Darwin Blanch and Stefan Kozlov will face off in the quarter of the Champaign Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:30 pm on THE SCHWARTZ COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Darwin Blanch who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Darwin Blanch is the pick to win this match.
Darwin Blanch -> 1.666
Stefan Kozlov -> 2.05

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Prediction and head to head Darwin Blanch vs. Stefan Kozlov

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

Darwin Blanch

Darwin Blanch

40 - 22win/loss

Hard
31-14
I Hard
7-5
Clay
2-3
Rank
285
High
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), Blanch got to the quarter after beating Mitchell Krueger 6-3 7-6(5) and Arda Azkara 6-3 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Blanch had a good straight sets win against Azkara (6-3 6-4). During the match, Blanch scored 56 points vs Azkara’s 45. Darwin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Blanch managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Darwin Blanch lost the serve once. Furthermore, Blanch put 72% of his first serves in, winning 84% (32/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (6/15) on the 2nd serve. Blanch broke Azkara 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Blanch has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 60% of his matches (81-55). 7-4 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Blanch has a compiled7-4 match record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.

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

Darwin has a composed 40-21 win-loss record in 2025, 7-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Champaign Challenger

Darwin has never competed in this tournament before.

Champaign Challenger
Blanch's Record

Stefan Kozlov

Stefan Kozlov

24 - 11win/loss

Hard
12-6
I Hard
8-3
Clay
4-1
Grass
0-1
Rank
306
High
103
WWWWWLWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-11 12-6 4-1 10-3 0-1 0-0
2024 37-19 16-9 17-8 4-2 0-0 0-0
2023 6-12 1-6 0-0 5-6 0-0 0-0
2022 21-34 14-18 0-5 4-5 3-6 0-0
2021 41-15 20-12 5-2 16-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 458, Stefan reached the quarter after beating Leo Borg 6-1 6-0 and Tyler Zink 6-3 6-3.

In the 2nd round, Kozlov had a good straight sets win against Zink (6-3 6-3). During the match Kozlov scored 60 points vs Zink’s 40. Stefan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Kozlov fired 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Stefan Kozlov lost the serve once. Furthermore, Kozlov put 64% of his first serves in, winning 90% (26/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Kozlov broke Zink 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 63% of the points he played.

Stefan’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Xalapa.

Kozlov has an overall 23-11 win-loss record in 2025, 7-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Champaign Challenger

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2021. See his history.

Champaign Challenger
Kozlov's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

D.Blanch
S.Kozlov
2h:47
2h:47
Time on court​
2h:00
2h:00
1h:04
1h:04
Last match​
1h:09
1h:09
2
2
Match played
2
2
41
41
Games Played​
31
31
4
4
Set played​​
4
4
139
139
Total points​
113
113
69.5
69.5
Avg point​
56.5
56.5
64
64
Winners
46
46
32
32
Avg Winners​
23
23
46%
46%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
12
12
Aces
9
9
6
6
Avg Aces
4.5
4.5
6
6
Double Faults
4
4
3
3
Avg Double Faults
2
2
64/74
64/74
1st won total​
46/51
46/51
!
86%
86%
1st won %
!
90%
90%
26/55
26/55
2nd won total​
16/32
16/32
47%
47%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
4/12
4/12
BP won
9/16
9/16
2/6
2/6
Avg BP won
4.5/8
4.5/8
33%
33%
Won
!
56%
56%
2
2
Conceded
1
1
1
1
Avg Conceded
0.5
0.5
1
1
Broken
1
1
!
0.5
0.5
Avg Broken
!
0.5
0.5
1
1
Saved
0
0

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Blanch Kozlov
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 41 31
Pts 139-118 113-65
Total Points 257 178
Winners 64 46
%Winners 46% 41%

Both Blanch and Kozlov played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Blanch and Kozlov have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Blanch played 10 games more than Kozlov. Blanch scored 64 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Kozlov fired 46 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Blanch Kozlov
Aces 12 9
Avg per match 6 4.5
1st in 74/129 51/83
%1st in 57% 61%
1st pts 64/74 46/51
%1st pts 86% 90%
2nd pts 26/55 16/32
%2nd pts 47% 50%

Blanch recorded 12 aces (6 per match). Kozlov struck 9 aces (4.5 per match). Blanch won 86% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Kozlov won 90% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Blanch Kozlov
Won 4 9
Converted 4/12 9/16
% Converted 33% 56%
Conceded 2 1
Saved 1 0
% Saved 50% 0%
Times Broken 1 1

The American broke his opponents 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Darwin dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Kozlov conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Blanch
R1
Krueger
R2
Azkara
Total
Score 6-3 7-65 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 22 19 41
pts 83-73 56-45 139-118
Total points 156 101 257
Winners 32 32 64
%Winners 39% 57% 46%
SERVE
Aces 8 4 12
Double Faults 4 2 6
1st in 36/76 38/53 74/129
% 1st in 47% 72% 57%
1st pts 32/36 32/38 64/74
% 1st pts 89% 84% 86%
2nd pts 20/40 6/15 26/55
% 2nd pts 50% 40% 47%
Breaks
Won 1 3 4
Converted 1/7 3/5 4/12
Converted % 14% 60% 33%
Conceded 1 1 2
Saved 1/1 0/1 1
Saved % 100% 0% 50%
Times Broken 0 1 1
Kozlov
R1
Borg
R2
Zink
Total
Score 6-1 6-0 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 13 18 31
pts 53-25 60-40 113-65
Total points 78 100 178
Winners 20 26 46
%Winners 38% 43% 41%
SERVE
Aces 6 3 9
Double Faults 1 3 4
1st in 22/38 29/45 51/83
% 1st in 58% 64% 61%
1st pts 20/22 26/29 46/51
% 1st pts 91% 90% 90%
2nd pts 8/16 8/16 16/32
% 2nd pts 50% 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 5 4 9
Converted 5/7 4/9 9/16
Converted % 71% 44% 56%
Conceded 0 1 1
Saved 0/0 0/1 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 0 1 1

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