Gerald Melzer and Yunseong Chung will square off in the 2nd round of the Cali Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on CANCHA 3. 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 Gerald Melzer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gerald Melzer is the pick to win this match.
Gerald Melzer -> 1.53
Yunseong Chung -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Gerald Melzer vs. Yunseong Chung
There is no head to head record between Gerald Melzer and Yunseong Chung since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Gerald Melzer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-13 | 0-0 | 20-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-18 | 0-1 | 13-16 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-14 | 0-0 | 24-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 247, the Austrian reached the 2nd round after beating Mateo Gomez 6-0 6-0.
In the 1st round, Melzer had a good straight sets win against Gomez (6-0 6-0). During the match, Melzer scored 52 points vs Gomez’s 23. Gerald was pretty aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about the service games, Melzer made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Gerald Melzer was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (17/21) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Gerald broke Gomez 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Melzer has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (254-180). 4-7 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Melzer has a compiled 222-141 match record in the last years on clay.
The Austrian has a compiled 4-8 win-loss record in 2022, 4-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cali Challenger
Yunseong Chung
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-9 | 10-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-22 | 20-16 | 5-4 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-25 | 23-17 | 7-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-15 | 21-10 | 5-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 422, Chung got to the 2nd round after defeating Miguel Angel Sarria 6-2 6-0, Ignacio Monzon 1-6 7-61 6-2 and Mateus Alves 6-4 6-0.
In the 1st round, The Korean had a good straight sets win against Alves (6-4 6-0). During the match Chung scored 59 points vs Alves’s 35. The Korean was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Chung struck 2 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Yunseong Chung was very efficient on serve to win 86% (24/28) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Korean broke Alves 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Chung’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Monastir.
Yunseong has a compiled 20-12 win-loss record in 2022, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Melzer | Chung |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 12 | 58 |
| Pts | 52-23 | 208-162 |
| Total Points | 75 | 370 |
| Winners | 17 | 85 |
| %Winners | 33% | 41% |
Melzer played 1 match while Chung competed in 3 matches. Chung started his run from the qualifications while Melzer had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Yunseong Chung surrendered 1 set while Gerald Melzer hasn’t lost a set so far. Melzer has played 5 set(s) less than Chung (2 vs 7). Therefore, Melzer played 46 games less than Chung. Gerald scored 17 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Chung fired 85 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Melzer | Chung |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 21/38 | 115/180 |
| %1st in | 55% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 17/21 | 85/115 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 30/65 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 46% |
Melzer bagged 2 aces . Chung managed to score 6 aces (2 per match). Melzer won 81% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Chung won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Melzer | Chung |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 13 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 13/24 |
| % Converted | 67% | 54% |
| Conceded | 1 | 11 |
| Saved | 1 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Gerald broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Austrian pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Chung broke his opponents 13 times with a 54% conversion rate. Yunseong conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.
| Melzer | |||
| R1 Gomez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 12 | |
| pts | 52-23 | 52-23 | |
| Total points | 75 | 75 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 21/38 | 21/38 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 17/21 | 17/21 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 9/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Chung | |||||
| Q1 Angel |
Q3 Monzon |
R1 Alves |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | 1-6 7-61 6-2 | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 28 | 16 | 58 | |
| pts | 61-41 | 88-86 | 59-35 | 208-162 | |
| Total points | 102 | 174 | 94 | 370 | |
| Winners | 26 | 35 | 24 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 40% | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 36/57 | 51/79 | 28/44 | 115/180 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 65% | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 26/36 | 35/51 | 24/28 | 85/115 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 69% | 86% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 11/28 | 9/16 | 30/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 39% | 56% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/10 | 4/5 | 13/24 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 40% | 80% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 | 1 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 2/7 | 1/1 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 29% | 100% | 229% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Michail PervolarakisPervolarakis (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-4 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez – Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras (7-5 7-63) – See score progression
- Facundo JuarezJuarez – Nick HardtHardt (4-6 7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Matias ZukasZukas – Keegan SmithSmith (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Yunseong ChungChung – Mateus AlvesAlves (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Evan ZhuZhu (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Joao MenezesMenezes – Gonzalo LamaLama (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Juan Bautista OteguiBautista Otegui – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-3 7-67) – See score progression
- Pedja KrstinKrstin – Nick ChappellChappell (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Gerald MelzerMelzer – Mateo GomezGomez (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
- Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Francisco ComesanaComesana (7-5 ret.) – See score progression
- Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Facundo MenaMena – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Andres UrreaUrrea (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Miljan ZekicZekic – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (1-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gerald MelzerMelzer – Yunseong ChungChung (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedja KrstinKrstin – Miljan ZekicZekic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matias ZukasZukas – Joao MenezesMenezes (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Nicolas MejiaMejia (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Bautista OteguiBautista Otegui – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo JuarezJuarez – Facundo MenaMena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
