Ramkumar Ramanathan and Jason Jung will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Kobe Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT C. 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 Jason Jung who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jason Jung is the pick to win this match.
Jason Jung -> 1.61
Ramkumar Ramanathan -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Ramkumar Ramanathan vs. Jason Jung
This will be the 3rd time that Ramkumar Ramanathan and Jason Jung face off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Jung won 6-3 3-6 6-1 in the 1st round in New york back in 2019.
Ramkumar Ramanathan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-15 | 18-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-21 | 25-12 | 0-6 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-34 | 4-13 | 4-8 | 2-6 | 4-6 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 45-32 | 23-11 | 8-7 | 5-8 | 7-4 | 2-2 |
| 2020 | 8-18 | 3-8 | 0-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 5-2 |
Ranked no. 289, Ramanathan reached the 2nd round after beating Kaichi Uchida 6-4 4-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Ramanathan defeated Uchida (6-4 4-6 6-3). During the match, Ramanathan scored 89 points vs Uchida’s 78. Ramkumar was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ramanathan recorded 14 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ramkumar Ramanathan lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Ramanathan put 69% of his first serves in, winning 84% (46/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. Ramkumar broke Uchida 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Ramanathan has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (368-301). 1-5 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ramanathan has an aggregate 27-38 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Ramanathan has a composed 14-32 win-loss record in 2022, 1-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Jason Jung
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-25 | 40-23 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-28 | 13-14 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-25 | 5-12 | 1-4 | 2-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-18 | 7-8 | 2-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 399, the Chinese reached the 2nd round after defeating Keisuke Saitoh 4-6 6-3 6-3, Yuki Mochizuki 6-3 6-3 and Rio Noguchi 3-6 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round against Noguchi, Jung recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-1). During the match Jung scored 98 points vs Noguchi’s 89. Jason was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Jung managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Jason Jung lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Jung put 60% of his first serves in, winning 64% (37/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (19/38) on the 2nd serve. Jung broke Noguchi 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Jason has an aggregate 24-25 win-loss record in 2022, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ramanathan | Jung |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 72 |
| Pts | 89-78 | 261-231 |
| Total Points | 167 | 492 |
| Winners | 46 | 112 |
| %Winners | 52% | 43% |
Ramanathan played 1 match while Jung competed in 3 matches. Jung started his run from the qualifications while Ramanathan had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Ramkumar Ramanathan surrendered 1 set, while Jason Jung surrendered 2 sets. Ramanathan has played 5 set(s) less than Jung (3 vs 8). Therefore, Ramanathan played 43 games less than Jung. Ramkumar scored 46 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Jung recorded 112 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ramanathan | Jung |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 14 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 55/80 | 166/260 |
| %1st in | 69% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 46/55 | 112/166 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 41/94 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 44% |
Ramanathan bagged 14 aces . Jung recorded 11 aces (3.7 per match). Ramanathan won 84% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Jung won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ramanathan | Jung |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 15 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 15/34 |
| % Converted | 33% | 44% |
| Conceded | 3 | 22 |
| Saved | 1 | 14 |
| % Saved | 33% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 8 |
Ramanathan broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Ramanathan conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponents 15 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ramanathan | |||
| R1 Uchida |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 89-78 | 89-78 | |
| Total points | 167 | 167 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 55/80 | 55/80 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 46/55 | 46/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 12/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Jung | |||||
| Q1 Saitoh |
Q3 Mochizuki |
R1 Noguchi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-3 | 3-6 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 18 | 26 | 72 | |
| pts | 86-80 | 77-62 | 98-89 | 261-231 | |
| Total points | 166 | 139 | 187 | 492 | |
| Winners | 37 | 38 | 37 | 112 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 49% | 38% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 50/80 | 58/84 | 58/96 | 166/260 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 69% | 60% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 37/50 | 38/58 | 37/58 | 112/166 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 66% | 64% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/30 | 9/26 | 19/38 | 41/94 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 35% | 50% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/8 | 5/13 | 15/34 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 63% | 38% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 11 | 7 | 22 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 9/11 | 4/7 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 82% | 57% | 164% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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