Soon-Woo Kwon and Aleksandar Vukic will face off in the 2nd round of the Busan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 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 Soon-Woo Kwon who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Soon-Woo Kwon is the pick to win this match.
Soon-Woo Kwon -> 1.285
Aleksandar Vukic -> 3.5
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Prediction and head to head Soon-Woo Kwon vs. Aleksandar Vukic
There is no head to head record between Soon-Woo Kwon and Aleksandar Vukic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Soon-Woo Kwon
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-7 | 4-3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 10-11 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-30 | 15-16 | 5-7 | 5-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-19 | 2-9 | 5-4 | 14-2 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-10 | 9-7 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 84, the Korean got to the 2nd round after beating Maximilian Neuchrist 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Soon-Woo had a good straight sets win against Neuchrist (6-4 6-2). During the match, Kwon scored 62 points vs Neuchrist’s 46. Kwon was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kwon fired 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Soon-Woo Kwon conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Kwon put 56% of his first serves in, winning 93% (28/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. Kwon broke Neuchrist 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Kwon has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (253-166). 14-15 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kwon has an overall176-109 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Soon-Woo’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Tokyo.
The Korean has an aggregate 24-29 win-loss record in 2022, 14-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Aleksandar Vukic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-24 | 5-9 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 8-6 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-33 | 34-20 | 9-4 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-25 | 14-15 | 4-5 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-26 | 8-5 | 10-11 | 11-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-12 | 10-4 | 9-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 150, Vukic reached the 2nd round after defeating Shintaro Mochizuki 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Aleksandar had a good straight sets win against Mochizuki (6-4 6-3). During the match Vukic scored 69 points vs Mochizuki’s 54. Aleksandar was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Vukic fired 11 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Aleksandar Vukic lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Vukic put 68% of his first serves in, winning 66% (29/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the 2nd serve. Vukic broke Mochizuki 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
The Australian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Bengalaru 2 Challenger.
Aleksandar has an aggregate 18-18 win-loss record in 2022, 13-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kwon | Vukic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 |
| Pts | 62-46 | 69-54 |
| Total Points | 108 | 123 |
| Winners | 28 | 29 |
| %Winners | 45% | 42% |
Both Kwon and Vukic played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kwon and Vukic have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kwon played 1 game less than Vukic. The Korean scored 28 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Aleksandar managed to score 29 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kwon | Vukic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 11 |
| 1st in | 30/54 | 44/65 |
| %1st in | 56% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 28/30 | 29/44 |
| %1st pts | 93% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 11/24 | 14/21 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 67% |
Kwon managed to score 7 aces . Vukic bagged 11 aces . Kwon won 93% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Vukic won 66% 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 | Kwon | Vukic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 43% | 80% |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Korean broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Kwon quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 4 break points. The Australian broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kwon | |||
| R1 Neuchrist |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 62-46 | 62-46 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 30/54 | 30/54 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 28/30 | 28/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 93% | 93% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/24 | 11/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Vukic | |||
| R1 Mochizuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 69-54 | 69-54 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 44/65 | 44/65 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 29/44 | 29/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 14/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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