Jay Clarke and Darwin Blanch will fight against each other in the quarter of the Knoxville Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Darwin Blanch who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Darwin Blanch is the pick to win this match.
Darwin Blanch -> 1.83
Jay Clarke -> 1.85

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Prediction and head to head Jay Clarke vs. Darwin Blanch

There is no head to head record between Jay Clarke and Darwin Blanch since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Jay Clarke

Ranked no. 203, the Brit got to the quarter after defeating Francisco Rocha 6-1 6-4 and Stefan Kozlov 6-2 2-6 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, The Brit defeated Kozlov (6-2 2-6 6-3). During the match, Clarke scored 80 points vs Kozlov’s 74. Clarke was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Regarding the service games, Clarke scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 4 double faults. Jay Clarke lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Clarke put 56% of his first serves in, winning 70% (32/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (21/36) on the 2nd serve. Clarke broke Kozlov 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Brit has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Clarke has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (347-241). 5-5 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Clarke has a compiled 35-36 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Skopje Challenger where he beat Nerman Fatic in the final 6-2 6-3.

Jay has an overall 54-28 win-loss record in 2025, 5-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Darwin Blanch

Ranked no. 335 (career-high), Blanch reached the quarter after beating Alexander Kotzen 6-4 6-2 and Andres Martin 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Blanch had a good straight sets win against Martin (6-4 6-4). During the match Blanch scored 67 points vs Martin’s 57. Blanch was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Blanch struck 6 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Darwin Blanch lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Blanch put 65% of his first serves in, winning 82% (32/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. Darwin broke Martin 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

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

Blanch has an aggregate 36-20 win-loss record in 2025, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Darwin has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Clarke	Blanch
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	42	38
Pts	149-128	133-109
Total Points	277	242
Winners	57	65
%Winners	38%	49%

Both Clarke and Blanch played 2 matches. At the moment, Jay Clarke conceded 1 set while Darwin Blanch hasn’t dropped a set so far. Clarke has played 1 set more than Blanch (5 vs 4). Therefore, Clarke played 4 games more than Blanch. The Brit scored 57 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The American fired 65 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Clarke	Blanch
Aces	3	13
Avg per match	1.5	6.5
1st in	84/149	80/125
%1st in	56%	64%
1st pts	57/84	65/80
%1st pts	68%	81%
2nd pts	39/65	20/45
%2nd pts	60%	44%

Clarke blasted 3 aces (1.5 per match). Blanch scored 13 aces (6.5 per match). Clarke won 68% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Blanch won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Clarke	Blanch
Won	7	6
Converted	7/13	6/13
% Converted	54%	46%
Conceded	12	13
Saved	9	12
% Saved	75%	92%
Times Broken	3	1

Clarke broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Clarke lost his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded.

Clarke
	R1 Rocha	R2 Kozlov	Total
Score	6-1 6-4	6-2 2-6 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	17	25	42
pts	69-54	80-74	149-128
Total points	123	154	277
Winners	25	32	57
%Winners	36%	40%	38%
SERVE
Aces	2	1	3
Double Faults	2	4	6
1st in	38/67	46/82	84/149
% 1st in	57%	56%	56%
1st pts	25/38	32/46	57/84
% 1st pts	66%	70%	68%
2nd pts	18/29	21/36	39/65
% 2nd pts	62%	58%	60%
Breaks
Won	4	3	7
Converted	4/7	3/6	7/13
Converted %	57%	50%	54%
Conceded	8	4	12
Saved	7/8	2/4	9
Saved %	88%	50%	69%
Times Broken	1	2	3

Blanch
	R1 Kotzen	R2 Martin	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	18	20	38
pts	66-52	67-57	133-109
Total points	118	124	242
Winners	33	32	65
%Winners	50%	48%	49%
SERVE
Aces	7	6	13
Double Faults	3	0	3
1st in	41/65	39/60	80/125
% 1st in	63%	65%	64%
1st pts	33/41	32/39	65/80
% 1st pts	80%	82%	81%
2nd pts	11/24	9/21	20/45
% 2nd pts	46%	43%	44%
Breaks
Won	3	3	6
Converted	3/7	3/6	6/13
Converted %	43%	50%	46%
Conceded	6	7	13
Saved	6/6	6/7	12
Saved %	100%	86%	93%
Times Broken	0	1	1

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