Preston Stearns and Daniel Masur will square off in the 1st round of the Columbus Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 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 Daniel Masur who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Daniel Masur is the pick to win this match.
Daniel Masur -> 1.22
Preston Stearns -> 3.92

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Prediction and head to head Preston Stearns vs. Daniel Masur

There is no head to head record between Preston Stearns and Daniel Masur since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Preston Stearns

Preston Stearns

6 - 5win/loss

Hard
4-5
I Hard
2-0
Rank
High
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 8-7 4-5 0-0 4-2 0-0 0-0
2024 8-11 6-8 0-0 2-3 0-0 0-0
2023 2-3 0-0 0-1 2-2 0-0 0-0
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Currently unranked, Stearns reached the 1st round after defeating Carlo Alberto Caniato 6-4 6-7(6) 7-6(5) and Kaylan Bigun 6-3 6-7(5) 6-4.

In the qualifications, The American defeated Bigun (6-3 6-75 6-4). During the match, Stearns scored 120 points vs Bigun’s 106. Stearns was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Regarding the service games, Stearns made 11 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Preston Stearns was very efficient on serve to win 76% (41/54) of his 1st serve and 60% (28/47) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Preston broke Bigun 4 times after converting 24% of his break points (4/17).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Stearns started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.

Stearns has a losing match record in the last 3 years having won 46% of his matches (16-19). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Stearns has an aggregate6-5 win-loss record in the last 3 years on indoor hard courts.

Preston has an overall 6-5 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Columbus Challenger
Stearns's Record

Daniel Masur

Daniel Masur

16 - 21win/loss

Hard
5-4
I Hard
3-6
Clay
8-11
Rank
492
High
176
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 23-27 9-6 8-11 6-10 0-0 0-0
2024 47-26 1-2 11-10 22-11 1-2 12-1
2023 34-24 7-8 9-7 9-5 0-1 9-3
2022 25-28 7-8 5-6 4-9 5-3 4-2
2021 28-26 4-4 1-7 15-12 3-2 5-1
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Ranked no. 536, Masur got to the 1st round after defeating Karl Poling 6-1 6-3 and Tristan Mccormick 6-4 6-2.

In the qualifications, The German had a good straight sets win against Mccormick (6-4 6-2). During the match Masur scored 58 points vs Mccormick’s 41. Masur was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.

About the serving games, Masur blasted 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Daniel Masur was extremely efficient on serve to win 92% (23/25) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The German broke Mccormick 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Daniel started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 60% of the points he played.

Daniel’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Cervia.

Masur has an overall 16-21 win-loss record in 2025, 3-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Masur has never competed in this tournament before.

Columbus Challenger
Masur's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

P.Stearns
D.Masur
!
5h:16
5h:16
Time on court​
2h:21
2h:21
!
2h:38
2h:38
Last match​
1h:12
1h:12
2
2
Match played
2
2
68
68
Games Played​
34
34
6
6
Set played​​
4
4
235
235
Total points​
122
122
117.5
117.5
Avg point​
61
61
98
98
Winners
45
45
49
49
Avg Winners​
22.5
22.5
42%
42%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
27
27
Aces
16
16
!
13.5
13.5
Avg Aces
8
8
11
11
Double Faults
1
1
!
5.5
5.5
Avg Double Faults
0.5
0.5
98/128
98/128
1st won total​
45/48
45/48
!
77%
77%
1st won %
!
94%
94%
48/91
48/91
2nd won total​
23/36
23/36
53%
53%
2nd won %
!
64%
64%
-- Break Points --
7/23
7/23
BP won
7/18
7/18
3.5/11.5
3.5/11.5
Avg BP won
3.5/9
3.5/9
30%
30%
Won
39%
39%
12
12
Conceded
0
0
6
6
Avg Conceded
0
0
4
4
Broken
0
0
2
2
Avg Broken
!
0
0
8
8
Saved
0
0
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Stearns Masur
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 6 4
Tot Games 68 34
Pts 235-218 122-82
Total Points 453 204
Winners 98 45
%Winners 42% 37%

Both Stearns and Masur played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Preston Stearns dropped 2 sets while Daniel Masur hasn’t conceded a set so far. Stearns has played 2 sets more than Masur (6 vs 4). Therefore, Stearns played 34 games more than Masur. Preston scored 98 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Masur blasted 45 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Stearns Masur
Aces 27 16
Avg per match 13.5 8
1st in 128/219 48/84
%1st in 58% 57%
1st pts 98/128 45/48
%1st pts 77% 94%
2nd pts 48/91 23/36
%2nd pts 53% 64%

Stearns fired 27 aces (13.5 per match). Masur bagged 16 aces (8 per match). Stearns won 77% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Masur won 94% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Stearns Masur
Won 7 7
Converted 7/23 7/18
% Converted 30% 39%
Conceded 12 0
Saved 8 0
% Saved 67% 0%
Times Broken 4 0

Stearns broke his opponents 7 times with a 30% conversion rate. Preston surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Daniel broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. The German was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Stearns
Q1
Alberto		 Q3
Bigun		 Total
Score 6-4 6-76 7-65 6-3 6-75 6-4
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 36 32 68
pts 115-112 120-106 235-218
Total points 227 226 453
Winners 57 41 98
%Winners 50% 34% 42%
SERVE
Aces 16 11 27
Double Faults 6 5 11
1st in 74/118 54/101 128/219
% 1st in 63% 53% 58%
1st pts 57/74 41/54 98/128
% 1st pts 77% 76% 77%
2nd pts 20/44 28/47 48/91
% 2nd pts 45% 60% 53%
Breaks
Won 3 4 7
Converted 3/6 4/17 7/23
Converted % 50% 24% 30%
Conceded 7 5 12
Saved 5/7 3/5 8
Saved % 71% 60% 66%
Times Broken 2 2 4
Masur
Q1
Poling		 Q3
Mccormick		 Total
Score 6-1 6-3 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 16 18 34
pts 64-41 58-41 122-82
Total points 105 99 204
Winners 22 23 45
%Winners 34% 40% 37%
SERVE
Aces 5 11 16
Double Faults 0 1 1
1st in 23/40 25/44 48/84
% 1st in 58% 57% 57%
1st pts 22/23 23/25 45/48
% 1st pts 96% 92% 94%
2nd pts 10/17 13/19 23/36
% 2nd pts 59% 68% 64%
Breaks
Won 4 3 7
Converted 4/9 3/9 7/18
Converted % 44% 33% 39%
Conceded 0 0 0
Saved 0/0 0/0 0
Saved % – – 0%
Times Broken 0 0 0

Tennis Scores in Columbus Challenger

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