Andres Martin and Darwin Blanch will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 5:30 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 Andres Martin who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Andres Martin is the pick to win this match.
Andres Martin -> 1.58
Darwin Blanch -> 2.2

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Prediction and head to head Andres Martin vs. Darwin Blanch

There is no head to head record between Andres Martin and Darwin Blanch since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Andres Martin

Ranked no. 269 (career-high), Martin reached the 2^nd round after defeating Tyler Zink 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Zink (6-3 6-2). During the match, Martin scored 62 points vs Zink’s 43. Andres was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Martin bagged 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Andres Martin conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Martin put 61% of his first serves in, winning 86% (30/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Zink 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Martin has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 60% of his matches (101-67). 5-4 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Martin has an overall17-13 match record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.

Martin’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Kingston,M25 Calabasas and the Bloomfield Hills Challenger.

Andres has an overall 46-26 win-loss record in 2025, 5-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Darwin Blanch

Ranked no. 335 (career-high), the American got to the 2^nd round after defeating Alexander Kotzen 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Darwin had a good straight sets win against Kotzen (6-4 6-2). During the match Blanch scored 66 points vs Kotzen’s 52. Darwin was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Blanch recorded 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Darwin Blanch conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Blanch put 63% of his first serves in, winning 80% (33/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. Darwin broke Kotzen 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Villena,M25 Martos and M25 Figueira da Foz.

Blanch has an aggregate 35-20 win-loss record in 2025, 2-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Martin	Blanch
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	18
Pts	62-43	66-52
Total Points	105	118
Winners	30	33
%Winners	48%	50%

Both Martin and Blanch played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Martin and Blanch have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Martin played 1 game less than Blanch. The American scored 30 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Blanch fired 33 winners (50%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Martin	Blanch
Aces	4	7
Avg per match	4	7
1st in	35/57	41/65
%1st in	61%	63%
1st pts	30/35	33/41
%1st pts	86%	80%
2nd pts	10/22	11/24
%2nd pts	45%	46%

Martin bagged 4 aces . Blanch blasted 7 aces . Martin won 86% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Blanch won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Martin	Blanch
Won	3	3
Converted	3/5	3/7
% Converted	60%	43%
Conceded	2	6
Saved	2	6
% Saved	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Andres broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Martin extremely effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. Blanch broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Darwin was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points.

Martin
	R1 Zink	Total
Score	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	62-43	62-43
Total points	105	105
Winners	30	30
%Winners	48%	48%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	35/57	35/57
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	30/35	30/35
% 1st pts	86%	86%
2nd pts	10/22	10/22
% 2nd pts	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/5	3/5
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Blanch
	R1 Kotzen	Total
Score	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	66-52	66-52
Total points	118	118
Winners	33	33
%Winners	50%	50%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	41/65	41/65
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	33/41	33/41
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	11/24	11/24
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/7	3/7
Converted %	43%	43%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	6/6	6
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Knoxville Challenger

• Max WiskandtWiskandt – Leo BorgBorg (4-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – Aristotelis ThanosThanos (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Alfredo PerezPerez – Andrew FentyFenty (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Shunsuke MitsuiMitsui – Dhakshineswar SureshSuresh (7-6³ 7-6⁰) – 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
• Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Alex RybakovRybakov (6-7⁵ 7-6² 6-0) – See score progression
• Jay ClarkeClarke – Francisco RochaRocha (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Charles BroomBroom (6-4 1-6 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Oliver TarvetTarvet – Andre IlaganIlagan (3-6 6-3 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Darwin BlanchBlanch – Alexander KotzenKotzen (6-4 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
• Andres MartinMartin – Tyler ZinkZink (6-3 6-2) – 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
• Oliver TarvetTarvet – Andre IlaganIlagan (3-6 6-3 7-6(6)) – See score progression
• Max WiskandtWiskandt – Leo BorgBorg (4-6 6-1 6-2) – 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
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – (0-0) – H2H and prediction