Alex Bolt and Ji Sung Nam will square off in the 2nd round of the Columbus Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Bolt who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Bolt is the pick to win this match.
Alex Bolt -> 1.29
Ji Sung Nam -> 3.6
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Prediction and head to head Alex Bolt vs. Ji Sung Nam
This will be the 3rd time that Alex Bolt and Ji Sung Nam face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Bolt (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Bolt won 6-3 2-6 6-1 in the semifinal in Hong Kong F2 back in 1970.
Alex Bolt
Ranked no. 147, Alex reached the 2nd round after beating Noah Rubin 7-65 7-64.
In the 1st round, Bolt had a good straight sets win against Rubin (7-65 7-64). During the match, Bolt scored 87 points vs Rubin’s 83. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bolt blasted 10 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Alex Bolt lost the serve twice and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Bolt put 74% of his first serves in, winning 70% (48/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Alex broke Rubin twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Bolt has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (250-186). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bolt has a compiled3-1 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was winning the title in the Nottingham 2 Challenger where he beat Kamil Majchrzak in the final 4-6 6-4 6-3.
Bolt has an overall 16-14 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Ji Sung Nam
Ranked no. 382, Ji reached the 2nd round after defeating Yunseong Chung 3-6 6-4 7-63.
In the 1st round against Chung, Ji recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 7-63). During the match Sung Nam scored 104 points vs Chung’s 102. Sung Nam was exceptionally aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about serving, Sung Nam fired 13 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Ji Sung Nam lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Sung Nam put 59% of his first serves in, winning 78% (46/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (17/41) on the 2nd serve. Sung Nam broke Chung 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Sung Nam has a compiled 4-6 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bolt | Sung Nam |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 32 |
| Pts | 87-83 | 104-102 |
| Total Points | 170 | 206 |
| Winners | 48 | 46 |
| %Winners | 55% | 44% |
Both Bolt and Sung Nam played 1 match. At the moment, Ji Sung Nam conceded 1 set while Alex Bolt hasn’t lost a set so far. Bolt has played 1 set(s) less than Sung Nam (2 vs 3). Therefore, Bolt played 6 games less than Sung Nam. Bolt scored 48 winners (55% of the total points). On the other side, Sung Nam made 46 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bolt | Sung Nam |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 13 |
| 1st in | 69/93 | 59/100 |
| %1st in | 74% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 48/69 | 46/59 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 17/41 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 41% |
Bolt bagged 10 aces . Sung Nam bagged 13 aces . Bolt won 70% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Sung Nam won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bolt | Sung Nam |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/3 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 67% | 33% |
| Conceded | 14 | 4 |
| Saved | 12 | 1 |
| % Saved | 86% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Bolt broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Bolt surrendered his serve twice and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Ji broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Ji conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bolt | |||
| R1 Rubin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 87-83 | 87-83 | |
| Total points | 170 | 170 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 69/93 | 69/93 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 48/69 | 48/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 12/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 12/14 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Sung Nam | |||
| R1 Chung |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 104-102 | 104-102 | |
| Total points | 206 | 206 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 59/100 | 59/100 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 46/59 | 46/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/41 | 17/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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WLWLLWWWLW Tennis Scores in Columbus Challenger
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Peter PolanskyPolansky (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Cannon KingsleyKingsley – Matej VocelVocel (5-7 6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (3-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Ji Sung NamSung Nam – Yunseong ChungChung (3-6 6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Evan KingKing – Jc AragoneAragone (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Darian KingKing (7-61 6-0) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – James TracyTracy (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Nick ChappellChappell (5-0 ret.) – See score progression
- William Blumberg/Max Jacob SchnurBlumberg/Max Jacob Schnur – Nicolas Mejia/Michael MmohMejia/Michael Mmoh (w/o) – See score progression
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Jason JungJung (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex BoltBolt – Noah RubinRubin (7-65 7-64) – See score progression
- Dayne KellyKelly – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-2 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Evan KingKing – Jeff WolfWolf (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Stefan KozlovKozlov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ji Sung NamSung Nam – Alex BoltBolt (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Cannon KingsleyKingsley (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Max PurcellPurcell (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Dayne KellyKelly (0-1) – H2H and prediction
