Marc Polmans and Ji Sung Nam will square off in the 3rd round of the Columbus Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on COURT 5. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marc Polmans who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marc Polmans is the pick to win this match.
Marc Polmans -> 1.61
Ji Sung Nam -> 2.20
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Prediction and head to head Marc Polmans vs. Ji Sung Nam
This will be the 2nd time that Marc Polmans and Ji Sung Nam play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Polmans (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Polmans won 3-6 6-1 6-4 in the quarter in the Kaohsiung Challenger back in 2019.
Marc Polmans
Ranked no. 123, Marc got to the quarter after beating Aleksandar Kovacevic 7-66 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Polmans had a good straight sets win against Kovacevic (7-66 6-4). During the match Polmans scored 79 points vs Kovacevic’s 67. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Polmans blasted 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Marc Polmans was extremely effective on serve to win 85% (40/47) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Kovacevic once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Polmans has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 56% of his matches (8-10). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Polmans has a 81-94 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Polmans has a 2-4 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Columbus Challenger
Marc didn’t play in the Columbus Challenger in 2019.
Ji Sung Nam
Ranked no. 243, Ji got to the quarter after beating Lloyd Glasspool 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Korean had a good straight sets win against Glasspool (6-3 6-2). During the match Sung Nam scored 61 points vs Glasspool’s 36. The Korean was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Sung Nam blasted 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Ji Sung Nam was extremely effective on serve to win 91% (21/23) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Korean broke Glasspool 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Sung Nam has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 51% of his matches (28-27). 2-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sung Nam has a 37-37 record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Sung Nam has a 3-4 win-loss record in 2020, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Columbus Challenger
The Korean lost in the final 6-1 7-5 to Mikael Torpegaard.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Polmans | Sung Nam |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 17 |
| Pts | 79-67 | 61-36 |
| Total Points | 146 | 97 |
| Winners | 40 | 21 |
| %Winners | 51% | 34% |
Both Polmans and Sung Nam played 1 matche. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Polmans and Sung Nam have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Polmans played 6 games more than Sung Nam. Marc scored 40 winners (51% on total points). On the other side, The Korean blasted 21 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Polmans | Sung Nam |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 6 |
| 1st in | 47/72 | 23/44 |
| %1st in | 65% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 40/47 | 21/23 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 91% |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 11/21 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 52% |
Polmans blasted 8 aces . Sung Nam blasted 6 aces . Polmans won 85% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Sung Nam won 91% points behind 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 | Polmans | Sung Nam |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 5 |
| Converted | 1/4 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 25% | 56% |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Australian broke his opponent once with 25% conversion rate. Polmans was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points. Sung Nam broke his opponent 5 times with 56% conversion rate. The Korean conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Polmans | |||
| R2 Kovacevic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 79-67 | 79-67 | |
| Total points | 146 | 146 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 47/72 | 47/72 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 40/47 | 40/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 14/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 1/4 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | -100 | |
| Sung Nam | |||
| R2 Glasspool |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 61-36 | 61-36 | |
| Total points | 97 | 97 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 23/44 | 23/44 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 21/23 | 21/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 91% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 11/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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WLWLLWWWLW Tennis Scores in Columbus Challenger
- Denis IstominIstomin – Alexander CozbinovCozbinov (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Sekou BangouraBangoura (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Diego HidalgoHidalgo (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard – Kevin KingKing (6-75 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Guilherme ClezarClezar – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (2-6 7-61 6-4) – See score progression
- Ji Sung NamSung Nam – Lloyd GlasspoolGlasspool (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Zhe LiLi – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (7-67 7-63) – See score progression
- Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Matija PecoticPecotic (6-4 7-67) – See score progression
- Johannes HaerteisHaerteis – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-2 7-65) – See score progression
- Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Andrew HarrisHarris (7-65 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Dudi SelaSela (7-5 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Emilio GomezGomez – Ricardo Rodriguez-PaceRodriguez-Pace (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (6-3 7-66) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – James WardWard (6-75 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Peter PolanskyPolansky (4-6 6-1 7-65) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Emilio GomezGomez – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-2) – See H2H details
- Guilherme ClezarClezar – Denis IstominIstomin (0-0) – See H2H details
- Ji Sung NamSung Nam – Marc PolmansPolmans (0-1) – See H2H details
- Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard – Zhe LiLi (0-0) – See H2H details
- Johannes HaerteisHaerteis – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (1-0) – See H2H details
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-0) – See H2H details
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Kaichi UchidaUchida (0-3) – See H2H details
- Jeff WolfWolf – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (0-0) – See H2H details
