Radu Albot and Seong Chan Hong will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Busan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Radu Albot is the pick to win this match.
Radu Albot -> 1.26
Seong Chan Hong -> 3.7
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Prediction and head to head Radu Albot vs. Seong Chan Hong
There is no head to head record between Radu Albot and Seong Chan Hong since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Radu Albot
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-19 | 3-3 | 17-11 | 4-3 | 4-2 | 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. 85, the Moldovan got to the semifinal after defeating Tung-Lin Wu 6-3 2-6 6-2, Joris De Loore 7-5 2-0 ret. and Marc Polmans 7-5 4-2 ret..
In the quarter against Polmans, Albot had a free pass after Polmans retired on a 7-5 4-2 . scoreline.
Albot has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (370-289). 24-13 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Albot has a composed 164-115 match record in the last years on hard.
Albot’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Istanbul Challenger.
Albot has an overall 39-28 win-loss record in 2022, 24-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
The Moldovan 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. 470, Chan Hong got to the semifinal after beating Suk Ann 6-2 6-2, Li Tu 6-3 3-6 6-1, Yunseong Chung 6-3 7-5 and John Millman 3-6 6-4 7-5.
In the quarter against Millman, The Korean recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 7-5). During the match Chan Hong scored 100 points vs Millman’s 97. The Korean was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Chan Hong struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Seong Chan Hong lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Chan Hong put 57% of his first serves in, winning 69% (40/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (21/43) on the 2nd serve. Seong broke Millman 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Chan Hong started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Chan Hong’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Chiang Rai and M25 Harmon.
Chan Hong has a composed 31-16 win-loss record in 2022, 27-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Albot | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 57 | 93 |
| Pts | 191-157 | 319-263 |
| Total Points | 348 | 582 |
| Winners | 79 | 120 |
| %Winners | 41% | 38% |
Albot played 3 matches while Chan Hong competed in 4 matches. Chan Hong started his run from the qualifications while Albot had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Radu Albot surrendered 1 set, while Seong Chan Hong dropped 2 sets. Albot has played 1 set(s) less than Chan Hong (9 vs 10). Therefore, Albot played 36 games less than Chan Hong. Albot scored 79 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Seong bagged 120 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Albot | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 4.3 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 110/174 | 171/295 |
| %1st in | 63% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 79/110 | 120/171 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 35/64 | 62/124 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 50% |
Albot fired 13 aces (4.3 per match). Chan Hong blasted 9 aces (2.3 per match). Albot won 72% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Chan Hong won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Albot | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 21 |
| Converted | 10/18 | 21/36 |
| % Converted | 56% | 58% |
| Conceded | 17 | 25 |
| Saved | 12 | 13 |
| % Saved | 71% | 52% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 12 |
Radu broke his opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. Radu conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Seong broke his opponents 21 times with a 58% conversion rate. Seong conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 52% of the break points that he conceded.
| Albot | |||||
| R1 Wu |
R2 De Loore |
1/4 Polmans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 2-6 6-2 | 7-5 2-0 ret. | 7-5 4-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 14 | 18 | 57 | |
| pts | 82-74 | 49-36 | 60-47 | 191-157 | |
| Total points | 156 | 85 | 107 | 348 | |
| Winners | 31 | 17 | 31 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 35% | 52% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 47/83 | 24/39 | 39/52 | 110/174 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 62% | 75% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 31/47 | 17/24 | 31/39 | 79/110 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 71% | 79% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/36 | 11/15 | 7/13 | 35/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 73% | 54% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 3/4 | 2/2 | 10/18 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 75% | 100% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 2 | 3 | 17 | |
| Saved | 8/12 | 1/2 | 3/3 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 100% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Chan Hong | |||||||
| Q1 Ann |
Q3 Purcell |
R1 Tu |
R2 Chung |
1/4 Millman |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 7-65 6-0 | 6-3 3-6 6-1 | 6-3 7-5 | 3-6 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 25 | 21 | 31 | 112 | |
| pts | 63-37 | – | 86-71 | 70-58 | 100-97 | 319-263 | |
| Total points | 100 | 0 | 157 | 128 | 197 | 582 | |
| Winners | 23 | 34 | 23 | 40 | 120 | ||
| %Winners | 37% | 0% | 40% | 33% | 40% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | ||
| 1st in | 28/51 | / | 46/72 | 39/71 | 58/101 | 171/295 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 0% | 64% | 55% | 57% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | / | 34/46 | 23/39 | 40/58 | 120/171 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 0% | 74% | 59% | 69% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | / | 17/26 | 14/32 | 21/43 | 62/124 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 0% | 65% | 44% | 49% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21 | ||
| Converted | 6/9 | / | 3/9 | 7/8 | 5/10 | 21/36 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 0% | 33% | 88% | 50% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 25 | ||
| Saved | 3/5 | 0/ | 1/2 | 2/7 | 7/11 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 60% | – | 50% | 29% | 64% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | ||
Head 2 Head
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