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.
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
40 - 22win/loss
285
285
| 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.
Stefan Kozlov
24 - 11win/loss
306
103
| 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.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
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 | |
Tennis Scores in Champaign Challenger
- Ryan Fishback/Noah ZamoraFishback/Noah Zamora – Anthony Genov/Enzo WallartGenov/Enzo Wallart (7-62 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
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