Ji Sung Nam and Sumit Nagal will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Chennai Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sumit Nagal who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sumit Nagal is the pick to win this match.
Sumit Nagal -> 1.68
Ji Sung Nam -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Ji Sung Nam vs. Sumit Nagal
There is no head to head record between Ji Sung Nam and Sumit Nagal since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Ji Sung Nam
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 15-20 | 13-15 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-19 | 24-13 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 4-7 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 488, Sung Nam reached the qualifications after beating Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Ji had a good straight sets win against Mpetshi Perricard (6-4 6-4). During the match, Sung Nam scored 63 points vs Mpetshi Perricard’s 53. The Korean was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sung Nam struck 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Ji Sung Nam was very effective on serve to win 79% (33/42) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Korean broke Mpetshi Perricard twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Sung Nam has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (198-121). 2-2 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sung Nam has an overall 166-96 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Sung Nam has a compiled 2-2 win-loss record in 2023, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chennai Challenger
The Korean has never competed in this tournament before.
Sumit Nagal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-10 | 15-8 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-29 | 9-8 | 32-17 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-18 | 0-1 | 16-17 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-26 | 1-4 | 22-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-14 | 2-4 | 5-5 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 509, Sumit got to the qualifications after defeating Calum Puttergill 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Indian had a good straight sets win against Puttergill (6-1 6-3). During the match Nagal scored 60 points vs Puttergill’s 38. The Indian was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Nagal scored 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Sumit Nagal lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Nagal put 77% of his first serves in, winning 79% (27/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (4/10) on the 2nd serve. Nagal broke Puttergill 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Nagal has a compiled 2-4 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sung Nam | Nagal |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 16 |
| Pts | 63-53 | 60-38 |
| Total Points | 116 | 98 |
| Winners | 33 | 27 |
| %Winners | 52% | 45% |
Both Sung Nam and Nagal played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sung Nam and Nagal have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sung Nam played 4 games more than Nagal. The Korean scored 33 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Nagal fired 27 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sung Nam | Nagal |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 6 |
| 1st in | 42/57 | 34/44 |
| %1st in | 74% | 77% |
| 1st pts | 33/42 | 27/34 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 4/10 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 40% |
Sung Nam scored 7 aces . Nagal managed to score 6 aces . Sung Nam won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Nagal won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sung Nam | Nagal |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 5 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 40% | 71% |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Sung Nam broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Sung Nam had a solid display on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. Sumit broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Indian conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sung Nam | |||
| Q1 Mpetshi Perricard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 63-53 | 63-53 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/57 | 42/57 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 33/42 | 33/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 9/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Nagal | |||
| Q1 Puttergill |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 60-38 | 60-38 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 34/44 | 34/44 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 27/34 | 27/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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