Shintaro Mochizuki and Seong Chan Hong will play each other in the semifinal of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.78
Shintaro Mochizuki -> 1.99
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Prediction and head to head Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Seong Chan Hong
There is no head to head record between Shintaro Mochizuki and Seong Chan Hong since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Shintaro Mochizuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-17 | 5-8 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-33 | 22-16 | 13-8 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-34 | 18-17 | 13-12 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-30 | 11-10 | 18-11 | 5-7 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 20-14 | 14-12 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 355, Shintaro reached the semifinal after defeating Filip Cristian Jianu 6-3 6-4, Damir Dzumhur 5-7 7-64 6-4 and Nicholas David Ionel 6-4 6-76 7-63.
In the quarter, Mochizuki defeated David Ionel (6-4 6-76 7-63). During the match, Mochizuki scored 119 points vs David Ionel’s 107. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mochizuki struck 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Shintaro Mochizuki lost the serve 8 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Mochizuki put 58% of his first serves in, winning 64% (41/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (21/46) on the 2nd serve. Mochizuki broke David Ionel 9 times after converting 60% of his break points (9/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese has conceded 2 set in this tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Mochizuki has a winning record in the last 5 years having won 55% of his matches (103-84). 17-15 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mochizuki has an aggregate54-45 record in the last 5 years on hard.
Mochizuki has a composed 34-31 win-loss record in 2022, 17-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
The Japanese 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, Seong got to the semifinal after beating Kentaro Otsuka 6-0 6-1, Shinji Hazawa 6-3 6-4, Mukund Sasikumar 6-2 6-1, Nino Serdarusic 6-4 6-2 and Jason Jung 6-1 6-4.
In the quarter, Seong had a good straight sets win against Jung (6-1 6-4). During the match Chan Hong scored 67 points vs Jung’s 50. Seong was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Chan Hong couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Seong Chan Hong was quite efficient on serve to win 83% (25/30) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Chan Hong broke Jung 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Chan Hong started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 60% of the points he played.
Seong’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Chiang Rai and M25 Harmon.
Seong has a compiled 38-18 win-loss record in 2022, 34-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mochizuki | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 90 | 82 |
| Pts | 295-268 | 311-208 |
| Total Points | 563 | 519 |
| Winners | 101 | 115 |
| %Winners | 34% | 37% |
Mochizuki played 3 matches while Chan Hong competed in 5 matches. Chan Hong started his run from the qualifications while Mochizuki had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Shintaro Mochizuki conceded 2 sets while Seong Chan Hong hasn’t conceded a set so far. Mochizuki has played 2 set(s) less than Chan Hong (8 vs 10). However, it’s interesting to notice that Mochizuki played 8 games more than Chan Hong. Mochizuki scored 101 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Chan Hong struck 115 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mochizuki | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 2.3 | 3.8 |
| 1st in | 159/261 | 140/243 |
| %1st in | 61% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 101/159 | 115/140 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 53/102 | 57/103 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 55% |
Mochizuki managed to score 7 aces (2.3 per match). Chan Hong struck 19 aces (3.8 per match). Mochizuki won 64% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 52% 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 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mochizuki | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 19 | 22 |
| Converted | 19/38 | 22/42 |
| % Converted | 50% | 52% |
| Conceded | 26 | 18 |
| Saved | 10 | 15 |
| % Saved | 38% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 16 | 3 |
Mochizuki broke his opponents 19 times with a 50% conversion rate. Shintaro conceded his serve 16 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded. The Korean broke his opponents 22 times with a 52% conversion rate. Seong conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mochizuki | |||||
| R1 Cristian |
R2 Dzumhur |
1/4 David |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 5-7 7-64 6-4 | 6-4 6-76 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 35 | 36 | 90 | |
| pts | 74-54 | 102-107 | 119-107 | 295-268 | |
| Total points | 128 | 209 | 226 | 563 | |
| Winners | 27 | 33 | 41 | 101 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 32% | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 33/50 | 62/101 | 64/110 | 159/261 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 61% | 58% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 33/62 | 41/64 | 101/159 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 53% | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 21/39 | 21/46 | 53/102 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 54% | 46% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 7/12 | 9/15 | 19/38 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 58% | 60% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 10 | 14 | 26 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 3/10 | 6/14 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 30% | 43% | 41% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 | |
| Chan Hong | |||||||
| Q1 Otsuka |
Q3 Hazawa |
R1 Kumar Mukund |
R2 Serdarusic |
1/4 Jung |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 82 | |
| pts | 53-24 | 64-47 | 56-33 | 71-54 | 67-50 | 311-208 | |
| Total points | 77 | 111 | 89 | 125 | 117 | 519 | |
| Winners | 16 | 27 | 16 | 31 | 25 | 115 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 42% | 29% | 44% | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 18/32 | 33/61 | 19/36 | 40/57 | 30/57 | 140/243 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 54% | 53% | 70% | 53% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 16/18 | 27/33 | 16/19 | 31/40 | 25/30 | 115/140 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 82% | 84% | 78% | 83% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 13/28 | 13/17 | 8/17 | 15/27 | 57/103 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 46% | 76% | 47% | 56% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 4/4 | 5/9 | 4/13 | 3/7 | 22/42 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 100% | 56% | 31% | 43% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/7 | 1/1 | 4/5 | 5/5 | 15 | |
| Saved % | – | 71% | 100% | 80% | 100% | 117% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLWLLWW Tennis Scores in Matsuyama Challenger
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Jason JungJung (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Kaichi UchidaUchida (7-65 6-74 6-4) – See score progression
- Nam Hoang LyHoang Ly – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (6-2 7-66) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (6-4 6-76 7-63) – See score progression
- Dane Sweeny/Li TuSweeny/Li Tu – Ji Sung Nam/Min-Kyu SongSung Nam/Min-Kyu Song (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Nam Hoang LyHoang Ly – Tung-Lin WuWu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
