Michael Geerts and Seong Chan Hong will clash against each other in the quarter of the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 10:30 am on COURT A. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.58
Michael Geerts -> 2.31
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Prediction and head to head Michael Geerts vs. Seong Chan Hong
There is no head to head record between Michael Geerts and Seong Chan Hong since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Michael Geerts
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-22 | 8-3 | 8-11 | 7-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-39 | 13-10 | 13-19 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 42-37 | 5-8 | 24-14 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 13-7 | 14-14 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-8 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 252, the Belgian got to the quarter after defeating Yuttana Charoenphon 6-3 6-1 and Kacper Zuk 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Michael had a good straight sets win against Zuk (6-3 6-4). During the match, Geerts scored 70 points vs Zuk’s 60. Michael was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Geerts fired 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Michael Geerts lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Geerts put 64% of his first serves in, winning 67% (33/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the 2nd serve. Michael broke Zuk 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Michael hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 59% of the points he played.
Geerts has positive record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (281-196). 3-1 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Geerts has a composed 134-80 match record in the last years on hard.
The Belgian has an overall 3-1 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger
The Belgian 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. 257, Seong got to the quarter after beating Kasidit Samrej 6-4 6-4 and Nam Hoang Ly 6-2 7-63.
In the 2nd round, Seong had a good straight sets win against Hoang Ly (6-2 7-63). During the match Chan Hong scored 76 points vs Hoang Ly’s 62. Chan Hong was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Chan Hong made 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Seong Chan Hong lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Chan Hong put 56% of his first serves in, winning 67% (29/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the 2nd serve. Seong broke Hoang Ly 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Chan Hong hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The Korean has an aggregate 2-1 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Geerts | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 41 |
| Pts | 129-89 | 145-115 |
| Total Points | 218 | 260 |
| Winners | 54 | 53 |
| %Winners | 42% | 37% |
Both Geerts and Chan Hong played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Geerts and Chan Hong have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Geerts played 6 games less than Chan Hong. Michael scored 54 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Korean blasted 53 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Geerts | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 8.5 |
| 1st in | 76/115 | 71/130 |
| %1st in | 66% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 54/76 | 53/71 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 25/39 | 35/59 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 59% |
Geerts recorded 12 aces (6 per match). Chan Hong struck 17 aces (8.5 per match). Geerts won 71% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Chan Hong won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Geerts | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 6 |
| Converted | 8/11 | 6/13 |
| % Converted | 73% | 46% |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 |
| Saved | 8 | 8 |
| % Saved | 80% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The Belgian broke his opponents 8 times with a 73% conversion rate. Michael dropped his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Seong broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Chan Hong conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Geerts | ||||
| R1 Charoenphon |
R2 Zuk |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 35 | |
| pts | 59-29 | 70-60 | 129-89 | |
| Total points | 88 | 130 | 218 | |
| Winners | 21 | 33 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 47% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 3 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 27/39 | 49/76 | 76/115 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 64% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 33/49 | 54/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 67% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/12 | 15/27 | 25/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 83% | 56% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 3/4 | 8/11 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 75% | 73% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 9 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 8/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 89% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Chan Hong | ||||
| R1 Samrej |
R2 Hoang Ly |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 21 | 41 | |
| pts | 69-53 | 76-62 | 145-115 | |
| Total points | 122 | 138 | 260 | |
| Winners | 24 | 29 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 38% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 8 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 28/53 | 43/77 | 71/130 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 56% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 29/43 | 53/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 67% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/25 | 18/34 | 35/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 53% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 4/6 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 67% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | – | 80% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
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