Colton Smith and Titouan Droguet will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Jinan Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Colton Smith who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Colton Smith is the pick to win this match.
Colton Smith -> 1.666
Titouan Droguet -> 2.12

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Prediction and head to head Colton Smith vs. Titouan Droguet

There is no head to head record between Colton Smith and Titouan Droguet since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Colton Smith

Ranked no. 135, the American got to the 2^nd round after defeating James Duckworth 6-4 7-6(6).

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Duckworth (6-4 7-6⁶). During the match, Smith scored 81 points vs Duckworth’s 75. Colton was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Smith scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Colton Smith was quite effective on serve to win 71% (34/48) of his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Colton broke Duckworth twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Smith has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 68% of his matches (69-32). 12-10 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Smith has a compiled38-19 match record in the last 4 years on hard.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Cleveland Challenger where he beat Eliot Spizzirri in the final 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3.

The American has an aggregate 30-17 win-loss record in 2025, 12-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Jinan Challenger

Smith has never competed in this tournament before.

Titouan Droguet

Ranked no. 166, Titouan reached the 2^nd round after defeating Jie Cui 6-4 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Titouan had a good straight sets win against Cui (6-4 6-1). During the match Droguet scored 66 points vs Cui’s 47. Droguet was pretty aggressive to blast 18 winners.

About the serving games, Droguet managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Titouan Droguet lost the serve once. Furthermore, Droguet put 53% of his first serves in, winning 69% (18/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the 2nd serve. Droguet broke Cui 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

His best result of the year was winning the title the Royan Challenger where he defeated Dimitar Kuzmanov in the final 4-6 6-1 6-4.

Titouan has a compiled 36-20 win-loss record in 2025, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Smith	Droguet
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	17
Pts	81-75	66-47
Total Points	156	113
Winners	34	18
%Winners	42%	27%

Both Smith and Droguet played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Smith and Droguet have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Smith played 6 games more than Droguet. Colton scored 34 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Droguet made 18 winners (27%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Smith	Droguet
Aces	4	3
Avg per match	4	3
1st in	48/74	26/49
%1st in	65%	53%
1st pts	34/48	18/26
%1st pts	71%	69%
2nd pts	16/26	15/23
%2nd pts	62%	65%

Smith blasted 4 aces . Droguet managed to score 3 aces . Smith won 71% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Droguet won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Smith	Droguet
Won	2	4
Converted	2/7	4/9
% Converted	29%	44%
Conceded	8	1
Saved	7	0
% Saved	88%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Smith broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Colton conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Droguet conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Smith
	R1 Duckworth	Total
Score	6-4 7-66
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	81-75	81-75
Total points	156	156
Winners	34	34
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	48/74	48/74
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	34/48	34/48
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	16/26	16/26
% 2nd pts	62%	62%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/7	2/7
Converted %	29%	29%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	7/8	7
Saved %	88%	88%
Times Broken	1	1

Droguet
	R1 Cui	Total
Score	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	66-47	66-47
Total points	113	113
Winners	18	18
%Winners	27%	27%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	26/49	26/49
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	18/26	18/26
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	15/23	15/23
% 2nd pts	65%	65%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Jinan Challenger

• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Liam DraxlDraxl – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (4-6 1-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Brandon HoltHolt – Maxim ZhukovZhukov (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Pavel KotovKotov – August HolmgrenHolmgren (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov – Taro DanielDaniel (7-6⁵ 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Colton SmithSmith – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-4 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Yi ZhouZhou – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Harold MayotMayot (6-3 7-6²) – See score progression
• Titouan DroguetDroguet – Jie CuiCui (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Bernard TomicTomic – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (6-1 0-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – James McCabeMcCabe (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Adam WaltonWalton – Fajing SunSun (3-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Billy HarrisHarris – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (1-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Laslo DjereDjere (7-6¹⁰ 6-2) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Liam DraxlDraxl – Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell (4-6 1-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Pavel KotovKotov – August HolmgrenHolmgren (6-3 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Bernard TomicTomic – Billy HarrisHarris (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Pavel KotovKotov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon HoltHolt – Adam WaltonWalton (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – (1-0) – H2H and prediction