Ji Sung Nam and Saba Purtseladze will square off in the qualifications of the Nur-Sultan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 4. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ji Sung Nam who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ji Sung Nam is the pick to win this match.
Ji Sung Nam -> 1.151
Saba Purtseladze -> 5.1
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Prediction and head to head Ji Sung Nam vs. Saba Purtseladze
There is no head to head record between Ji Sung Nam and Saba Purtseladze since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Ji Sung Nam
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-7 | 5-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 15-20 | 13-15 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-19 | 24-13 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 4-7 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 507, the Korean got to the qualifications after defeating Alexander Zgirovsky 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Korean had a good straight sets win against Zgirovsky (6-1 6-1). During the match, Sung Nam scored 53 points vs Zgirovsky’s 22. Ji was extremely aggressive to blast 14 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sung Nam made 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ji Sung Nam was pretty effective on serve to win 93% (14/15) of his 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Korean broke Zgirovsky 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Sung Nam has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (217-135). 16-6 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sung Nam has an aggregate 182-108 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Korean’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Chiang Rai.
Sung Nam has a composed 18-11 win-loss record in 2022, 16-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the The Nur-Sultan Challenger
The Korean has never competed in this tournament before.
Saba Purtseladze
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-20 | 15-10 | 8-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-37 | 44-27 | 1-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-35 | 34-26 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-23 | 20-16 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 684 (career-high), Saba reached the qualifications after beating Nikita Sidorov 6-3 6-0.
In the qualifications, Purtseladze had a good straight sets win against Sidorov (6-3 6-0). During the match Purtseladze scored 64 points vs Sidorov’s 43. Saba was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.
About the serving games, Purtseladze blasted 7 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Saba Purtseladze lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Purtseladze put 41% of his first serves in, winning 86% (18/21) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. Purtseladze broke Sidorov 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
The Georgean’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.
Saba has a compiled 17-17 win-loss record in 2022, 14-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sung Nam | Purtseladze |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 15 |
| Pts | 53-22 | 64-43 |
| Total Points | 75 | 107 |
| Winners | 14 | 18 |
| %Winners | 26% | 28% |
Both Sung Nam and Purtseladze played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sung Nam and Purtseladze have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sung Nam played 1 game less than Purtseladze. Sung Nam scored 14 winners (26% of the total points). On the other side, Saba struck 18 winners (28%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sung Nam | Purtseladze |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 7 |
| 1st in | 15/34 | 21/51 |
| %1st in | 44% | 41% |
| 1st pts | 14/15 | 18/21 |
| %1st pts | 93% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 14/30 |
| %2nd pts | 74% | 47% |
Sung Nam scored 3 aces . Purtseladze made 7 aces . Sung Nam won 93% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 74% of the points. On the other side, Purtseladze won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sung Nam | Purtseladze |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 56% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Korean broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Sung Nam extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Purtseladze broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Georgean conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sung Nam | |||
| Q1 Zgirovsky |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 53-22 | 53-22 | |
| Total points | 75 | 75 | |
| Winners | 14 | 14 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 26% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 15/34 | 15/34 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 44% | |
| 1st pts | 14/15 | 14/15 | |
| % 1st pts | 93% | 93% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 14/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 74% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Purtseladze | |||
| Q1 Sidorov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 64-43 | 64-43 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 21/51 | 21/51 | |
| % 1st in | 41% | 41% | |
| 1st pts | 18/21 | 18/21 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/30 | 14/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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