Mitchell Krueger and Rafael Jodar will face off in the quarter of the Winston-Salem for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday 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 Rafael Jodar who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Rafael Jodar is the pick to win this match.
Rafael Jodar -> 1.5
Mitchell Krueger -> 2.45

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Prediction and head to head Mitchell Krueger vs. Rafael Jodar

There is no head to head record between Mitchell Krueger and Rafael Jodar since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Mitchell Krueger

Ranked no. 248, Krueger got to the quarter after beating Tyler Zink 6-1 6-2 and Alfredo Perez 6-4 7-6(5).

In the 2^nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Perez (6-4 7-6⁵). During the match, Krueger scored 78 points vs Perez’s 67. Krueger was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Krueger recorded 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Mitchell Krueger was quite efficient on serve to win 73% (32/44) of his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Krueger broke Perez 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Mitchell hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points he played.

Krueger has won exactly 50% of his matches (284-280) in the last 10 years. 10-14 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Krueger has a composed 196-168 match record in the last years on hard.

Mitchell’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Oeiras 5 Challenger.

Mitchell has an overall 20-25 win-loss record in 2025, 10-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Salem Challenger

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Rafael Jodar

Ranked no. 369, the Spaniard got to the quarter after defeating Gavin Goode 7-5 6-1

and Luca Pow 6-3 1-0 ret..

In the 2^nd round against Pow, the Spaniard had a free pass after Pow retired on a 6-3 1-0 . scoreline.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Hersonissos 3 Challenger where he defeated Dan Added in the final 6-4 6-2.

Jodar has a composed 22-8 win-loss record in 2025, 19-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Krueger	Jodar
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	38	29
Pts	133-96	103-68
Total Points	229	171
Winners	53	48
%Winners	40%	47%

Both Krueger and Jodar played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Krueger has played 1 set(s) less than Jodar (4 vs 5). However, it’s interesting to notice that Krueger played 9 games more than Jodar. Mitchell scored 53 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Jodar blasted 48 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Krueger	Jodar
Aces	11	7
Avg per match	5.5	3.5
1st in	69/104	57/85
%1st in	66%	67%
1st pts	53/69	48/57
%1st pts	77%	84%
2nd pts	22/35	15/28
%2nd pts	63%	54%

Krueger managed to score 11 aces (5.5 per match). Jodar recorded 7 aces (3.5 per match). Krueger won 77% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Jodar won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Krueger	Jodar
Won	8	6
Converted	8/20	6/10
% Converted	40%	60%
Conceded	5	7
Saved	3	6
% Saved	60%	86%
Times Broken	2	1

Mitchell broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. Krueger conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Rafael conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.

Krueger
	R1 Zink	R2 Perez	Total
Score	6-1 6-2	6-4 7-65
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	15	23	38
pts	55-29	78-67	133-96
Total points	84	145	229
Winners	21	32	53
%Winners	38%	41%	40%
SERVE
Aces	9	2	11
Double Faults	0	5	5
1st in	25/34	44/70	69/104
% 1st in	74%	63%	66%
1st pts	21/25	32/44	53/69
% 1st pts	84%	73%	77%
2nd pts	7/9	15/26	22/35
% 2nd pts	78%	58%	63%
Breaks
Won	5	3	8
Converted	5/12	3/8	8/20
Converted %	42%	38%	40%
Conceded	0	5	5
Saved	0/0	3/5	3
Saved %	–	60%	30%
Times Broken	0	2	2

Jodar
	R1 Goode	R2 Pow	Total
Score	7-5 6-1	6-3 1-0 ret.
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	19	10	29
pts	68-47	35-21	103-68
Total points	115	56	171
Winners	30	18	48
%Winners	44%	51%	47%
SERVE
Aces	4	3	7
Double Faults	1	0	1
1st in	35/57	22/28	57/85
% 1st in	61%	79%	67%
1st pts	30/35	18/22	48/57
% 1st pts	86%	82%	84%
2nd pts	11/22	4/6	15/28
% 2nd pts	50%	67%	54%
Breaks
Won	4	2	6
Converted	4/8	2/2	6/10
Converted %	50%	100%	60%
Conceded	6	1	7
Saved	5/6	1/1	6
Saved %	83%	100%	92%
Times Broken	1	0	1

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