Darwin Blanch and Arda Azkara will face off in the 2nd round of the Champaign Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on THE SCHWARTZ COURT. In the following paragraphs, 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Darwin Blanch is the pick to win this match.
Darwin Blanch -> 1.24
Arda Azkara -> 3.56
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Prediction and head to head Darwin Blanch vs. Arda Azkara
There is no head to head record between Darwin Blanch and Arda Azkara since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Darwin Blanch
40 - 21win/loss
288
285
LWWLWWWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40-22 | 31-14 | 2-3 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-19 | 16-10 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 7-7 | 0-2 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-8 | 7-4 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 297 (career-high), the American reached the 2nd round after defeating Mitchell Krueger 6-3 7-6(5).
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Krueger (6-3 7-65). During the match, Blanch scored 83 points vs Krueger’s 73. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Blanch made 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Darwin Blanch conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Blanch put 47% of his first serves in, winning 89% (32/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (20/40) on the 2nd serve. Blanch broke Krueger once after converting 14% of his break points (1/7).
Blanch has a winning record in the last 4 years having won 59% of his matches (80-55). 6-4 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Blanch has a composed6-4 match record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.
The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Villena,M25 Martos,M25 Figueira da Foz and the Knoxville Challenger.
Darwin has an aggregate 39-21 win-loss record in 2025, 6-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Arda Azkara
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-12 | 24-8 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 12-10 | 12-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 12-6 | 4-3 | 2-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 564, Arda got to the 2nd round after defeating Lui Maxted 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Arda had a good straight sets win against Maxted (6-3 6-4). During the match Azkara scored 65 points vs Maxted’s 54. The Turk was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Azkara bagged 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Arda Azkara was pretty efficient on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Arda broke Maxted 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Azkara’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Kayseri.
The Turk has a composed 28-10 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blanch | Azkara |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 19 |
| Pts | 83-73 | 65-54 |
| Total Points | 156 | 119 |
| Winners | 32 | 27 |
| %Winners | 39% | 42% |
Both Blanch and Azkara played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Blanch and Azkara have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Blanch played 3 games more than Azkara. The American scored 32 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Turk fired 27 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blanch | Azkara |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 4 |
| 1st in | 36/76 | 35/60 |
| %1st in | 47% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 32/36 | 27/35 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 20/40 | 13/25 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 52% |
Blanch struck 8 aces . Azkara bagged 4 aces . Blanch won 89% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Azkara won 77% 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 | Blanch | Azkara |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 3 |
| Converted | 1/7 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 14% | 38% |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The American broke his opponent once with a 14% conversion rate. Blanch very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. Azkara broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Azkara conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Blanch | |||
| R1 Krueger |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 83-73 | 83-73 | |
| Total points | 156 | 156 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 36/76 | 36/76 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 32/36 | 32/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/40 | 20/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/7 | 1/7 | |
| Converted % | 14% | 14% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Azkara | |||
| R1 Maxted |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 65-54 | 65-54 | |
| Total points | 119 | 119 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 35/60 | 35/60 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 27/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 13/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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