Yunseong Chung and Thai Kwiatkowski will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Chicago Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yunseong Chung who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yunseong Chung is the pick to win this match.
Yunseong Chung -> 1.53
Thai Kwiatkowski -> 2.38
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Prediction and head to head Yunseong Chung vs. Thai Kwiatkowski
There is no head to head record between Yunseong Chung and Thai Kwiatkowski since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Yunseong Chung
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-16 | 14-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-22 | 20-16 | 5-4 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-25 | 23-17 | 7-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-15 | 21-10 | 5-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 313, the Korean reached the qualifications after beating Andrew Fenty 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications, Chung had a good straight sets win against Fenty (7-5 6-2). During the match, Chung scored 74 points vs Fenty’s 61. The Korean was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Chung struck 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Yunseong Chung was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (32/45) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Korean broke Fenty 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Chung has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (249-186). 17-13 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Chung has a compiled 192-137 record in the last years on hard.
Chung’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Seoul Challenger and M25 Anseong.
The Korean has a compiled 22-17 win-loss record in 2023, 17-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chicago Challenger
Thai Kwiatkowski
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-19 | 19-8 | 1-7 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-24 | 23-15 | 7-3 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-24 | 5-9 | 9-6 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-9 | 11-7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 529, Thai reached the qualifications after defeating Aidan Mchugh 7-5 3-6 7-65.
In the qualifications, Thai defeated Mchugh (7-5 3-6 7-65).During the match Kwiatkowski scored less points (4) than Mchugh. In fact, the world no. 313 won 104 points vs Mchugh’s. That means that Kwiatkowski was more focused during the important points. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Kwiatkowski managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Thai Kwiatkowski lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kwiatkowski put 47% of his first serves in, winning 66% (33/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (33/56) on the 2nd serve. Kwiatkowski broke Mchugh 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Sunrise.
Kwiatkowski has an aggregate 13-10 win-loss record in 2023, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chicago Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Chung | Kwiatkowski |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 34 |
| Pts | 74-61 | 104-108 |
| Total Points | 135 | 212 |
| Winners | 32 | 33 |
| %Winners | 43% | 32% |
Both Chung and Kwiatkowski played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Thai Kwiatkowski surrendered 1 set while Yunseong Chung hasn’t conceded a set so far. Chung has played 1 set(s) less than Kwiatkowski (2 vs 3). Therefore, Chung played 14 games less than Kwiatkowski. Yunseong scored 32 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The American struck 33 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Chung | Kwiatkowski |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 9 |
| 1st in | 45/66 | 50/106 |
| %1st in | 68% | 47% |
| 1st pts | 32/45 | 33/50 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 33/56 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 59% |
Chung bagged 6 aces . Kwiatkowski made 9 aces . Chung won 71% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Kwiatkowski won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Chung | Kwiatkowski |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/12 |
| % Converted | 67% | 25% |
| Conceded | 7 | 10 |
| Saved | 6 | 6 |
| % Saved | 86% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
The Korean broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Yunseong lost his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Thai broke his opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. Kwiatkowski conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Chung | |||
| Q1 Fenty |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 74-61 | 74-61 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 45/66 | 45/66 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 32/45 | 32/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 11/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kwiatkowski | |||
| Q1 Mchugh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 3-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 104-108 | 104-108 | |
| Total points | 212 | 212 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 50/106 | 50/106 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 33/50 | 33/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 33/56 | 33/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 3/12 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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