Mitchell Krueger and Antoine Ghibaudo will square off in the 2^nd round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mitchell Krueger who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mitchell Krueger is the pick to win this match.
Mitchell Krueger -> 1.68
Antoine Ghibaudo -> 2.03

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Prediction and head to head Mitchell Krueger vs. Antoine Ghibaudo

This will be the 2^nd time that Mitchell Krueger and Antoine Ghibaudo face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ghibaudo (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they competed against each other, Ghibaudo won 6-4 5-7 6-3 in the 2^nd round in the Newport Challenger back in July 2025.

Mitchell Krueger

Ranked no. 236, Krueger reached the 2^nd round after beating Hoyoung Roh 6-2 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Mitchell had a good straight sets win against Roh (6-2 6-3). During the match, Krueger scored 56 points vs Roh’s 32. Krueger was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, Krueger scored 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mitchell Krueger was extremely effective on serve to win 90% (27/30) of his 1st serve and 60% (6/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mitchell was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Roh 4 times.

Krueger has won exactly 50% of his matches (289-286) in the last 10 years. 3-4 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Krueger has a compiled 30-42 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Krueger’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Oeiras 5 Challenger.

The American has a composed 25-31 win-loss record in 2025, 3-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Antoine Ghibaudo

Ranked no. 339 (career-high), the French player reached the 2^nd round after defeating Saba Purtseladze 6-2 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Purtseladze (6-2 6-2). During the match Ghibaudo scored 57 points vs Purtseladze’s 33. Ghibaudo was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.

About the serving games, Ghibaudo blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Antoine Ghibaudo was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (22/28) 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. Ghibaudo broke Purtseladze 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Ghibaudo’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Heraklion.

The French player has a compiled 32-17 win-loss record in 2025, 11-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Antoine has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Krueger	Ghibaudo
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	16
Pts	56-32	57-33
Total Points	88	90
Winners	27	22
%Winners	48%	39%

Both Krueger and Ghibaudo played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Krueger and Ghibaudo have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Krueger played 1 game more than Ghibaudo. Krueger scored 27 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Antoine managed to score 22 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Krueger	Ghibaudo
Aces	10	3
Avg per match	10	3
1st in	30/40	28/47
%1st in	75%	60%
1st pts	27/30	22/28
%1st pts	90%	79%
2nd pts	6/10	12/19
%2nd pts	60%	63%

Krueger bagged 10 aces . Ghibaudo bagged 3 aces . Krueger won 90% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Ghibaudo won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Krueger	Ghibaudo
Won	4	4
Converted	4/4	4/5
% Converted	100%	80%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1	1
% Saved	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. The American very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. Ghibaudo broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The French player was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

Krueger
	R1 Roh	Total
Score	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	56-32	56-32
Total points	88	88
Winners	27	27
%Winners	48%	48%
SERVE
Aces	10	10
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	30/40	30/40
% 1st in	75%	75%
1st pts	27/30	27/30
% 1st pts	90%	90%
2nd pts	6/10	6/10
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/4	4/4
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Ghibaudo
	R1 Purtseladze	Total
Score	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	57-33	57-33
Total points	90	90
Winners	22	22
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	28/47	28/47
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	22/28	22/28
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	12/19	12/19
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/5	4/5
Converted %	80%	80%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Knoxville Challenger

• Murphy CassoneCassone – Matias SotoSoto (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Darwin BlanchBlanch – Alexander KotzenKotzen (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Alex RybakovRybakov (6-7⁵ 7-6² 6-0) – See score progression
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Charles BroomBroom (6-4 1-6 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Alfredo PerezPerez – Andrew FentyFenty (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Jay ClarkeClarke – Francisco RochaRocha (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Jay ClarkeClarke – Francisco RochaRocha (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – Aristotelis ThanosThanos (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Shunsuke MitsuiMitsui – Dhakshineswar SureshSuresh (7-6³ 7-6⁰) – See score progression
• Daniil GlinkaGlinka – Peter MakkMakk (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Antoine GhibaudoGhibaudo – Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Inaki Montes-De La TorreMontes-De La Torre – Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz (6-1 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Andres MartinMartin – Tyler ZinkZink (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Stefan KozlovKozlov – Dominique RollandRolland (7-6¹ 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Hoyoung RohRoh (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Charles BroomBroom (6-4 1-6 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – Aristotelis ThanosThanos (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Murphy CassoneCassone – Matias SotoSoto (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Daniil GlinkaGlinka – Peter MakkMakk (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Shunsuke MitsuiMitsui – Dhakshineswar SureshSuresh (7-6(3) 7-6(0)) – See score progression
• Darwin BlanchBlanch – Alexander KotzenKotzen (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Jay ClarkeClarke – Francisco RochaRocha (6-1 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Stefan KozlovKozlov – Jay ClarkeClarke (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniil GlinkaGlinka – Alfredo PerezPerez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andre IlaganIlagan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – (0-0) – H2H and prediction