Mitchell Krueger and Cedrik-Marcel Stebe will play each other in the semifinal of the Knoxville Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday 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.

As per the initial odds, Mitchell Krueger is the pick to win this match.
Mitchell Krueger -> 1.68
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe -> 2.03

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Prediction and head to head Mitchell Krueger vs. Cedrik-Marcel Stebe

There is no head to head record between Mitchell Krueger and Cedrik-Marcel Stebe since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Mitchell Krueger

Ranked no. 236, the American got to the semifinal after defeating Hoyoung Roh 6-2 6-3, Antoine Ghibaudo 6-2 6-1 and Inaki Montes-De La Torre 7-5 6-4.

In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Montes-De La Torre (7-5 6-4). During the match, Krueger scored 69 points vs Montes-De La Torre’s 58. Mitchell was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Krueger blasted 6 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Mitchell Krueger lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Krueger put 65% of his first serves in, winning 81% (30/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Montes-De La Torre 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 59% of the points he played.

Krueger has won exactly 50% of his matches (291-286) in the last 10 years. 5-4 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Krueger has an aggregate 32-42 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

The American’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Oeiras 5 Challenger.

Mitchell has an overall 27-31 win-loss record in 2025, 5-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Cedrik-Marcel Stebe

Ranked no. 426, the German reached the semifinal after defeating Alex Rybakov 6-7(5) 7-6(2) 6-0, Oliver Tarvet 6-3 7-6(5) and Murphy Cassone 7-6(13) 6-3.

In the quarter, Cedrik-Marcel had a good straight sets win against Cassone (7-6¹³ 6-3). During the match Stebe scored 94 points vs Cassone’s 83. Cedrik-Marcel was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.

About the serving games, Stebe struck 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Cedrik-Marcel Stebe was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (37/48) of his 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Cedrik-Marcel broke Cassone twice after converting 14% of his break points (2/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Stebe has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

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

The German has an aggregate 25-13 win-loss record in 2025, 7-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

The German has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Krueger	Stebe
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	7
Tot Games	54	76
Pts	180-125	273-229
Total Points	305	502
Winners	76	124
%Winners	42%	45%

Both Krueger and Stebe played 3 matches. At the moment, Cedrik-Marcel Stebe surrendered 1 set while Mitchell Krueger hasn’t dropped a set so far. Krueger has played 1 set(s) less than Stebe (6 vs 7). Therefore, Krueger played 22 games less than Stebe. Mitchell scored 76 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Stebe bagged 124 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Krueger	Stebe
Aces	19	21
Avg per match	6.3	7
1st in	94/144	162/246
%1st in	65%	66%
1st pts	76/94	124/162
%1st pts	81%	77%
2nd pts	28/50	47/84
%2nd pts	56%	56%

Krueger bagged 19 aces (6.3 per match). Stebe bagged 21 aces (7 per match). Krueger won 81% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Stebe won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Krueger	Stebe
Won	13	9
Converted	13/20	9/34
% Converted	65%	26%
Conceded	9	13
Saved	7	10
% Saved	78%	77%
Times Broken	2	3

Krueger broke his opponents 13 times with a 65% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Cedrik-Marcel broke his opponents 9 times with a 26% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.

Krueger
	R1 Roh	R2 Ghibaudo	1/4 Montes-De La Torre	Total
Score	6-2 6-3	6-2 6-1	7-5 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	17	15	22	54
pts	56-32	55-35	69-58	180-125
Total points	88	90	127	305
Winners	27	19	30	76
%Winners	48%	35%	43%	42%
SERVE
Aces	10	3	6	19
Double Faults	2	1	0	3
1st in	30/40	27/47	37/57	94/144
% 1st in	75%	57%	65%	65%
1st pts	27/30	19/27	30/37	76/94
% 1st pts	90%	70%	81%	81%
2nd pts	6/10	14/20	8/20	28/50
% 2nd pts	60%	70%	40%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	5	4	13
Converted	4/4	5/10	4/6	13/20
Converted %	100%	50%	67%	65%
Conceded	1	6	2	9
Saved	1/1	6/6	0/2	7
Saved %	100%	100%	0%	67%
Times Broken	0	0	2	2

Stebe
	R1 Rybakov	R2 Tarvet	1/4 Cassone	Total
Score	6-75 7-62 6-0	6-3 7-65	7-613 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	32	22	22	76
pts	112-90	67-56	94-83	273-229
Total points	202	123	177	502
Winners	51	36	37	124
%Winners	46%	54%	39%	45%
SERVE
Aces	5	9	7	21
Double Faults	4	2	5	11
1st in	66/101	48/62	48/83	162/246
% 1st in	65%	77%	58%	66%
1st pts	51/66	36/48	37/48	124/162
% 1st pts	77%	75%	77%	77%
2nd pts	21/35	8/14	18/35	47/84
% 2nd pts	60%	57%	51%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	3	2	9
Converted	4/16	3/4	2/14	9/34
Converted %	25%	75%	14%	26%
Conceded	4	5	4	13
Saved	3/4	4/5	3/4	10
Saved %	75%	80%	75%	77%
Times Broken	1	1	1	3

Tennis Scores in Knoxville Challenger

• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Inaki Montes-De La TorreMontes-De La Torre (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Darwin BlanchBlanch – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Daniil GlinkaGlinka – Shunsuke MitsuiMitsui (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Murphy CassoneCassone (7-6¹³ 6-3) – See score progression
• Patrick Harper/Quinn VandecasteeleHarper/Quinn Vandecasteele – Pranav Kumar/Noah SchachterKumar/Noah Schachter (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Murphy CassoneCassone (7-6(13) 6-3) – See score progression
• Daniil GlinkaGlinka – Shunsuke MitsuiMitsui (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Darwin BlanchBlanch – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 7-6(5)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniil GlinkaGlinka – (0-0) – H2H and prediction