Seong Chan Hong and Ergi Kirkin will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:00 pm on COURT 6. 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 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 -> 1.36
Ergi Kirkin -> 2.96

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Prediction and head to head Seong Chan Hong vs. Ergi Kirkin

There is no head to head record between Seong Chan Hong and Ergi Kirkin since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Seong Chan Hong

Seong Chan Hong

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Rank
578
High
566
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 36-28 24-15 11-11 1-1 0-0 0-1
2024 28-27 21-20 7-7 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 24-27 14-12 10-15 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 27-26 4-7 23-19 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 16-15 9-7 7-8 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 198, Chan Hong will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Davis Cup, Group C, Valencia where he lost 6-4 7-5 to Zapata Miralles in the Rubber 1 on the 17th of September.

Seong has an aggregate 22-27 win-loss record in 2023, 13-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Chan Hong’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger,the Rome Challenger and the Tallahassee Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, The Korean has an overall 212-122 record. He has a positive 179-85 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Chan Hong has never competed in this tournament before.

Shanghai
Chan Hong's Record

Ergi Kirkin

Ergi Kirkin

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Rank
477
High
251
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-22 14-11 7-8 5-3 0-0 0-0
2024 49-30 18-5 29-20 2-5 0-0 0-0
2023 47-26 3-4 39-15 5-7 0-0 0-0
2022 34-28 3-5 27-19 4-4 0-0 0-0
2021 35-27 4-8 29-16 2-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 328, Ergi will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in the Bad Waltersdorf Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-2 to Kovalik in the 2nd round on the 20th of September.

Kirkin has a composed 45-20 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Kirkin’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Doboj,M15 Belgrade and M25 Tainan.

In terms of his career, Kirkin has an overall 208-139 record. He has a positive 42-36 record on hard.

Shanghai
Kirkin's Record

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