Alexandre Muller and Darwin Blanch will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Winston-Salem for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2:00 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexandre Muller who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexandre Muller is the pick to win this match.
Alexandre Muller -> 1.4
Darwin Blanch -> 2.95

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Prediction and head to head Alexandre Muller vs. Darwin Blanch

There is no head to head record between Alexandre Muller and Darwin Blanch since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Alexandre Muller

Alexandre Muller

22 - 21win/loss

Hard
11-8
I Hard
0-0
Clay
11-10
Grass
0-3
Rank
42
High
38
LWWLWLLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-29 12-12 11-10 3-4 0-3 0-0
2024 35-32 11-14 20-12 3-5 1-1 0-0
2023 46-33 20-13 18-12 7-7 1-1 0-0
2022 38-31 6-6 27-20 4-4 1-1 0-0
2021 27-31 6-7 16-15 5-7 0-2 0-0

Ranked no. 41, Alexandre will start his run in Winston-Salem after he played his last match in Cincinnati where he lost 7-6(2) 5-7 6-1 to Brooksby in the 1st round on the 8th of August.

The French player has an aggregate 21-21 win-loss record in 2025, 10-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Hong Kong where he beat Kei Nishikori in the final 2-6 6-1 6-3.

Talking about his overall career, Muller has an overall 419-292 record. He has a positive 130-84 record on hard.

Previously in Winston-Salem

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.

Salem Open
Muller's Record

Darwin Blanch

Darwin Blanch

32 - 14win/loss

Hard
30-11
I Hard
0-0
Clay
2-3
Rank
285
High
285
LWWLWWWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 40-22 31-14 2-3 7-5 0-0 0-0
2024 24-19 16-10 8-9 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 7-7 0-2 7-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 10-8 7-4 3-4 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 404, Darwin reached the 2nd round after beating Tristan Boyer 6-2 6-3, Valentin Royer 4-6 6-2 7-6(5) and Borna Coric 6-4 7-6(5).

In the 1st round, Darwin had a good straight sets win against Coric (6-4 7-65). During the match Blanch scored 72 points vs Coric’s 70. Darwin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.

About the serving games, Blanch fired 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Darwin Blanch was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (38/49) of his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Blanch broke Coric once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).

Blanch’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Villena,M25 Martos and M25 Figueira da Foz.

Darwin has a compiled 32-13 win-loss record in 2025, 30-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Winston-Salem

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Salem Open
Blanch's Record

Tennis Scores in Salem Open

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