Dominik Palan and Ji Sung Nam will face off in the qualifications of the Gwangju Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:30 am on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ji Sung Nam who should win in 3 sets.
Ji Sung Nam -> 1.87
Dominik Palan -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Dominik Palan vs. Ji Sung Nam
There is no head to head record between Dominik Palan and Ji Sung Nam since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Dominik Palan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-29 | 28-27 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-29 | 34-28 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-26 | 38-24 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-22 | 15-9 | 9-8 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-12 | 8-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 321 (career-high), Palan reached the qualifications after beating Seung Min Lee 6-0 6-0.
In the qualifications, Dominik had a good straight sets win against Min Lee (6-0 6-0). During the match, Palan scored 49 points vs Min Lee’s 13. Palan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Regarding the service games, Palan scored 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dominik Palan was pretty effective on serve to win 83% (15/18) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Czech broke Min Lee 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Palan has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 55% of his matches (120-98). 10-9 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Palan has an aggregate107-77 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
Dominik’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Pune Challenger.
Dominik has an aggregate 10-9 win-loss record in 2023, 10-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.
Ji Sung Nam
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-16 | 12-10 | 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. 560, the Korean reached the qualifications after defeating Ajeet Rai 5-7 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications against Rai, Ji recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-1 6-2). During the match Sung Nam scored 93 points vs Rai’s 72. Sung Nam was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Sung Nam scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Ji Sung Nam lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sung Nam put 58% of his first serves in, winning 63% (33/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (21/37) on the 2nd serve. The Korean broke Rai 7 times after converting 70% of his break points (7/10).
Ji has an overall 6-8 win-loss record in 2023, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Palan | Sung Nam |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 12 | 27 |
| Pts | 49-13 | 93-72 |
| Total Points | 62 | 165 |
| Winners | 15 | 33 |
| %Winners | 31% | 35% |
Both Palan and Sung Nam played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ji Sung Nam lost 1 set while Dominik Palan hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Palan has played 1 set(s) less than Sung Nam (2 vs 3). Therefore, Palan played 15 games less than Sung Nam. The Czech scored 15 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Ji scored 33 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Palan | Sung Nam |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 18/32 | 52/89 |
| %1st in | 56% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 15/18 | 33/52 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 21/37 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 57% |
Palan struck 5 aces . Sung Nam fired 1 ace . Palan won 83% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Sung Nam won 63% of the points on 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 | Palan | Sung Nam |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 7 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 7/10 |
| % Converted | 60% | 70% |
| Conceded | 0 | 9 |
| Saved | 0 | 6 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The Czech broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Czech quite strong on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Korean broke his opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. Ji conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Palan | |||
| Q1 Min | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 12 | |
| pts | 49-13 | 49-13 | |
| Total points | 62 | 62 | |
| Winners | 15 | 15 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 18/32 | 18/32 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 15/18 | 15/18 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 10/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Sung Nam | |||
| Q1 Rai | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 93-72 | 93-72 | |
| Total points | 165 | 165 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 52/89 | 52/89 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 33/52 | 33/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/37 | 21/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 70% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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