Benjamin Lock and Ji Sung Nam will play each other in the 2nd round of the Nur-Sultan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:30 am on COURT 1. 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 Ji Sung Nam who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ji Sung Nam is the pick to win this match.
Ji Sung Nam -> 1.6
Benjamin Lock -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Benjamin Lock vs. Ji Sung Nam
There is no head to head record between Benjamin Lock and Ji Sung Nam since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Benjamin Lock
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-11 | 2-5 | 9-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-32 | 13-16 | 25-11 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-32 | 18-17 | 21-10 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-30 | 20-18 | 1-5 | 3-6 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-13 | 8-7 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 446, the got to the 2nd round after defeating Sergey Fomin 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, The had a good straight sets win against Fomin (6-4 6-1). During the match, Lock scored 63 points vs Fomin’s 40. Lock was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Lock bagged 11 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Benjamin Lock was quite effective on serve to win 85% (28/33) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The broke Fomin 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Lock has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (228-161). 11-6 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lock has a compiled183-116 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Lock’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Medellin.
Lock has a compiled 30-16 win-loss record in 2022, 11-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the The Nur-Sultan Challenger
Ji Sung Nam
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 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. 515, Sung Nam reached the 2nd round after beating Alexander Zgirovsky 6-1 6-1, Saba Purtseladze 3-6 7-5 6-0 and Timofey Skatov 7-64 4-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Korean defeated Skatov (7-64 4-6 7-5). During the match Sung Nam scored 108 points vs Skatov’s 102. Ji was exceptionally aggressive to blast 46 winners.
About the serving games, Sung Nam recorded 10 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Overall, Ji Sung Nam was extremely effective on serve to win 78% (46/59) of his 1st serve and 54% (25/46) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Sung Nam broke Skatov 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Ji’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Chiang Rai.
Ji has an aggregate 20-11 win-loss record in 2022, 18-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lock | Sung Nam |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 76 |
| Pts | 63-40 | 257-203 |
| Total Points | 103 | 460 |
| Winners | 28 | 94 |
| %Winners | 44% | 37% |
Lock played 1 match while Sung Nam competed in 3 matches. Sung Nam started his run from the qualifications while Lock had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Ji Sung Nam lost 2 sets while Benjamin Lock hasn’t conceded a set so far. Lock has played 6 set(s) less than Sung Nam (2 vs 8). Therefore, Lock played 59 games less than Sung Nam. The scored 28 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Korean blasted 94 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lock | Sung Nam |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 7 |
| 1st in | 33/52 | 116/207 |
| %1st in | 63% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 94/116 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 55/91 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 60% |
Lock struck 11 aces . Sung Nam bagged 21 aces (7 per match). Lock won 85% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Sung Nam won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lock | Sung Nam |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 12 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 12/28 |
| % Converted | 60% | 43% |
| Conceded | 1 | 13 |
| Saved | 1 | 9 |
| % Saved | 100% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Benjamin broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Ji broke his opponents 12 times with a 43% conversion rate. Ji conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lock | |||
| R1 Fomin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 63-40 | 63-40 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 33/52 | 33/52 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 28/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Sung Nam | |||||
| Q1 Zgirovsky |
Q3 Purtseladze |
R1 Skatov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 3-6 7-5 6-0 | 7-64 4-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 27 | 35 | 76 | |
| pts | 53-22 | 96-79 | 108-102 | 257-203 | |
| Total points | 75 | 175 | 210 | 460 | |
| Winners | 14 | 34 | 46 | 94 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 35% | 43% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 8 | 10 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 11 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 15/34 | 42/68 | 59/105 | 116/207 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 62% | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 14/15 | 34/42 | 46/59 | 94/116 | |
| % 1st pts | 93% | 81% | 78% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 16/26 | 25/46 | 55/91 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 62% | 54% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/11 | 3/8 | 12/28 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 36% | 38% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/4 | 6/9 | 9 | |
| Saved % | – | 75% | 67% | 142% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
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