Seong Chan Hong and Patrick Kypson will square off in the 2nd round of the Cary 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:30 pm on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Seong Chan Hong who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Seong Chan Hong is the pick to win this match.
Seong Chan Hong -> 1.79
Patrick Kypson -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Seong Chan Hong vs. Patrick Kypson
There is no head to head record between Seong Chan Hong and Patrick Kypson since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Seong Chan Hong
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-26 | 21-20 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-27 | 14-12 | 10-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-26 | 4-7 | 23-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-15 | 9-7 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-8 | 8-3 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 206, Chan Hong got to the 2nd round after defeating Alexander Shevchenko 3-6 6-3 7-64.
In the 1st round against Shevchenko, Chan Hong recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-64).During the match, Chan Hong scored less points (1) than Shevchenko. In fact, the world no. 206 won 110 points vs Shevchenko’s. That means that Chan Hong was more focused during the important points. Seong was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Chan Hong made 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Seong Chan Hong lost the serve 7 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Chan Hong put 58% of his first serves in, winning 62% (37/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (16/44) on the 2nd serve. The Korean broke Shevchenko 7 times after converting 54% of his break points (7/13).
Chan Hong has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (207-112). 11-8 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Chan Hong has an overall 174-78 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Seong’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger,the Rome Challenger and the Tallahassee Challenger.
Seong has a composed 20-20 win-loss record in 2023, 11-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cary 1 Challenger
Seong has never competed in this tournament before.
Patrick Kypson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-27 | 8-11 | 4-7 | 12-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-21 | 10-11 | 17-6 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-14 | 13-7 | 2-2 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-11 | 4-2 | 20-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-9 | 7-6 | 5-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 297, Patrick reached the 2nd round after beating Keegan Smith 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Smith (6-3 6-2). During the match Kypson scored 61 points vs Smith’s 47. Patrick was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Kypson made 5 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Patrick Kypson was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 78% (28/36) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Smith 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Medellin Challenger where he overcame Benjamin Lock in the final 6-3 6-3.
Kypson has a compiled 24-13 win-loss record in 2023, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Chan Hong | Kypson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 17 |
| Pts | 110-111 | 61-47 |
| Total Points | 221 | 108 |
| Winners | 37 | 28 |
| %Winners | 34% | 46% |
Both Chan Hong and Kypson played 1 match. At the moment, Seong Chan Hong surrendered 1 set while Patrick Kypson hasn’t dropped a set so far. Chan Hong has played 1 set more than Kypson (3 vs 2). Therefore, Chan Hong played 14 games more than Kypson. Seong scored 37 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Kypson managed to score 28 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Chan Hong | Kypson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 60/104 | 36/56 |
| %1st in | 58% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 37/60 | 28/36 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 16/44 | 11/20 |
| %2nd pts | 36% | 55% |
Chan Hong blasted 5 aces . Kypson fired 5 aces . Chan Hong won 62% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 36% of the points. On the other side, Kypson won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Chan Hong | Kypson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 3 |
| Converted | 7/13 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 54% | 60% |
| Conceded | 16 | 3 |
| Saved | 9 | 3 |
| % Saved | 56% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 0 |
Chan Hong broke his opponent 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Chan Hong lost his serve 7 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Kypson broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Chan Hong | |||
| R1 Shevchenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 110-111 | 110-111 | |
| Total points | 221 | 221 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 60/104 | 60/104 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 37/60 | 37/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/44 | 16/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 36% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 16 | |
| Saved | 9/16 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 | |
| Kypson | |||
| R1 Smith |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 61-47 | 61-47 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 36/56 | 36/56 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 28/36 | 28/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 11/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Cary 1 Challenger
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Alexander RitschardRitschard (7-64 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (5-7 7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Stefan DostanicDostanic (6-2 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Adam WaltonWalton – Billy HarrisHarris (3-6 7-67 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Patrick KypsonKypson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tung-Lin WuWu – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Ryan PenistonPeniston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Blake EllisEllis – Liam BroadyBroady (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-0) – H2H and prediction
