Tung-Lin Wu and Seong Chan Hong will square off in the final of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:00 pm on CENTRE 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 Tung-Lin Wu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tung-Lin Wu is the pick to win this match.
Tung-Lin Wu -> 1.666
Seong Chan Hong -> 2.16
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Prediction and head to head Tung-Lin Wu vs. Seong Chan Hong
This will be the 2nd time that Tung-Lin Wu and Seong Chan Hong clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Wu (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Wu won 6-4 6-7(7) 6-2 in the qualifications in the Gimcheon Challenger back in 2018.
Tung-Lin Wu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-16 | 14-15 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-28 | 21-21 | 4-5 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-24 | 26-14 | 6-3 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-26 | 10-10 | 2-8 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-8 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 204, the Chinese got to the final after defeating Rio Noguchi 6-2 6-3, Hiroki Moriya 1-6 7-5 6-1, Kaichi Uchida 7-65 6-74 6-4 and Nam Hoang Ly 6-2 7-5.
In the semifinal, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Hoang Ly (6-2 7-5). During the match, Wu scored 65 points vs Hoang Ly’s 51. The Chinese was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Wu made 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Tung-Lin Wu lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Wu put 73% of his first serves in, winning 80% (35/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (6/16) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Hoang Ly 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tung-Lin has surrendered 2 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Wu has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 56% of his matches (182-145). 23-13 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Wu has an aggregate132-91 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Tung-Lin’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Santo Domingo,the Tallahassee Challenger and the Little Rock Challenger.
The Chinese has an aggregate 31-23 win-loss record in 2022, 23-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
The Chinese 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 final 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, Jason Jung 6-1 6-4 and Shintaro Mochizuki 6-1 2-6 6-3.
In the semifinal, Chan Hong defeated Mochizuki (6-1 2-6 6-3). During the match Chan Hong scored 76 points vs Mochizuki’s 61. Chan Hong was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Chan Hong scored 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Seong Chan Hong lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Chan Hong put 59% of his first serves in, winning 72% (28/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (12/27) on the 2nd serve. Seong broke Mochizuki 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Seong started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
The Korean’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Chiang Rai and M25 Harmon.
The Korean has a compiled 39-18 win-loss record in 2022, 35-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Wu | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 13 |
| Tot Games | 99 | 106 |
| Pts | 323-283 | 387-269 |
| Total Points | 606 | 656 |
| Winners | 139 | 143 |
| %Winners | 43% | 37% |
Wu played 4 matches while Chan Hong competed in 6 matches. Chan Hong started his run from the qualifications while Wu had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Tung-Lin Wu conceded 2 sets, while Seong Chan Hong surrendered 1 set. Wu has played 3 set(s) less than Chan Hong (10 vs 13). Therefore, Wu played 7 games less than Chan Hong. Wu scored 139 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Korean struck 143 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Wu | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 44 | 26 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 189/300 | 179/309 |
| %1st in | 63% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 139/189 | 143/179 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 55/111 | 69/130 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 53% |
Wu bagged 44 aces (11 per match). Chan Hong made 26 aces (4.3 per match). Wu won 74% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Chan Hong won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Wu | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 28 |
| Converted | 17/35 | 28/49 |
| % Converted | 49% | 57% |
| Conceded | 23 | 28 |
| Saved | 14 | 21 |
| % Saved | 61% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 7 |
The Chinese broke his opponents 17 times with a 49% conversion rate. Tung-Lin surrendered his serve 9 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded. Chan Hong broke his opponents 28 times with a 57% conversion rate. Chan Hong conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Wu | ||||||
| R1 Noguchi |
R2 Moriya |
1/4 Uchida |
1/2 Hoang Ly |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 1-6 7-5 6-1 | 7-65 6-74 6-4 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 26 | 36 | 20 | 99 | |
| pts | 58-40 | 92-86 | 108-106 | 65-51 | 323-283 | |
| Total points | 98 | 178 | 214 | 116 | 606 | |
| Winners | 24 | 33 | 47 | 35 | 139 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 36% | 44% | 54% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 9 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 44 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 28/44 | 54/94 | 63/102 | 44/60 | 189/300 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 57% | 62% | 73% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 33/54 | 47/63 | 35/44 | 139/189 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 61% | 75% | 80% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 23/40 | 17/39 | 6/16 | 55/111 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 58% | 44% | 38% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | 5/9 | 4/8 | 17/35 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | 56% | 50% | 49% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 23 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 10/13 | 0/4 | 4/5 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 77% | 0% | 80% | 39% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
| Chan Hong | ||||||||
| Q1 Otsuka |
Q3 Hazawa |
R1 Kumar Mukund |
R2 Serdarusic |
1/4 Jung |
1/2 Mochizuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-1 6-4 | 6-1 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 24 | 106 | |
| pts | 53-24 | 64-47 | 56-33 | 71-54 | 67-50 | 76-61 | 387-269 | |
| Total points | 77 | 111 | 89 | 125 | 117 | 137 | 656 | |
| Winners | 16 | 27 | 16 | 31 | 25 | 28 | 143 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 42% | 29% | 44% | 37% | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 18/32 | 33/61 | 19/36 | 40/57 | 30/57 | 39/66 | 179/309 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 54% | 53% | 70% | 53% | 59% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 16/18 | 27/33 | 16/19 | 31/40 | 25/30 | 28/39 | 143/179 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 82% | 84% | 78% | 83% | 72% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 13/28 | 13/17 | 8/17 | 15/27 | 12/27 | 69/130 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 46% | 76% | 47% | 56% | 44% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 28 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 4/4 | 5/9 | 4/13 | 3/7 | 6/7 | 28/49 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 100% | 56% | 31% | 43% | 86% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 28 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/7 | 1/1 | 4/5 | 5/5 | 6/10 | 21 | |
| Saved % | – | 71% | 100% | 80% | 100% | 60% | 103% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
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