Kaichi Uchida and Seong Chan Hong will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Korea Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 7:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kaichi Uchida who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kaichi Uchida is the pick to win this match.
Kaichi Uchida -> 1.55
Seong Chan Hong -> 2.45
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Â
Prediction and head to head Kaichi Uchida vs. Seong Chan Hong
This will be the 3rd time that Kaichi Uchida and Seong Chan Hong face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Uchida (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Uchida won 6-2 7-5 in the 1st round in the Busan Challenger back in 2019.
Kaichi Uchida
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-15 | 11-9 | 16-6 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-33 | 4-18 | 3-10 | 9-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-34 | 24-23 | 8-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-26 | 27-13 | 6-11 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 10-5 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 161, the Japanese will start his run in Seoul after he played his last match in the Cassis Challenger where he lost 6-4 7-6(5) to Grenier in the quarter on the 9th of September.
Kaichi has a compiled 27-26 win-loss record in 2022, 16-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Japanese’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Oeiras 3 Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Uchida has an overall 326-303 record. He has a positive 184-179 record on hard.
Previously in Seoul
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Seong Chan Hong
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-18 | 27-14 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-34 | 17-18 | 5-6 | 5-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-18 | 36-12 | 4-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-8 | 7-3 | 10-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 471, Seong will start his run in Seoul after he played his last match in Davis Cup, Group B, Valencia where he lost 6-1 6-3 to Bautista-Agut in the Rubber 1 on the 18th of September.
The Korean has an aggregate 27-13 win-loss record in 2022, 23-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Seong’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Chiang Rai and M25 Harmon.
In terms of his career, Seong has an overall 177-90 record. He has a positive 153-68 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
LWWWWWWWLW
LLWWLWLLWW Tennis Scores in Seoul
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-66 6-3) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Ryan PenistonPeniston (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (3-6 7-63 6-2) – See score progression
- Yunseong ChungChung – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taro DanielDaniel – Emilio GomezGomez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Daniel EvansEvans (5-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna CoricCoric – Radu AlbotAlbot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Marcos GironGiron (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Kaichi UchidaUchida (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Yunseong ChungChung (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Tung-Lin WuWu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-1) – H2H and prediction
