Max Purcell and Seong Chan Hong will play each other in the qualifications of the Busan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Max Purcell who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Max Purcell is the pick to win this match.
Max Purcell -> 1.4
Seong Chan Hong -> 2.77
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Seong Chan Hong
There is no head to head record between Max Purcell and Seong Chan Hong since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-19 | 6-11 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 287, the Australian reached the qualifications after defeating Seita Watanabe 6-0 6-2.
In the qualifications, Purcell had a good straight sets win against Watanabe (6-0 6-2). During the match, Purcell scored 58 points vs Watanabe’s 35. Purcell was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Purcell made 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Max Purcell conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Purcell put 63% of his first serves in, winning 66% (23/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the 2nd serve. Purcell broke Watanabe 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Purcell has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 56% of his matches (202-156). 13-12 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Purcell has a composed142-107 record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Australian has an overall 28-26 win-loss record in 2022, 13-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
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. 472, will start his run in the Busan Challenger after he played his last match in the Busan Challenger where he beat 6-2 6-2 to Ann in the qualifications on the 16th of October.
The Korean has an aggregate 27-15 win-loss record in 2022, 23-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Korean’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 177-92 record. He has a positive 153-70 record on hard.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purcell | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 16 |
| Pts | 58-35 | 63-37 |
| Total Points | 93 | 100 |
| Winners | 23 | 23 |
| %Winners | 40% | 37% |
Both Purcell and Chan Hong played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Purcell and Chan Hong have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Purcell played 2 games less than Chan Hong. Purcell scored 23 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Seong fired 23 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purcell | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 28/51 |
| %1st in | 63% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 23/35 | 23/28 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 10/23 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 43% |
Purcell managed to score 3 aces . Chan Hong managed to score 3 aces . Purcell won 66% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Chan Hong won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Purcell | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 6/9 |
| % Converted | 71% | 67% |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Australian broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Purcell quite strong on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Korean broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Seong conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Purcell | |||
| Q1 Watanabe |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 58-35 | 58-35 | |
| Total points | 93 | 93 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 35/56 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 23/35 | 23/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Chan Hong | |||
| Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | |||
| Tot Set | 0 | ||
| Tot Games | 0 | ||
| pts | 0-0 | ||
| Total points | 0 | ||
| Winners | 0 | ||
| %Winners | 0% | ||
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | ||
| Double Faults | 0 | ||
| 1st in | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st in | 0% | ||
| 1st pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st pts | 0% | ||
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 2nd pts | 0% | ||
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | ||
| Converted | 0/0 | ||
| Converted % | 0% | ||
| Conceded | 0 | ||
| Saved | 0 | ||
| Saved % | 0% | ||
| Times Broken | 0 | ||
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