Nino Serdarusic and Seong Chan Hong will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 6. 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 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 -> 1.68
Nino Serdarusic -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head Nino Serdarusic vs. Seong Chan Hong
There is no head to head record between Nino Serdarusic and Seong Chan Hong since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Nino Serdarusic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-15 | 1-2 | 14-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-33 | 0-4 | 26-23 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-34 | 6-6 | 17-20 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-33 | 0-0 | 23-25 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-14 | 3-2 | 6-5 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 254, Nino reached the 2nd round after beating Rinky Hijikata 6-3 5-7 6-2.
In the 1st round, Serdarusic defeated Hijikata (6-3 5-7 6-2). During the match, Serdarusic scored 96 points vs Hijikata’s 79. Nino was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Serdarusic made 9 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Nino Serdarusic was very effective on serve to win 71% (37/52) of his 1st serve and 65% (26/40) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Nino broke Hijikata 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Serdarusic has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 55% of his matches (303-244). 6-4 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Serdarusic has an aggregate17-26 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Croatian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Oeiras 1 Challenger.
The Croatian has an overall 24-31 win-loss record in 2022, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Serdarusic 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. 371, Chan Hong reached the 2nd round after beating Kentaro Otsuka 6-0 6-1, Shinji Hazawa 6-3 6-4 and Mukund Sasikumar 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, Seong had a good straight sets win against Kumar Mukund (6-2 6-1). During the match Chan Hong scored 56 points vs Kumar Mukund’s 33. Chan Hong was quite aggressive to blast 16 winners.
About the serving games, Chan Hong struck 4 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Seong Chan Hong was pretty efficient on serve to win 84% (16/19) of his 1st serve and 76% (13/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Korean broke Kumar Mukund 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Chan Hong’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Chiang Rai and M25 Harmon.
Chan Hong has an aggregate 36-18 win-loss record in 2022, 32-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Serdarusic | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 47 |
| Pts | 96-79 | 173-104 |
| Total Points | 175 | 277 |
| Winners | 37 | 59 |
| %Winners | 39% | 34% |
Serdarusic played 1 match while Chan Hong competed in 3 matches. Chan Hong started his run from the qualifications while Serdarusic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Nino Serdarusic lost 1 set while Seong Chan Hong hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Serdarusic has played 3 set(s) less than Chan Hong (3 vs 6). Therefore, Serdarusic played 18 games less than Chan Hong. Nino scored 37 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Korean bagged 59 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Serdarusic | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 4 |
| 1st in | 52/92 | 70/129 |
| %1st in | 57% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 37/52 | 59/70 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 26/40 | 34/59 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 58% |
Serdarusic recorded 9 aces . Chan Hong bagged 12 aces (4 per match). Serdarusic won 71% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Chan Hong won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Serdarusic | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 15 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 15/22 |
| % Converted | 50% | 68% |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 |
| Saved | 4 | 6 |
| % Saved | 67% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Nino broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Nino surrendered his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Seong broke his opponents 15 times with a 68% conversion rate. Chan Hong conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Serdarusic | |||
| R1 Hijikata |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 5-7 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 96-79 | 96-79 | |
| Total points | 175 | 175 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 52/92 | 52/92 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 37/52 | 37/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/40 | 26/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Chan Hong | |||||
| Q1 Otsuka |
Q3 Hazawa |
R1 Kumar Mukund |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 19 | 15 | 47 | |
| pts | 53-24 | 64-47 | 56-33 | 173-104 | |
| Total points | 77 | 111 | 89 | 277 | |
| Winners | 16 | 27 | 16 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 42% | 29% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 18/32 | 33/61 | 19/36 | 70/129 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 54% | 53% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 16/18 | 27/33 | 16/19 | 59/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 82% | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 13/28 | 13/17 | 34/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 46% | 76% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 4/4 | 5/9 | 15/22 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 100% | 56% | 68% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/7 | 1/1 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | 71% | 100% | 171% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
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