Preston Stearns and Kaylan Bigun will play each other in the qualifications of the Columbus Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kaylan Bigun who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Kaylan Bigun is the pick to win this match.
Kaylan Bigun -> 1.28
Preston Stearns -> 3.4

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Prediction and head to head Preston Stearns vs. Kaylan Bigun

There is no head to head record between Preston Stearns and Kaylan Bigun since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Preston Stearns

Currently unranked, the American got to the qualifications after defeating Carlo Alberto Caniato 6-4 6-7(6) 7-6(5).

In the qualifications, The American defeated Alberto Caniato (6-4 6-7⁶ 7-6⁵). During the match, Stearns scored 115 points vs Alberto Caniato’s 112. Preston was extremely aggressive to blast 57 winners.

Talking about the service games, Stearns bagged 16 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Preston Stearns lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Stearns put 63% of his first serves in, winning 77% (57/74) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (20/44) on the 2nd serve. Stearns broke Alberto Caniato 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Stearns has a negative match record in the last 3 years having won 44% of his matches (15-19). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Stearns has a composed5-5 match record in the last 3 years on indoor hard courts.

Preston has a composed 5-5 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Kaylan Bigun

Ranked no. 690 (career-high), Bigun reached the qualifications after beating Cannon Kingsley 6-2 6-3.

In the qualifications, Bigun had a good straight sets win against Kingsley (6-2 6-3). During the match Bigun scored 56 points vs Kingsley’s 40. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about serving, Bigun scored 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Kaylan Bigun lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Bigun put 51% of his first serves in, winning 88% (22/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Bigun broke Kingsley 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Bigun’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Southaven.

The American has an aggregate 11-10 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Kaylan has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Stearns	Bigun
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	36	17
Pts	115-112	56-40
Total Points	227	96
Winners	57	22
%Winners	50%	39%

Both Stearns and Bigun played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Preston Stearns surrendered 1 set while Kaylan Bigun hasn’t lost a set so far. Stearns has played 1 set more than Bigun (3 vs 2). Therefore, Stearns played 19 games more than Bigun. The American scored 57 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Kaylan struck 22 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Stearns	Bigun
Aces	16	8
Avg per match	16	8
1st in	74/118	25/49
%1st in	63%	51%
1st pts	57/74	22/25
%1st pts	77%	88%
2nd pts	20/44	12/24
%2nd pts	45%	50%

Stearns managed to score 16 aces . Bigun scored 8 aces . Stearns won 77% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Bigun won 88% 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	Stearns	Bigun
Won	3	4
Converted	3/6	4/5
% Converted	50%	80%
Conceded	7	3
Saved	5	2
% Saved	71%	67%
Times Broken	2	1

Preston broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Bigun conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Stearns
	Q1 Alberto	Total
Score	6-4 6-76 7-65
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	36	36
pts	115-112	115-112
Total points	227	227
Winners	57	57
%Winners	50%	50%
SERVE
Aces	16	16
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	74/118	74/118
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	57/74	57/74
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	20/44	20/44
% 2nd pts	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/6	3/6
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	5/7	5
Saved %	71%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

Bigun
	Q1 Kingsley	Total
Score	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	56-40	56-40
Total points	96	96
Winners	22	22
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	25/49	25/49
% 1st in	51%	51%
1st pts	22/25	22/25
% 1st pts	88%	88%
2nd pts	12/24	12/24
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/5	4/5
Converted %	80%	80%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

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