Shinji Hazawa and Ji Sung Nam will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Seoul Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ji Sung Nam who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ji Sung Nam is the pick to win this match.
Ji Sung Nam -> 1.48
Shinji Hazawa -> 2.51
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Prediction and head to head Shinji Hazawa vs. Ji Sung Nam
This will be the 2nd time that Shinji Hazawa and Ji Sung Nam clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sung Nam (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Sung Nam won 6-1 7-6(3) in the qualifications in the Gwangju Challenger back in 2022.
Shinji Hazawa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-13 | 14-11 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-15 | 14-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-27 | 49-26 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 514, Hazawa got to the qualifications after defeating Ajeet Rai 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications against Rai, Shinji recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Hazawa scored 94 points vs Rai’s 86. Hazawa was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hazawa made 3 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Shinji Hazawa lost the serve 5 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Hazawa put 63% of his first serves in, winning 64% (36/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. Hazawa broke Rai 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Hazawa has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (93-64). 4-5 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hazawa has an aggregate81-51 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Japanese has a composed 5-6 win-loss record in 2023, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Seoul Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Ji Sung Nam
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-15 | 12-9 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 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. 541, the Korean reached the qualifications after defeating Hiroki Moriya 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Korean had a good straight sets win against Moriya (6-2 6-2). During the match Sung Nam scored 65 points vs Moriya’s 42. The Korean was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Sung Nam blasted 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ji Sung Nam was exceptionally effective on serve to win 85% (23/27) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sung Nam broke Moriya 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Ji has a composed 4-7 win-loss record in 2023, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hazawa | Sung Nam |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 16 |
| Pts | 94-86 | 65-42 |
| Total Points | 180 | 107 |
| Winners | 36 | 23 |
| %Winners | 38% | 35% |
Both Hazawa and Sung Nam played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Shinji Hazawa conceded 1 set while Ji Sung Nam hasn’t dropped a set so far. Hazawa has played 1 set more than Sung Nam (3 vs 2). Therefore, Hazawa played 13 games more than Sung Nam. The Japanese scored 36 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Ji managed to score 23 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hazawa | Sung Nam |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 7 |
| 1st in | 56/89 | 27/50 |
| %1st in | 63% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 36/56 | 23/27 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 16/33 | 13/23 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 57% |
Hazawa scored 3 aces . Sung Nam fired 7 aces . Hazawa won 64% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Sung Nam won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hazawa | Sung Nam |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/11 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 55% | 44% |
| Conceded | 8 | 0 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 38% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 |
Shinji broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Hazawa conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded. Sung Nam broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Sung Nam was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Hazawa | |||
| Q1 Rai |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 94-86 | 94-86 | |
| Total points | 180 | 180 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 56/89 | 56/89 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 36/56 | 36/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/33 | 16/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/8 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Sung Nam | |||
| Q1 Moriya |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 65-42 | 65-42 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 27/50 | 27/50 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 23/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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