Daniil Glinka and Shunsuke Mitsui 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 6:00 pm on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniil Glinka who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Daniil Glinka is the pick to win this match.
Daniil Glinka -> 1.42
Shunsuke Mitsui -> 2.61

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Prediction and head to head Daniil Glinka vs. Shunsuke Mitsui

There is no head to head record between Daniil Glinka and Shunsuke Mitsui since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Daniil Glinka

Ranked no. 256 (career-high), Daniil got to the quarter after beating Peter Makk 6-2 6-4 and Alfredo Perez 6-3 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Glinka had a good straight sets win against Perez (6-3 6-4). During the match, Glinka scored 62 points vs Perez’s 50. Daniil was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Regarding the service games, Glinka managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Daniil Glinka conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Glinka put 62% of his first serves in, winning 85% (33/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. Daniil was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Perez twice.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Glinka hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.

Glinka has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (230-176). 24-8 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Glinka has a compiled74-46 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

Daniil’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Trento,M25 Trimbach,the Cassis Challenger and M25 Nevers.

Glinka has a compiled 54-22 win-loss record in 2025, 24-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

The Estonian has never competed in this tournament before.

Shunsuke Mitsui

Ranked no. 687, Mitsui got to the quarter after beating Tomas Antonio Serrano Luis 6-1 6-2, Keegan Smith 6-2 6-4, Dhakshineswar Suresh 7-6(3) 7-6(0) and Max Wiskandt 6-1 6-7(3) 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Mitsui defeated Wiskandt (6-1 6-7³ 6-2). During the match Mitsui scored 104 points vs Wiskandt’s 83. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Talking about serving, Mitsui managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Shunsuke Mitsui lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Mitsui put 68% of his first serves in, winning 73% (45/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. Mitsui broke Wiskandt 7 times after converting 54% of his break points (7/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Shunsuke started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

The Japanese’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Luan,Salem and M15 Lexington.

Mitsui has an aggregate 27-8 win-loss record in 2025, 4-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Glinka	Mitsui
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	4	9
Tot Games	37	87
Pts	120-90	309-230
Total Points	210	539
Winners	61	128
%Winners	51%	41%

Glinka played 2 matches while Mitsui competed in 4 matches. Mitsui started his run from the qualifications while Glinka had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Shunsuke Mitsui surrendered 1 set while Daniil Glinka hasn’t conceded a set so far. Glinka has played 5 set(s) less than Mitsui (4 vs 9). Therefore, Glinka played 50 games less than Mitsui. Glinka scored 61 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese made 128 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Glinka	Mitsui
Aces	13	13
Avg per match	6.5	3.3
1st in	72/118	163/254
%1st in	61%	64%
1st pts	61/72	128/163
%1st pts	85%	79%
2nd pts	24/46	52/91
%2nd pts	52%	57%

Glinka recorded 13 aces (6.5 per match). Mitsui scored 13 aces (3.3 per match). Glinka won 85% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Mitsui won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Glinka	Mitsui
Won	5	16
Converted	5/5	16/39
% Converted	100%	41%
Conceded	3	8
Saved	3	4
% Saved	100%	50%
Times Broken	0	4

Daniil broke his opponents 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Estonian had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 3 break points. Mitsui broke his opponents 16 times with a 41% conversion rate. Mitsui conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Glinka
	R1 Makk	R2 Perez	Total
Score	6-2 6-4	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	18	19	37
pts	58-40	62-50	120-90
Total points	98	112	210
Winners	28	33	61
%Winners	48%	53%	51%
SERVE
Aces	9	4	13
Double Faults	0	3	3
1st in	33/55	39/63	72/118
% 1st in	60%	62%	61%
1st pts	28/33	33/39	61/72
% 1st pts	85%	85%	85%
2nd pts	13/22	11/24	24/46
% 2nd pts	59%	46%	52%
Breaks
Won	3	2	5
Converted	3/3	2/2	5/5
Converted %	100%	100%	100%
Conceded	1	2	3
Saved	1/1	2/2	3
Saved %	100%	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0	0

Mitsui
	Q1 Antonio Serrano Luis	Q3 Smith	R1 Suresh	R2 Wiskandt	Total
Score	6-1 6-2	6-2 6-4	7-63 7-60	6-1 6-73 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	15	18	26	28	87
pts	56-27	68-52	81-68	104-83	309-230
Total points	83	120	149	187	539
Winners	21	25	37	45	128
%Winners	38%	37%	46%	43%	41%
SERVE
Aces	6	2	2	3	13
Double Faults	2	1	0	2	5
1st in	21/41	31/50	49/72	62/91	163/254
% 1st in	51%	62%	68%	68%	64%
1st pts	21/21	25/31	37/49	45/62	128/163
% 1st pts	100%	81%	76%	73%	79%
2nd pts	12/20	12/19	15/23	13/29	52/91
% 2nd pts	60%	63%	65%	45%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	3	2	7	16
Converted	4/9	3/11	2/6	7/13	16/39
Converted %	44%	27%	33%	54%	41%
Conceded	0	0	4	4	8
Saved	0/0	0/0	2/4	2/4	4
Saved %	–	–	50%	50%	50%
Times Broken	0	0	2	2	4

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