johns square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bolt (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Bolt won 6-1 6-4 in the qualifications in Atlanta back in 2018.

Alex Bolt

Ranked no. 226, Bolt got to the 2^nd round after defeating Tsung-Hao Huang 6-1 7-6(7).

In the 1^st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Huang (6-1 7-6⁷). During the match, Bolt scored 76 points vs Huang’s 62. Bolt was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Bolt scored 5 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Alex Bolt lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Bolt put 61% of his first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the 2nd serve. Bolt broke Huang 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Bolt has positive record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (253-239). 10-11 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bolt has a compiled 162-122 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Bolt’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Wuxi Challenger.

Bolt has a composed 19-17 win-loss record in 2025, 10-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Chicago Challenger

Garrett Johns

Ranked no. 343, Garrett reached the 2^nd round after beating Billy Harris 3-6 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Harris, Garrett recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Johns scored 92 points vs Harris’s 88. Johns was quite aggressive to blast 47 winners.

About the serving games, Johns struck 11 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Garrett Johns lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Johns put 70% of his first serves in, winning 78% (47/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Johns broke Harris twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Garrett’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Palm Coast,M15 Sunrise,M15 Naples,M15 Huamantla and M25 Santo Domingo.

Garrett has a compiled 43-18 win-loss record in 2025, 22-9 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Chicago Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Bolt	Johns
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	20	28
Pts	76-62	92-88
Total Points	138	180
Winners	30	47
%Winners	39%	51%

Both Bolt and Johns played 1 match. At the moment, Garrett Johns conceded 1 set while Alex Bolt hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Bolt has played 1 set(s) less than Johns (2 vs 3). Therefore, Bolt played 8 games less than Johns. Bolt scored 30 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Garrett recorded 47 winners (51%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Bolt	Johns
Aces	5	11
Avg per match	5	11
1st in	43/70	60/86
%1st in	61%	70%
1st pts	30/43	47/60
%1st pts	70%	78%
2nd pts	17/27	13/26
%2nd pts	63%	50%

Bolt blasted 5 aces . Johns scored 11 aces . Bolt won 70% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Johns won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Bolt	Johns
Won	3	2
Converted	3/7	2/6
% Converted	43%	33%
Conceded	3	6
Saved	2	5
% Saved	67%	83%
Times Broken	1	1

Alex broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Bolt conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Garrett broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Johns conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Bolt
	R1 Huang	Total
Score	6-1 7-67
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	76-62	76-62
Total points	138	138
Winners	30	30
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	43/70	43/70
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	30/43	30/43
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	17/27	17/27
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/7	3/7
Converted %	43%	43%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Johns
	R1 Harris	Total
Score	3-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	92-88	92-88
Total points	180	180
Winners	47	47
%Winners	51%	51%
SERVE
Aces	11	11
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	60/86	60/86
% 1st in	70%	70%
1st pts	47/60	47/60
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	13/26	13/26
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/6	2/6
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	5/6	5
Saved %	83%	83%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Chicago Challenger

• Giles HusseyHussey – Martin DammDamm (7-6² 7-5) – See score progression
• Alex BoltBolt – Tsung-Hao HuangHuang (6-1 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Stefan DostanicDostanic – Bernard TomicTomic (6-7³ 7-6⁴ 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Yi ZhouZhou – Joshua SheehySheehy (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Trevor SvajdaSvajda – Jason JungJung (6-3 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Antoine GhibaudoGhibaudo – Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Samir BanerjeeBanerjee – Alex RybakovRybakov (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Hady HabibHabib – Kyle KangKang (7-6⁷ 6-3) – See score progression
• Karue SellSell – Miguel TobonTobon (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Michael ZhengZheng – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (7-6⁷ 6-2) – See score progression
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Andrew FentyFenty (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• August HolmgrenHolmgren – Darian KingKing (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Garrett JohnsJohns – Billy HarrisHarris (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Naoki NakagawaNakagawa – Alfredo PerezPerez (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Patrick MaloneyMaloney (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Yibing WuWu – Andre IlaganIlagan (1-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Karue SellSell – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alex BoltBolt – Garrett JohnsJohns (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yibing WuWu – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• August HolmgrenHolmgren – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction