Denis Istomin and Chun Hsin Tseng will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Almaty 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Chun Hsin Tseng who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Chun Hsin Tseng is the pick to win this match.
Chun Hsin Tseng -> 1.65
Denis Istomin -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Denis Istomin vs. Chun Hsin Tseng
There is no head to head record between Denis Istomin and Chun Hsin Tseng since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Denis Istomin
Ranked no. 204, the Uzbek reached the 2nd round after defeating Mirza Basic 3-6 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round against Basic, Denis recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-2). During the match, Istomin scored 90 points vs Basic’s 87. The Uzbek was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Istomin scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Denis Istomin lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Istomin put 55% of his first serves in, winning 62% (33/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (24/43) on the 2nd serve. Istomin broke Basic 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Istomin has won exactly 50% of his matches (270-267) in the last 10 years. 7-6 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Istomin has a compiled 65-79 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Uzbek has a composed 12-14 win-loss record in 2021, 7-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Almaty 1 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See his history.
Chun Hsin Tseng
Ranked no. 279, the Chinese reached the 2nd round after defeating Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, Chun had a good straight sets win against Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (6-2 6-1). During the match Hsin scored 57 points vs Meligeni Rodrigues Alves’s 30. Hsin was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Hsin scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Chun Hsin Tseng was quite efficient on serve to win 77% (20/26) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Hsin broke Meligeni Rodrigues Alves 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Hsin’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Angers and M25 Prague.
Chun has an overall 12-9 win-loss record in 2021, 9-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Istomin | Hsin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 15 |
| Pts | 90-87 | 57-30 |
| Total Points | 177 | 87 |
| Winners | 33 | 20 |
| %Winners | 37% | 35% |
Both Istomin and Hsin played 1 match. At the moment, Denis Istomin lost 1 set while Chun Hsin Tseng hasn’t lost a set so far. Istomin has played 1 set more than Hsin (3 vs 2). Therefore, Istomin played 12 games more than Hsin. Istomin scored 33 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese bagged 20 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Istomin | Hsin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 53/96 | 26/43 |
| %1st in | 55% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 33/53 | 20/26 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 24/43 | 11/17 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 65% |
Istomin made 1 ace . Hsin also made 1 ace . Istomin won 62% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Hsin won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Istomin | Hsin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 57% | 63% |
| Conceded | 10 | 1 |
| Saved | 7 | 0 |
| % Saved | 70% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Denis broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Istomin surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Chun conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Istomin | |||
| R1 Basic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 90-87 | 90-87 | |
| Total points | 177 | 177 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 53/96 | 53/96 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 33/53 | 33/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/43 | 24/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Hsin | |||
| R1 Meligeni Rodrigues Alves |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 57-30 | 57-30 | |
| Total points | 87 | 87 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 26/43 | 26/43 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 20/26 | 20/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 11/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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