Daniil Glinka and Darwin Blanch will square off in the semifinal of the Knoxville Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.615
Darwin Blanch -> 2.14

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Prediction and head to head Daniil Glinka vs. Darwin Blanch

There is no head to head record between Daniil Glinka and Darwin Blanch since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Daniil Glinka

Ranked no. 256 (career-high), the Estonian reached the semifinal after beating Peter Makk 6-2 6-4, Alfredo Perez 6-3 6-4 and Shunsuke Mitsui 7-5 6-3.

In the quarter, The Estonian had a good straight sets win against Mitsui (7-5 6-3). During the match, Glinka scored 78 points vs Mitsui’s 62. Glinka was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Regarding the service games, Glinka fired 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Daniil Glinka was quite effective on serve to win 81% (22/27) of his 1st serve and 72% (18/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Glinka broke Mitsui 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Estonian hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points he played.

Glinka has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (231-176). 25-8 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Glinka has an overall75-46 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

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

Daniil has an overall 55-22 win-loss record in 2025, 25-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Daniil has never competed in this tournament before.

Darwin Blanch

Ranked no. 335 (career-high), the American got to the semifinal after defeating Alexander Kotzen 6-4 6-2, Andres Martin 6-4 6-4 and Jay Clarke 6-3 7-6(5).

In the quarter, Blanch had a good straight sets win against Clarke (6-3 7-6⁵). During the match Blanch scored 80 points vs Clarke’s 62. Blanch was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Blanch recorded 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Darwin Blanch was quite efficient on serve to win 94% (29/31) of his 1st serve and 64% (18/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Darwin broke Clarke twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

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

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

The American has an overall 37-20 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Glinka	Blanch
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	6
Tot Games	58	60
Pts	198-152	213-171
Total Points	350	384
Winners	83	94
%Winners	42%	44%

Both Glinka and Blanch played 3 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Glinka and Blanch have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Glinka played 2 games less than Blanch. The Estonian scored 83 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Blanch struck 94 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Glinka	Blanch
Aces	17	22
Avg per match	5.7	7.3
1st in	99/170	111/184
%1st in	58%	60%
1st pts	83/99	94/111
%1st pts	84%	85%
2nd pts	42/71	38/73
%2nd pts	59%	52%

Glinka managed to score 17 aces (5.7 per match). Blanch scored 22 aces (7.3 per match). Glinka won 84% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Blanch won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Glinka	Blanch
Won	8	8
Converted	8/16	8/22
% Converted	50%	36%
Conceded	3	14
Saved	3	13
% Saved	100%	93%
Times Broken	0	1

The Estonian broke his opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Estonian quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. Darwin broke his opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. Darwin conceded his serve once and he saved 93% of the break points that he conceded.

Glinka
	R1 Makk	R2 Perez	1/4 Mitsui	Total
Score	6-2 6-4	6-3 6-4	7-5 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	18	19	21	58
pts	58-40	62-50	78-62	198-152
Total points	98	112	140	350
Winners	28	33	22	83
%Winners	48%	53%	28%	42%
SERVE
Aces	9	4	4	17
Double Faults	0	3	3	6
1st in	33/55	39/63	27/52	99/170
% 1st in	60%	62%	52%	58%
1st pts	28/33	33/39	22/27	83/99
% 1st pts	85%	85%	81%	84%
2nd pts	13/22	11/24	18/25	42/71
% 2nd pts	59%	46%	72%	59%
Breaks
Won	3	2	3	8
Converted	3/3	2/2	3/11	8/16
Converted %	100%	100%	27%	50%
Conceded	1	2	0	3
Saved	1/1	2/2	0/0	3
Saved %	100%	100%	–	67%
Times Broken	0	0	0	0

Blanch
	R1 Kotzen	R2 Martin	1/4 Clarke	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	6-4 6-4	6-3 7-65
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	18	20	22	60
pts	66-52	67-57	80-62	213-171
Total points	118	124	142	384
Winners	33	32	29	94
%Winners	50%	48%	36%	44%
SERVE
Aces	7	6	9	22
Double Faults	3	0	2	5
1st in	41/65	39/60	31/59	111/184
% 1st in	63%	65%	53%	60%
1st pts	33/41	32/39	29/31	94/111
% 1st pts	80%	82%	94%	85%
2nd pts	11/24	9/21	18/28	38/73
% 2nd pts	46%	43%	64%	52%
Breaks
Won	3	3	2	8
Converted	3/7	3/6	2/9	8/22
Converted %	43%	50%	22%	36%
Conceded	6	7	1	14
Saved	6/6	6/7	1/1	13
Saved %	100%	86%	100%	95%
Times Broken	0	1	0	1

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