Darwin Blanch and Alexander Kotzen will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 2 sets.
Darwin Blanch -> 1.38
Alexander Kotzen -> 2.76
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Prediction and head to head Darwin Blanch vs. Alexander Kotzen
There is no head to head record between Darwin Blanch and Alexander Kotzen since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Darwin Blanch
34 - 20win/loss
285
285
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40-22 | 31-14 | 2-3 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-19 | 16-10 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 7-7 | 0-2 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-8 | 7-4 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 335 (career-high), Blanch will start his run in the Knoxville Challenger after he played his last match in the Charlottesville Challenger where he lost 4-6 6-3 6-2 to Smith in the 1st round on the 28th of October.
Blanch has a composed 34-20 win-loss record in 2025, 1-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Villena,M25 Martos and M25 Figueira da Foz.
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 75-54 record. He has a negative 1-3 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Darwin has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Kotzen
15 - 8win/loss
876
812
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-11 | 15-8 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 15-9 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-14 | 12-9 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-7 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-18 | 34-13 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 876, Kotzen will start his run in the Knoxville Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Harlingen where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Martinez in the 2nd round on the 30th of October.
Alexander has a composed 15-8 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
The American’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M15 San Diego and M15 Ann Arbor.
In terms of his career, The American has an overall 118-72 record. He has a positive 10-8 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Knoxville Challenger
- Inaki Montes-De La TorreMontes-De La Torre – Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz (6-1 2-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Antoine GhibaudoGhibaudo – Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Alex RybakovRybakov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alfredo PerezPerez – Andrew FentyFenty (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andre IlaganIlagan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Charles BroomBroom (0-0) – H2H and prediction