Darwin Blanch and Samir Banerjee will face off in the 2^nd round of the Columbus Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday 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 Darwin Blanch who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Darwin Blanch is the pick to win this match.
Darwin Blanch -> 1.79
Samir Banerjee -> 1.94

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Prediction and head to head Darwin Blanch vs. Samir Banerjee

There is no head to head record between Darwin Blanch and Samir Banerjee since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Darwin Blanch

Ranked no. 355 (career-high), Darwin got to the 2^nd round after defeating Johannus Monday 6-3 3-6 7-6(5).

In the 1^st round, Darwin defeated Monday (6-3 3-6 7-6⁵). During the match, Blanch scored 103 points vs Monday’s 96. Blanch was pretty aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Talking about the service games, Blanch managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Darwin Blanch lost the serve 5 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Blanch put 63% of his first serves in, winning 69% (46/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (17/39) on the 2nd serve. Blanch broke Monday 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Blanch has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 60% of his matches (75-50). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Blanch has an aggregate1-0 match record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.

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

Blanch has an aggregate 34-16 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Darwin has never competed in this tournament before.

Samir Banerjee

Ranked no. 441, Samir reached the 2^nd round after beating Elmar Ejupovic 7-5 7-6(3), Nikita Filin 6-3 6-3 and Christian Langmo 7-6(2) 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Banerjee had a good straight sets win against Langmo (7-6² 6-2). During the match Banerjee scored 87 points vs Langmo’s 68. Samir was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Banerjee bagged 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Samir Banerjee was pretty efficient on serve to win 77% (30/39) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Samir broke Langmo 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

Banerjee’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Dallas and M25 Trelew.

Banerjee has a composed 19-4 win-loss record in 2025, 13-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Blanch	Banerjee
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	3	6
Tot Games	31	64
Pts	103-96	230-181
Total Points	199	411
Winners	46	84
%Winners	45%	37%

Blanch played 1 match while Banerjee competed in 3 matches. Banerjee started his run from the qualifications while Blanch had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Darwin Blanch conceded 1 set while Samir Banerjee hasn’t conceded a set so far. Blanch has played 3 set(s) less than Banerjee (3 vs 6). Therefore, Blanch played 33 games less than Banerjee. Darwin scored 46 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Banerjee struck 84 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Blanch	Banerjee
Aces	7	13
Avg per match	7	4.3
1st in	67/106	107/187
%1st in	63%	57%
1st pts	46/67	84/107
%1st pts	69%	79%
2nd pts	17/39	46/80
%2nd pts	44%	58%

Blanch recorded 7 aces . Banerjee blasted 13 aces (4.3 per match). Blanch won 69% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Banerjee won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Blanch	Banerjee
Won	5	10
Converted	5/10	10/25
% Converted	50%	40%
Conceded	15	7
Saved	10	3
% Saved	67%	43%
Times Broken	5	4

The American broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. Samir conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.

Blanch
	R1 Monday	Total
Score	6-3 3-6 7-65
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	103-96	103-96
Total points	199	199
Winners	46	46
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	8	8
1st in	67/106	67/106
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	46/67	46/67
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	17/39	17/39
% 2nd pts	44%	44%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/10	5/10
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	15	15
Saved	10/15	10
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	5	5

Banerjee
	Q1 Ejupovic	Q3 Filin	R1 Langmo	Total
Score	7-5 7-63	6-3 6-3	7-62 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	25	18	21	64
pts	83-69	60-44	87-68	230-181
Total points	152	104	155	411
Winners	31	23	30	84
%Winners	37%	38%	34%	37%
SERVE
Aces	3	5	5	13
Double Faults	4	0	3	7
1st in	38/73	30/46	39/68	107/187
% 1st in	52%	65%	57%	57%
1st pts	31/38	23/30	30/39	84/107
% 1st pts	82%	77%	77%	79%
2nd pts	19/35	11/16	16/29	46/80
% 2nd pts	54%	69%	55%	58%
Breaks
Won	3	4	3	10
Converted	3/9	4/5	3/11	10/25
Converted %	33%	80%	27%	40%
Conceded	4	2	1	7
Saved	2/4	1/2	0/1	3
Saved %	50%	50%	0%	100%
Times Broken	2	1	1	4

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• Alfredo PerezPerez – Justin BoulaisBoulais (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

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