Ji Sung Nam and Edas Butvilas will play each other in the qualifications of the Murcia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on PISTA 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Edas Butvilas who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Edas Butvilas is the pick to win this match.
Edas Butvilas -> 1.533
Ji Sung Nam -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Ji Sung Nam vs. Edas Butvilas
There is no head to head record between Ji Sung Nam and Edas Butvilas since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Ji Sung Nam
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-7 | 5-4 | 1-2 | 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. 483, the Korean reached the qualifications after beating Daniel Rincon 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Ji had a good straight sets win against Rincon (6-3 6-2). During the match, Sung Nam scored 65 points vs Rincon’s 50. Sung Nam was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sung Nam recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Ji Sung Nam lost the serve twice and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Sung Nam put 70% of his first serves in, winning 57% (28/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the 2nd serve. The Korean was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Rincon 5 times.
Sung Nam has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (199-124). 1-0 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Sung Nam has a composed 20-15 match record in the last years on clay.
The Korean has an overall 3-5 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
Sung Nam has never competed in this tournament before.
Edas Butvilas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-14 | 11-6 | 24-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-23 | 14-9 | 9-9 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 4-10 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 758 (career-high), the Lithuanian reached the qualifications after beating Evgeny Karlovskiy 5-7 6-1 7-64.
In the qualifications against Karlovskiy, The Lithuanian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-1 7-64). During the match Butvilas scored 100 points vs Karlovskiy’s 76. Edas was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.
About the serving games, Butvilas made 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Edas Butvilas was quite efficient on serve to win 82% (45/55) of his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Butvilas broke Karlovskiy 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Butvilas’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Vilnius.
The Lithuanian has a compiled 10-5 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sung Nam | Butvilas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 32 |
| Pts | 65-50 | 100-76 |
| Total Points | 115 | 176 |
| Winners | 28 | 45 |
| %Winners | 43% | 45% |
Both Sung Nam and Butvilas played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Edas Butvilas lost 1 set while Ji Sung Nam hasn’t conceded a set so far. Sung Nam has played 1 set(s) less than Butvilas (2 vs 3). Therefore, Sung Nam played 15 games less than Butvilas. The Korean scored 28 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Butvilas recorded 45 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sung Nam | Butvilas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 7 |
| 1st in | 49/70 | 55/88 |
| %1st in | 70% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 28/49 | 45/55 |
| %1st pts | 57% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 19/33 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 58% |
Sung Nam struck 2 aces . Butvilas blasted 7 aces . Sung Nam won 57% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Butvilas won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sung Nam | Butvilas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/5 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 100% | 80% |
| Conceded | 12 | 6 |
| Saved | 10 | 3 |
| % Saved | 83% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The Korean broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Korean lost his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Lithuanian broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Edas conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sung Nam | |||
| Q1 Rincon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 65-50 | 65-50 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 49/70 | 49/70 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 28/49 | 28/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 57% | 57% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 10/12 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Butvilas | |||
| Q1 Karlovskiy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-1 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 100-76 | 100-76 | |
| Total points | 176 | 176 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 55/88 | 55/88 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 45/55 | 45/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/33 | 19/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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