Oriol Roca Batalla and Seong Chan Hong will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Bengaluru Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:30 pm on CENTRE 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 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 -> 1.51
Oriol Roca Batalla -> 2.41
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Prediction and head to head Oriol Roca Batalla vs. Seong Chan Hong
This will be the 2nd time that Oriol Roca Batalla and Seong Chan Hong fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Chan Hong (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Chan Hong won 3-6 7-6(5) 6-3 in the 1st round in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger back in January 2024.
Oriol Roca Batalla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-34 | 5-7 | 27-25 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-38 | 8-4 | 42-34 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-26 | 0-0 | 50-25 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-21 | 0-1 | 25-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-10 | 0-1 | 11-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 209, Roca Batalla got to the semifinal after beating Chun Hsin Tseng 7-5 6-3, Tristan Boyer 7-5 6-3 and Maks Kasnikowski 7-65 4-6 7-5.
In the quarter, The Spaniard defeated Kasnikowski (7-65 4-6 7-5). During the match, Roca Batalla scored 125 points vs Kasnikowski’s 116. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Roca Batalla managed to score 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Oriol Roca Batalla lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Roca Batalla put 55% of his first serves in, winning 70% (43/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (32/50) on the 2nd serve. Oriol broke Kasnikowski 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Oriol has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Roca Batalla has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (414-229). 5-3 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Roca Batalla has a composed 46-29 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Oriol has a composed 5-4 win-loss record in 2024, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bengaluru Challenger
Oriol has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 221, Seong reached the semifinal after defeating Tristan Schoolkate 6-4 6-3, Alexey Zakharov 6-4 7-5 and Ramkumar Ramanathan 7-5 5-7 6-4.
In the quarter, The Korean defeated Ramanathan (7-5 5-7 6-4). During the match Chan Hong scored 115 points vs Ramanathan’s 104. Chan Hong was pretty aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about serving, Chan Hong struck 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Seong Chan Hong was pretty efficient on serve to win 73% (49/67) of his 1st serve and 59% (20/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Korean broke Ramanathan 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Korean has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Korean’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger.
The Korean has an aggregate 14-5 win-loss record in 2024, 14-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Roca Batalla | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 77 | 75 |
| Pts | 267-234 | 252-217 |
| Total Points | 501 | 469 |
| Winners | 104 | 105 |
| %Winners | 39% | 42% |
Both Roca Batalla and Chan Hong played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Oriol Roca Batalla dropped 1 set, while Seong Chan Hong surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Roca Batalla and Chan Hong have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Roca Batalla played 2 games more than Chan Hong. Roca Batalla scored 104 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Korean scored 105 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Roca Batalla | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 141/247 | 138/222 |
| %1st in | 57% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 104/141 | 105/138 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 61/106 | 47/84 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 56% |
Roca Batalla struck 15 aces (5 per match). Chan Hong managed to score 11 aces (3.7 per match). Roca Batalla won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Chan Hong won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Roca Batalla | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 10 |
| Converted | 10/26 | 10/30 |
| % Converted | 38% | 33% |
| Conceded | 13 | 18 |
| Saved | 7 | 14 |
| % Saved | 54% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 4 |
Roca Batalla broke his opponents 10 times with a 38% conversion rate. Oriol lost his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded. Chan Hong broke his opponents 10 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Korean conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Roca Batalla | |||||
| R1 Hsin Tseng |
R2 Boyer |
1/4 Kasnikowski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 | 7-65 4-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | 35 | 77 | |
| pts | 77-63 | 65-55 | 125-116 | 267-234 | |
| Total points | 140 | 120 | 241 | 501 | |
| Winners | 31 | 30 | 43 | 104 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 46% | 34% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 11 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 43/72 | 37/64 | 61/111 | 141/247 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 58% | 55% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 31/43 | 30/37 | 43/61 | 104/141 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 81% | 70% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | 16/27 | 32/50 | 61/106 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 59% | 64% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 2/3 | 3/9 | 10/26 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 67% | 33% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 1/1 | 4/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 100% | 57% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| Chan Hong | |||||
| R1 Schoolkate |
R2 Zakharov |
1/4 Ramanathan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 7-5 | 7-5 5-7 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 | 34 | 75 | |
| pts | 64-51 | 73-62 | 115-104 | 252-217 | |
| Total points | 115 | 135 | 219 | 469 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | 49 | 105 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 38% | 43% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 33/58 | 38/63 | 67/101 | 138/222 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 60% | 66% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 28/38 | 49/67 | 105/138 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 74% | 73% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 14/25 | 20/34 | 47/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 56% | 59% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/13 | 3/11 | 10/30 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 31% | 27% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 4/6 | 4/6 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 67% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Bengaluru Challenger
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski (7-65 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Moez EcharguiEchargui (6-75 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (7-5 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (7-5 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Moez EcharguiEchargui (6-7(5) 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Adam WaltonWalton (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Sumit NagalNagal (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (1-0) – H2H and prediction
