Dhakshineswar Suresh and Shunsuke Mitsui will square off in the 1^st round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 3. 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 Dhakshineswar Suresh who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Dhakshineswar Suresh is the pick to win this match.
Dhakshineswar Suresh -> 1.4
Shunsuke Mitsui -> 2.68

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Prediction and head to head Dhakshineswar Suresh vs. Shunsuke Mitsui

This will be the 2^nd time that Dhakshineswar Suresh and Shunsuke Mitsui play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Suresh (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they competed against each other, Suresh won 6-0 6-3 in the final in Salem back in October 2025.

Dhakshineswar Suresh

Ranked no. 528, Suresh reached the 1^st round after defeating Luca Pow 6-2 2-6 7-6(4) and Quinn Vandecasteele 7-5 3-6 6-3.

In the qualifications, The Indian defeated Vandecasteele (7-5 3-6 6-3). During the match, Suresh scored 98 points vs Vandecasteele’s 88. The Indian was very aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Talking about the service games, Suresh struck 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Dhakshineswar Suresh was very efficient on serve to win 74% (46/62) of his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Indian broke Vandecasteele 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Dhakshineswar started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 2 set in this tournament to conquer 51% of the points he played.

Suresh has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (62-41). 11-3 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Suresh has a composed11-3 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

Suresh’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Salem.

The Indian has an overall 28-9 win-loss record in 2025, 11-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

The Indian has never competed in this tournament before.

Shunsuke Mitsui

Ranked no. 687, Shunsuke reached the 1^st round after defeating Tomas Antonio Serrano Luis 6-1 6-2 and Keegan Smith 6-2 6-4.

In the qualifications, Shunsuke had a good straight sets win against Smith (6-2 6-4). During the match Mitsui scored 68 points vs Smith’s 52. Mitsui was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about serving, Mitsui struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Shunsuke Mitsui was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Shunsuke broke Smith 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Mitsui started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 61% of the points he played.

The Japanese’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Luan,Salem and M15 Lexington.

The Japanese has a composed 25-8 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Suresh	Mitsui
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	6	4
Tot Games	59	33
Pts	193-182	124-79
Total Points	375	203
Winners	91	46
%Winners	47%	37%

Both Suresh and Mitsui played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Dhakshineswar Suresh surrendered 2 sets while Shunsuke Mitsui hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Suresh has played 2 sets more than Mitsui (6 vs 4). Therefore, Suresh played 26 games more than Mitsui. Dhakshineswar scored 91 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Mitsui managed to score 46 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Suresh	Mitsui
Aces	25	8
Avg per match	12.5	4
1st in	126/194	52/91
%1st in	65%	57%
1st pts	91/126	46/52
%1st pts	72%	88%
2nd pts	36/68	24/39
%2nd pts	53%	62%

Suresh made 25 aces (12.5 per match). Mitsui managed to score 8 aces (4 per match). Suresh won 72% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Mitsui won 88% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Suresh	Mitsui
Won	6	7
Converted	6/11	7/20
% Converted	55%	35%
Conceded	14	0
Saved	9	0
% Saved	64%	0%
Times Broken	5	0

The Indian broke his opponents 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Suresh conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Mitsui broke his opponents 7 times with a 35% conversion rate. Mitsui was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Suresh
	Q1 Pow	Q3 Vandecasteele	Total
Score	6-2 2-6 7-64	7-5 3-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	29	30	59
pts	95-94	98-88	193-182
Total points	189	186	375
Winners	45	46	91
%Winners	47%	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	15	10	25
Double Faults	1	2	3
1st in	64/103	62/91	126/194
% 1st in	62%	68%	65%
1st pts	45/64	46/62	91/126
% 1st pts	70%	74%	72%
2nd pts	18/39	18/29	36/68
% 2nd pts	46%	62%	53%
Breaks
Won	3	3	6
Converted	3/5	3/6	6/11
Converted %	60%	50%	55%
Conceded	10	4	14
Saved	7/10	2/4	9
Saved %	70%	50%	60%
Times Broken	3	2	5

Mitsui
	Q1 Antonio Serrano Luis	Q3 Smith	Total
Score	6-1 6-2	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	15	18	33
pts	56-27	68-52	124-79
Total points	83	120	203
Winners	21	25	46
%Winners	38%	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	6	2	8
Double Faults	2	1	3
1st in	21/41	31/50	52/91
% 1st in	51%	62%	57%
1st pts	21/21	25/31	46/52
% 1st pts	100%	81%	88%
2nd pts	12/20	12/19	24/39
% 2nd pts	60%	63%	62%
Breaks
Won	4	3	7
Converted	4/9	3/11	7/20
Converted %	44%	27%	35%
Conceded	0	0	0
Saved	0/0	0/0	0
Saved %	–	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0	0

Tennis Scores in Knoxville Challenger

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• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Hoyoung RohRoh (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Antoine GhibaudoGhibaudo – Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Stefan KozlovKozlov – Dominique RollandRolland (7-6¹ 2-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Andres MartinMartin – Tyler ZinkZink (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

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