Alexandre Muller and Seong Chan Hong will face off in the quarter of the Waco Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexandre Muller who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexandre Muller is the pick to win this match.
Alexandre Muller -> 1.63
Seong Chan Hong -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Alexandre Muller vs. Seong Chan Hong
There is no head to head record between Alexandre Muller and Seong Chan Hong since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Alexandre Muller
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-19 | 7-8 | 14-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-33 | 20-13 | 18-12 | 7-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-31 | 6-6 | 27-20 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-31 | 6-7 | 16-15 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-13 | 3-2 | 15-9 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 146, Alexandre got to the quarter after defeating Juan Pablo Ficovich 6-2 3-6 7-68 and Marco Trungelliti 6-1 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Alexandre had a good straight sets win against Trungelliti (6-1 6-2). During the match, Muller scored 54 points vs Trungelliti’s 24. Muller was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Muller scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Alexandre Muller was very effective on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 78% (7/9) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alexandre was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Trungelliti 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alexandre has conceded 1 set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Muller has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (331-213). 12-4 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Muller has an aggregate101-53 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Muller has an overall 14-7 win-loss record in 2023, 12-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Waco Challenger
Alexandre 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. 214 (career-high), Chan Hong got to the quarter after beating Mattia Bellucci 6-4 6-1 and Nicolas Mejia 7-5 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Chan Hong had a good straight sets win against Mejia (7-5 6-1). During the match Chan Hong scored 66 points vs Mejia’s 49. Chan Hong was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Chan Hong fired 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Seong Chan Hong was pretty efficient on serve to win 78% (28/36) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Chan Hong broke Mejia 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Seong hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Chan Hong’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger and the Rome Challenger.
Chan Hong has an overall 10-5 win-loss record in 2023, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Muller | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 36 |
| Pts | 147-110 | 145-109 |
| Total Points | 257 | 254 |
| Winners | 66 | 54 |
| %Winners | 45% | 37% |
Both Muller and Chan Hong played 2 matches. At the moment, Alexandre Muller dropped 1 set while Seong Chan Hong hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Muller has played 1 set more than Chan Hong (5 vs 4). Therefore, Muller played 9 games more than Chan Hong. Muller scored 66 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Korean managed to score 54 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Muller | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 88/125 | 72/127 |
| %1st in | 70% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 66/88 | 54/72 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 23/37 | 30/55 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 55% |
Muller made 5 aces (2.5 per match). Chan Hong blasted 7 aces (3.5 per match). Muller won 75% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% 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 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Muller | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 9 |
| Converted | 8/10 | 9/20 |
| % Converted | 80% | 45% |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 25% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
The French player broke his opponents 8 times with a 80% conversion rate. Alexandre surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Chan Hong broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Chan Hong conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Muller | ||||
| R1 Pablo Ficovich |
R2 Trungelliti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 7-68 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 15 | 45 | |
| pts | 93-86 | 54-24 | 147-110 | |
| Total points | 179 | 78 | 257 | |
| Winners | 41 | 25 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 46% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 57/85 | 31/40 | 88/125 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 78% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 41/57 | 25/31 | 66/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 81% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 7/9 | 23/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 78% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/4 | 8/10 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 100% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 0/0 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | – | 13% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Chan Hong | ||||
| R1 Bellucci |
R2 Mejia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 | 36 | |
| pts | 79-60 | 66-49 | 145-109 | |
| Total points | 139 | 115 | 254 | |
| Winners | 26 | 28 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 42% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 36/73 | 36/54 | 72/127 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 67% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 26/36 | 28/36 | 54/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 78% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/37 | 11/18 | 30/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 61% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/11 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 36% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 0/0 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
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