Radu Albot and Steve Johnson will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Korea Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 5:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Radu Albot who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Radu Albot is the pick to win this match.
Radu Albot -> 1.88
Steve Johnson -> 1.92
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Prediction and head to head Radu Albot vs. Steve Johnson
This will be the 4th time that Radu Albot and Steve Johnson clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Albot (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Albot won 1-6 6-3 7-6(5) in the quarter in Delray beach back in 2019.
Radu Albot
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-12 | 3-3 | 13-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-34 | 10-13 | 13-8 | 12-10 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-30 | 25-14 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-27 | 4-9 | 2-8 | 13-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-18 | 0-8 | 2-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 91, Albot got to the 2nd round after beating Hiroki Moriya 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Moldovan had a good straight sets win against Moriya (6-3 6-4). During the match, Albot scored 78 points vs Moriya’s 63. Albot was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Albot struck 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Radu Albot was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (36/51) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Moldovan broke Moriya 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Albot has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (366-286). 20-10 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Albot has a compiled 160-112 match record in the last years on hard.
The Moldovan’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Istanbul Challenger.
The Moldovan has an aggregate 35-25 win-loss record in 2022, 20-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Seoul
Radu has never competed in this tournament before.
Steve Johnson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-20 | 15-11 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-28 | 20-18 | 6-4 | 2-2 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-17 | 8-12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-11 | 18-7 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 117, Steve reached the 2nd round after defeating Ji Sung Nam 7-63 6-4.
In the 1st round, Johnson had a good straight sets win against Sung Nam (7-63 6-4). During the match Johnson scored 71 points vs Sung Nam’s 62. Johnson was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Johnson recorded 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Steve Johnson was quite effective on serve to win 91% (30/33) of his 1st serve and 67% (20/30) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Sung Nam once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Johnson’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Sarasota Challenger.
The American has a compiled 27-23 win-loss record in 2022, 16-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Albot | Johnson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 23 |
| Pts | 78-63 | 71-62 |
| Total Points | 141 | 133 |
| Winners | 36 | 30 |
| %Winners | 46% | 42% |
Both Albot and Johnson played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Albot and Johnson have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Albot played 4 games less than Johnson. Radu scored 36 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Steve managed to score 30 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Albot | Johnson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 51/76 | 33/63 |
| %1st in | 67% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 36/51 | 30/33 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 91% |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 20/30 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 67% |
Albot managed to score 5 aces . Johnson bagged 6 aces . Albot won 71% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Johnson won 91% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Albot | Johnson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 1 |
| Converted | 3/11 | 1/4 |
| % Converted | 27% | 25% |
| Conceded | 10 | 0 |
| Saved | 9 | 0 |
| % Saved | 90% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Radu broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Moldovan dropped his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded. Johnson broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Albot | |||
| R1 Moriya |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 78-63 | 78-63 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 51/76 | 51/76 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 36/51 | 36/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 15/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 9/10 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 90% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Johnson | |||
| R1 Sung Nam |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 71-62 | 71-62 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 33/63 | 33/63 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 30/33 | 30/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 91% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/30 | 20/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 1/4 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWW Tennis Scores in Seoul
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Yunseong ChungChung (7-65 6-73 6-1) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Daniel EvansEvans (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-4 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Tung-Lin WuWu (7-65 3-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Ryan PenistonPeniston (6-3 7-68) – See score progression
- Sander Gille/Joran VliegenGille/Joran Vliegen – Max Jacob Schnur/John-Patrick SmithJacob Schnur/John-Patrick Smith (6-73 7-63 10-7) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Daniel EvansEvans (6-2 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Yunseong ChungChung (7-6(5) 6-7(3) 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Steve JohnsonJohnson (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Taro DanielDaniel – Emilio GomezGomez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Nicolas JarryJarry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
