Mitchell Krueger and Inaki Montes-De La Torre will clash against each other in the quarter of the Knoxville Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:00 pm on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mitchell Krueger who should win in 3 sets.
Mitchell Krueger -> 1.69
Inaki Montes-De La Torre -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Mitchell Krueger vs. Inaki Montes-De La Torre
This will be the 2nd time that Mitchell Krueger and Inaki Montes-De La Torre face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Krueger (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Krueger won 6-2 6-3 in the qualifications in Winston salem back in 2023.
Mitchell Krueger
26 - 31win/loss
205
135
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-32 | 12-17 | 9-7 | 7-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-31 | 30-17 | 9-7 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-29 | 15-19 | 4-4 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-28 | 18-15 | 6-5 | 1-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-24 | 19-12 | 5-5 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 236, Mitchell reached the quarter after beating Hoyoung Roh 6-2 6-3 and Antoine Ghibaudo 6-2 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Mitchell had a good straight sets win against Ghibaudo (6-2 6-1). During the match, Krueger scored 55 points vs Ghibaudo’s 35. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Krueger bagged 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Mitchell Krueger conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Krueger put 57% of his first serves in, winning 70% (19/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the 2nd serve. Mitchell broke Ghibaudo 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Krueger hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 62% of the points he played.
Krueger has won exactly 50% of his matches (290-286) in the last 10 years. 4-4 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Krueger has an aggregate 31-42 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Oeiras 5 Challenger.
Krueger has a composed 26-31 win-loss record in 2025, 4-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Inaki Montes-De La Torre
40 - 23win/loss
351
345
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40-24 | 20-13 | 15-8 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-12 | 15-6 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-9 | 5-4 | 9-2 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-11 | 8-7 | 7-1 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-7 | 9-4 | 10-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 363, Inaki reached the quarter after defeating Mats Rosenkranz 6-1 2-0 ret. and James Kent Trotter 7-6(3) 7-6(6).
In the 2nd round, Inaki had a good straight sets win against Kent Trotter (7-63
7-66). During the match Montes-De La Torre scored 99 points vs Kent Trotter’s 86. The Spaniard was very aggressive to blast 48 winners.Talking about serving, Montes-De La Torre fired 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Inaki Montes-De La Torre was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (48/63) of his 1st serve and 78% (18/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.
The Spaniard’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Villena and Laukariz.
Inaki has a compiled 40-23 win-loss record in 2025, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Krueger | Montes-De La Torre |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 35 |
| Pts | 111-67 | 137-105 |
| Total Points | 178 | 242 |
| Winners | 46 | 63 |
| %Winners | 41% | 46% |
Both Krueger and Montes-De La Torre played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Krueger has played 1 set(s) less than Montes-De La Torre (4 vs 5). Therefore, Krueger played 3 games less than Montes-De La Torre. Krueger scored 46 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Inaki scored 63 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Krueger | Montes-De La Torre |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 57/87 | 79/113 |
| %1st in | 66% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 46/57 | 63/79 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 20/30 | 24/34 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 71% |
Krueger made 13 aces (6.5 per match). Montes-De La Torre blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Krueger won 81% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Montes-De La Torre won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Krueger | Montes-De La Torre |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 3 |
| Converted | 9/14 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 64% | 38% |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 |
| Saved | 7 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Krueger broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. Mitchell very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 7 break points. Montes-De La Torre broke his opponents 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Inaki was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.
| Krueger | ||||
| R1 Roh | R2 Ghibaudo | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 15 | 32 | |
| pts | 56-32 | 55-35 | 111-67 | |
| Total points | 88 | 90 | 178 | |
| Winners | 27 | 19 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 35% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 3 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 30/40 | 27/47 | 57/87 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 57% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 27/30 | 19/27 | 46/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 70% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/10 | 14/20 | 20/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 70% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 5/10 | 9/14 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 6/6 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Montes-De La Torre | ||||
| R1 Rosenkranz | R2 Kent Trotter | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 2-0 ret. | 7-63 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 9 | 26 | 35 | |
| pts | 38-19 | 99-86 | 137-105 | |
| Total points | 57 | 185 | 242 | |
| Winners | 15 | 48 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 48% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 16/27 | 63/86 | 79/113 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 73% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 15/16 | 48/63 | 63/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 94% | 76% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/11 | 18/23 | 24/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 78% | 71% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 0/2 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 0% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 4/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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