Keegan Smith and Duckhee Lee will play each other in the qualifications of the Gwangju Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on SHOW 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 Keegan Smith who should win in 3 sets.
Keegan Smith -> 1.62
Duckhee Lee -> 2.18
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Prediction and head to head Keegan Smith vs. Duckhee Lee
There is no head to head record between Keegan Smith and Duckhee Lee since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Keegan Smith
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-14 | 17-12 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-26 | 31-20 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-24 | 26-14 | 3-4 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-5 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-4 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 340, the American will start his run in the Gwangju Challenger after he played his last match in San Diego where he lost 7-6(1) 7-6(2) to Mena in the qualifications on the 17th of September.
The American has a composed 26-18 win-loss record in 2022, 23-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Cancun and M25 Bakersfield.
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 93-50 record. He has a positive 77-36 record on hard.
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
Keegan has never competed in this tournament before.
Duckhee Lee
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-7 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-25 | 29-22 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-18 | 25-17 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-17 | 5-6 | 5-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-5 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 601, Hee Lee reached the qualifications after defeating Sehyuk Cho 6-1 6-0.
In the qualifications, The Korean had a good straight sets win against Cho (6-1 6-0). During the match Hee Lee scored 54 points vs Cho’s 25. Duck was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Hee Lee scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Duckhee Lee was quite efficient on serve to win 80% (20/25) of his 1st serve and 63% (5/8) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Hee Lee broke Cho 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Duck’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.
The Korean has a compiled 22-14 win-loss record in 2022, 22-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
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