Seong Chan Hong and Moez Echargui will fight against each other in the quarter of the Tallahassee Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on STADIUM COURT. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Seong Chan Hong is the pick to win this match.
Seong Chan Hong -> 1.185
Moez Echargui -> 4.5
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Prediction and head to head Seong Chan Hong vs. Moez Echargui
This will be the 2nd time that Seong Chan Hong and Moez Echargui face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Chan Hong (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Chan Hong won 6-3 6-0 in the semifinal in M15 Monastir back in 2021.
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. 200 (career-high), the Korean got to the quarter after beating Christian Harrison 6-3 6-1 and Rio Noguchi 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Chan Hong had a good straight sets win against Noguchi (6-1 6-4). During the match, Chan Hong scored 63 points vs Noguchi’s 48. Chan Hong was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Chan Hong made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Seong Chan Hong lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Chan Hong put 63% of his first serves in, winning 70% (28/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (9/23) on the 2nd serve. Seong broke Noguchi 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Seong hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 59% of the points he played.
Chan Hong has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (200-102). 3-3 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Chan Hong has a compiled 27-14 record in the last years on clay.
The Korean’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger and the Rome Challenger.
The Korean has an overall 13-10 win-loss record in 2023, 3-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tallahassee Challenger
Seong has never competed in this tournament before.
Moez Echargui
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-16 | 9-10 | 2-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-34 | 23-10 | 23-22 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-29 | 7-2 | 37-26 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-24 | 38-17 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-14 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 326, Echargui reached the quarter after beating Federico Agustin Gomez 6-1 2-6 6-4 and Facundo Diaz Acosta 7-61 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Moez had a good straight sets win against Diaz Acosta (7-61 7-5). During the match Echargui scored 85 points vs Diaz Acosta’s 78. The Tunisian was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Echargui bagged 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Moez Echargui was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (35/49) of his 1st serve and 58% (25/43) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Tunisian broke Diaz Acosta twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Moez has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Moez’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M25 Monastir.
Moez has an overall 23-11 win-loss record in 2023, 6-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tallahassee Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Chan Hong | Echargui |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 50 |
| Pts | 120-82 | 168-159 |
| Total Points | 202 | 327 |
| Winners | 52 | 72 |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% |
Both Chan Hong and Echargui played 2 matches. At the moment, Moez Echargui lost 1 set while Seong Chan Hong hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Chan Hong has played 1 set(s) less than Echargui (4 vs 5). Therefore, Chan Hong played 17 games less than Echargui. Seong scored 52 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Moez struck 72 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Chan Hong | Echargui |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 68/107 | 99/174 |
| %1st in | 64% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 52/68 | 72/99 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 20/39 | 37/75 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 49% |
Chan Hong managed to score 6 aces (3 per match). Echargui scored 5 aces (2.5 per match). Chan Hong won 76% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Echargui won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Chan Hong | Echargui |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 6 |
| Converted | 9/17 | 6/16 |
| % Converted | 53% | 38% |
| Conceded | 8 | 15 |
| Saved | 6 | 11 |
| % Saved | 75% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Seong broke his opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. Seong lost his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Tunisian broke his opponents 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Echargui conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Chan Hong | ||||
| R1 Harrison |
R2 Noguchi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 33 | |
| pts | 57-34 | 63-48 | 120-82 | |
| Total points | 91 | 111 | 202 | |
| Winners | 24 | 28 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 44% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 28/44 | 40/63 | 68/107 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 63% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 28/40 | 52/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 70% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 9/23 | 20/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 39% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/9 | 9/17 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 56% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 2/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Echargui | ||||
| R1 Agustin |
R2 Diaz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 2-6 6-4 | 7-61 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | 50 | |
| pts | 83-81 | 85-78 | 168-159 | |
| Total points | 164 | 163 | 327 | |
| Winners | 37 | 35 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 41% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 50/82 | 49/92 | 99/174 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 53% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 37/50 | 35/49 | 72/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 71% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/32 | 25/43 | 37/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 58% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 2/5 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 40% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 6 | 15 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 5/6 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 83% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
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