Alex De Minaur and Soon-Woo Kwon will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Nature Valley International for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:30 pm on Centre Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex De Minaur who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex De Minaur is the pick to win this match.
Alex De Minaur -> 1.24
Soon-Woo Kwon -> 4.45
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Prediction and head to head Alex De Minaur vs. Soon-Woo Kwon
There is no head to head record between Alex De Minaur and Soon-Woo Kwon since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Alex De Minaur
Ranked no. 18 (career-high), Alex got to the semifinal after defeating Liam Broady 6-3 6-4 and Vasek Pospisil 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Pospisil (6-4 6-4). During the match, De Minaur scored 75 points vs Pospisil’s 57. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, De Minaur wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Alex De Minaur lost the serve once. Furthermore, De Minaur put 63% of his first serves in, winning 81% (30/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Pospisil 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alex started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.
De Minaur has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (218-124). 6-2 on grass in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, De Minaur has an aggregate29-14 record in the last 7 years on grass.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in in Antalya where he overcame Alexander Bublik in the final 2-0 ret..
The Australian has a composed 18-13 win-loss record in 2021, 6-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Eastbourne
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018. See his history.
Soon-Woo Kwon
Ranked no. 77, Soon-Woo got to the semifinal after beating Marton Fucsovics 7-64 6-74 6-3 and Ilya Ivashka 6-4 7-5.
In the quarter, Kwon had a good straight sets win against Ivashka (6-4 7-5). During the match Kwon scored 79 points vs Ivashka’s 75. Soon-Woo was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Kwon scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Soon-Woo Kwon lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kwon put 65% of his first serves in, winning 78% (38/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. Kwon broke Ivashka 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Korean started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
The Korean’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Biella 2 Challenger.
Kwon has a composed 18-12 win-loss record in 2021, 3-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | De Minaur | Kwon |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 57 |
| Pts | 151-118 | 193-189 |
| Total Points | 269 | 382 |
| Winners | 64 | 88 |
| %Winners | 42% | 46% |
Both De Minaur and Kwon played 2 matches. At the moment, Soon-Woo Kwon surrendered 1 set while Alex De Minaur hasn’t dropped a set so far. De Minaur has played 1 set(s) less than Kwon (4 vs 5). Therefore, De Minaur played 18 games less than Kwon. The Australian scored 64 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Korean bagged 88 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | De Minaur | Kwon |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 79/127 | 117/183 |
| %1st in | 62% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 64/79 | 88/117 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 20/48 | 33/66 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 50% |
De Minaur made 6 aces (3 per match). Kwon blasted 7 aces (3.5 per match). De Minaur won 81% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Kwon won 75% of the points behind 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 | De Minaur | Kwon |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 7 |
| Converted | 7/13 | 7/15 |
| % Converted | 54% | 47% |
| Conceded | 9 | 11 |
| Saved | 7 | 8 |
| % Saved | 78% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Alex broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. De Minaur lost his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Kwon broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Korean conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| De Minaur | ||||
| R2 Broady |
1/4 Pospisil |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 39 | |
| pts | 76-61 | 75-57 | 151-118 | |
| Total points | 137 | 132 | 269 | |
| Winners | 34 | 30 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 40% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 42/68 | 37/59 | 79/127 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 63% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 34/42 | 30/37 | 64/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/26 | 10/22 | 20/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 45% | 42% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/6 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 50% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 0/1 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 0% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Kwon | |||||
| Q1 Gray |
R2 Fucsovics |
1/4 Ivashka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 6-3 | 7-64 6-74 6-3 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 35 | 22 | 84 | |
| pts | – | 114-114 | 79-75 | 193-189 | |
| Total points | 0 | 228 | 154 | 382 | |
| Winners | 50 | 38 | 88 | ||
| %Winners | NAN% | 44% | 48% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 2 | 10 | ||
| 1st in | / | 68/108 | 49/75 | 117/183 | |
| % 1st in | – | 63% | 65% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | / | 50/68 | 38/49 | 88/117 | |
| % 1st pts | – | 74% | 78% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | / | 22/40 | 11/26 | 33/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | – | 55% | 42% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Converted | / | 4/9 | 3/6 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | – | 44% | 50% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 | 11 | ||
| Saved | 0/ | 3/5 | 5/6 | 8 | |
| Saved % | – | 60% | 83% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
Head 2 Head
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WLLLLWLWWW Tennis Scores in Eastbourne
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Vasek PospisilPospisil (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Alexander BublikBublik (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Andreas SeppiSeppi (6-4 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Vasek PospisilPospisil (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Max PurcellPurcell – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
