Oliver Tarvet and Cedrik-Marcel Stebe will square off in the 2^nd round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Oliver Tarvet who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Oliver Tarvet is the pick to win this match.
Oliver Tarvet -> 1.42
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe -> 2.61

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Prediction and head to head Oliver Tarvet vs. Cedrik-Marcel Stebe

There is no head to head record between Oliver Tarvet and Cedrik-Marcel Stebe since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Oliver Tarvet

Ranked no. 338 (career-high), the Brit got to the 2^nd round after defeating Andre Ilagan 3-6 6-3 7-6(6).

In the 1^st round against Ilagan, Tarvet recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-6⁶). During the match, Tarvet scored 104 points vs Ilagan’s 100. Oliver was pretty aggressive to blast 48 winners.

Talking about the service games, Tarvet recorded 16 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Oliver Tarvet lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Tarvet put 60% of his first serves in, winning 76% (48/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (21/42) on the 2nd serve. Oliver broke Ilagan twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Tarvet has a fantastic match record in the last 4 years having won 76% of his matches (63-20). 4-3 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Tarvet has a composed8-5 match record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.

The Brit’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 San Diego and M25 Roehampton.

The Brit has an aggregate 22-8 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

The Brit has never competed in this tournament before.

Cedrik-Marcel Stebe

Ranked no. 426, Stebe reached the 2^nd round after defeating Alex Rybakov 6-7(5) 7-6(2) 6-0.

In the 1^st round against Rybakov, Cedrik-Marcel recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁵ 7-6² 6-0). During the match Stebe scored 112 points vs Rybakov’s 90. Cedrik-Marcel was extremely aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Talking about serving, Stebe bagged 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Cedrik-Marcel Stebe was exceptionally effective on serve to win 77% (51/66) of his 1st serve and 60% (21/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Stebe broke Rybakov 4 times after converting 25% of his break points (4/16).

His best result of the year was winning the title the Augsburg Challenger where he defeated Alexander Ritschard in the final 6-3 6-3.

Stebe has an overall 23-13 win-loss record in 2025, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tarvet	Stebe
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	32
Pts	104-100	112-90
Total Points	204	202
Winners	48	51
%Winners	46%	46%

Both Tarvet and Stebe played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Oliver Tarvet dropped 1 set, while Cedrik-Marcel Stebe surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Tarvet and Stebe have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Tarvet played 1 game less than Stebe. Oliver scored 48 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Stebe struck 51 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tarvet	Stebe
Aces	16	5
Avg per match	16	5
1st in	63/105	66/101
%1st in	60%	65%
1st pts	48/63	51/66
%1st pts	76%	77%
2nd pts	21/42	21/35
%2nd pts	50%	60%

Tarvet bagged 16 aces . Stebe blasted 5 aces . Tarvet won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Stebe won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Tarvet	Stebe
Won	2	4
Converted	2/5	4/16
% Converted	40%	25%
Conceded	3	4
Saved	1	3
% Saved	33%	75%
Times Broken	2	1

The Brit broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Tarvet conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Cedrik-Marcel broke his opponent 4 times with a 25% conversion rate. Cedrik-Marcel conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Tarvet
	R1 Ilagan	Total
Score	3-6 6-3 7-66
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	104-100	104-100
Total points	204	204
Winners	48	48
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	16	16
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	63/105	63/105
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	48/63	48/63
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	21/42	21/42
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/5	2/5
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1/3	1
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	2	2

Stebe
	R1 Rybakov	Total
Score	6-75 7-62 6-0
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	32
pts	112-90	112-90
Total points	202	202
Winners	51	51
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	66/101	66/101
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	51/66	51/66
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	21/35	21/35
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/16	4/16
Converted %	25%	25%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

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