Seong Chan Hong and Shinji Hazawa will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 6. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Seong Chan Hong who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Seong Chan Hong is the pick to win this match.
Seong Chan Hong -> 1.41
Shinji Hazawa -> 2.73
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Prediction and head to head Seong Chan Hong vs. Shinji Hazawa
This will be the 2nd time that Seong Chan Hong and Shinji Hazawa play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Chan Hong (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Chan Hong won 7-6(2) 6-3 in the 2nd round in Japan F3 (Kofu) back in 2018.
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. 382, the Korean got to the qualifications after beating Kentaro Otsuka 6-0 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Korean had a good straight sets win against Otsuka (6-0 6-1). During the match, Chan Hong scored 53 points vs Otsuka’s 24. Seong was exceptionally aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Talking about the service games, Chan Hong scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Seong Chan Hong was extremely effective on serve to win 89% (16/18) of his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Seong broke Otsuka 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Chan Hong has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 66% of his matches (184-95). 30-12 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Chan Hong has a composed160-73 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Seong’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Chiang Rai and M25 Harmon.
The Korean has a composed 34-18 win-loss record in 2022, 30-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Chan Hong has never competed in this tournament before.
Shinji Hazawa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-15 | 14-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-27 | 49-26 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 659, the Japanese got to the qualifications after beating Yuki Mochizuki 1-6 7-66 6-2.
In the qualifications against Mochizuki, Hazawa recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-66 6-2).During the match Hazawa scored less points (8) than Mochizuki. In fact, the world no. 382 won 94 points vs Mochizuki’s. That means that Hazawa was more focused during the important points. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Hazawa scored 4 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Shinji Hazawa lost the serve 5 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Hazawa put 76% of his first serves in, winning 60% (48/80) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (10/25) on the 2nd serve. Hazawa broke Mochizuki 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Hazawa’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Seremban.
The Japanese has an aggregate 48-24 win-loss record in 2022, 48-24 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Chan Hong | Hazawa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 28 |
| Pts | 53-24 | 94-102 |
| Total Points | 77 | 196 |
| Winners | 16 | 48 |
| %Winners | 30% | 51% |
Both Chan Hong and Hazawa played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Shinji Hazawa surrendered 1 set while Seong Chan Hong hasn’t lost a set so far. Chan Hong has played 1 set(s) less than Hazawa (2 vs 3). Therefore, Chan Hong played 15 games less than Hazawa. The Korean scored 16 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Shinji recorded 48 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Chan Hong | Hazawa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4 |
| 1st in | 18/32 | 80/105 |
| %1st in | 56% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 16/18 | 48/80 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 60% |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 10/25 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 40% |
Chan Hong scored 4 aces . Hazawa recorded 4 aces . Chan Hong won 89% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Hazawa won 60% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Chan Hong | Hazawa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 67% | 63% |
| Conceded | 0 | 14 |
| Saved | 0 | 9 |
| % Saved | 0% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Seong broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Seong pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Shinji broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Hazawa conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Chan Hong | |||
| Q1 Otsuka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 53-24 | 53-24 | |
| Total points | 77 | 77 | |
| Winners | 16 | 16 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 18/32 | 18/32 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 16/18 | 16/18 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 8/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Hazawa | |||
| Q1 Mochizuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 7-66 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 94-102 | 94-102 | |
| Total points | 196 | 196 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 80/105 | 80/105 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 48/80 | 48/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/25 | 10/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 9/14 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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