Mitchell Krueger and Darwin Blanch will clash against each other in the final of the Knoxville Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:00 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 Mitchell Krueger who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mitchell Krueger is the pick to win this match.
Mitchell Krueger -> 1.84
Darwin Blanch -> 1.84

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Prediction and head to head Mitchell Krueger vs. Darwin Blanch

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

Mitchell Krueger

Ranked no. 236, Mitchell reached the final after beating Hoyoung Roh 6-2 6-3, Antoine Ghibaudo 6-2 6-1, Inaki Montes-De La Torre 7-5 6-4 and Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 6-4 6-1.

In the semifinal, The American had a good straight sets win against Stebe (6-4 6-1). During the match, Krueger scored 69 points vs Stebe’s 51. Mitchell was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Krueger fired 5 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Mitchell Krueger lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Krueger put 72% of his first serves in, winning 65% (31/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the 2nd serve. Mitchell broke Stebe 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Mitchell hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 59% of the points he played.

Krueger has winning record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (292-286). 6-4 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Krueger has a composed 33-42 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Oeiras 5 Challenger.

Mitchell has an overall 28-31 win-loss record in 2025, 6-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Darwin Blanch

Ranked no. 335 (career-high), Darwin got to the final after beating Alexander Kotzen 6-4 6-2, Andres Martin 6-4 6-4, Jay Clarke 6-3 7-6(5) and Daniil Glinka 6-4 7-6(2).

In the semifinal, Blanch had a good straight sets win against Glinka (6-4 7-6²). During the match Blanch scored 79 points vs Glinka’s 66. Blanch was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Blanch recorded 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Darwin Blanch was very effective on serve to win 85% (34/40) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Blanch broke Glinka twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American 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 reaching the final in M15 Villena,M25 Martos and M25 Figueira da Foz.

Blanch has a composed 38-20 win-loss record in 2025, 5-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Blanch has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Krueger	Blanch
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	8	8
Tot Games	71	83
Pts	249-176	292-237
Total Points	425	529
Winners	107	128
%Winners	43%	44%

Both Krueger and Blanch played 4 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Krueger and Blanch have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Krueger played 12 games less than Blanch. Mitchell scored 107 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Darwin made 128 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Krueger	Blanch
Aces	24	28
Avg per match	6	7
1st in	142/211	151/251
%1st in	67%	60%
1st pts	107/142	128/151
%1st pts	75%	85%
2nd pts	39/69	53/100
%2nd pts	57%	53%

Krueger made 24 aces (6 per match). Blanch recorded 28 aces (7 per match). Krueger won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Blanch won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Krueger	Blanch
Won	17	10
Converted	17/25	10/27
% Converted	68%	37%
Conceded	16	15
Saved	13	13
% Saved	81%	87%
Times Broken	3	2

Krueger broke his opponents 17 times with a 68% conversion rate. The American surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded. Darwin broke his opponents 10 times with a 37% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 87% of the break points that he conceded.

Krueger
	R1 Roh	R2 Ghibaudo	1/4 Montes-De La Torre	1/2 Stebe	Total
Score	6-2 6-3	6-2 6-1	7-5 6-4	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	8
Tot Games	17	15	22	17	71
pts	56-32	55-35	69-58	69-51	249-176
Total points	88	90	127	120	425
Winners	27	19	30	31	107
%Winners	48%	35%	43%	45%	43%
SERVE
Aces	10	3	6	5	24
Double Faults	2	1	0	0	3
1st in	30/40	27/47	37/57	48/67	142/211
% 1st in	75%	57%	65%	72%	67%
1st pts	27/30	19/27	30/37	31/48	107/142
% 1st pts	90%	70%	81%	65%	75%
2nd pts	6/10	14/20	8/20	11/19	39/69
% 2nd pts	60%	70%	40%	58%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	5	4	4	17
Converted	4/4	5/10	4/6	4/5	17/25
Converted %	100%	50%	67%	80%	68%
Conceded	1	6	2	7	16
Saved	1/1	6/6	0/2	6/7	13
Saved %	100%	100%	0%	86%	72%
Times Broken	0	0	2	1	3

Blanch
	R1 Kotzen	R2 Martin	1/4 Clarke	1/2 Glinka	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	6-4 6-4	6-3 7-65	6-4 7-62
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	8
Tot Games	18	20	22	23	83
pts	66-52	67-57	80-62	79-66	292-237
Total points	118	124	142	145	529
Winners	33	32	29	34	128
%Winners	50%	48%	36%	43%	44%
SERVE
Aces	7	6	9	6	28
Double Faults	3	0	2	1	6
1st in	41/65	39/60	31/59	40/67	151/251
% 1st in	63%	65%	53%	60%	60%
1st pts	33/41	32/39	29/31	34/40	128/151
% 1st pts	80%	82%	94%	85%	85%
2nd pts	11/24	9/21	18/28	15/27	53/100
% 2nd pts	46%	43%	64%	56%	53%
Breaks
Won	3	3	2	2	10
Converted	3/7	3/6	2/9	2/5	10/27
Converted %	43%	50%	22%	40%	37%
Conceded	6	7	1	1	15
Saved	6/6	6/7	1/1	0/1	13
Saved %	100%	86%	100%	0%	72%
Times Broken	0	1	0	1	2

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