Dane Sweeny and Ji Sung Nam will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Sydney Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 9. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dane Sweeny who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dane Sweeny is the pick to win this match.
Dane Sweeny -> 1.4
Ji Sung Nam -> 2.78
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Prediction and head to head Dane Sweeny vs. Ji Sung Nam
This will be the 2nd time that Dane Sweeny and Ji Sung Nam play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sweeny (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Sweeny won 7-6(4) 7-5 in the 1st round in Melbourne back in 2021.
Highlights Dane Sweeny vs Ji Sung Nam – Melbourne 02-February-2021
Dane Sweeny
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-16 | 14-11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-33 | 25-23 | 10-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 62-26 | 59-22 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-23 | 19-15 | 1-1 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 5-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 261, Dane reached the 2nd round after defeating Yusuke Takahashi 4-6 6-3 7-67.
In the 1st round against Takahashi, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-67). During the match, Sweeny scored 115 points vs Takahashi’s 110. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sweeny bagged 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Dane Sweeny lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sweeny put 71% of his first serves in, winning 61% (47/77) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Takahashi 4 times after converting 21% of his break points (4/19).
Sweeny has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 58% of his matches (143-103). 24-21 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Sweeny has an aggregate117-71 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
Dane’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Canberra.
Dane has a compiled 34-30 win-loss record in 2023, 24-21 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Ji Sung Nam
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-7 | 5-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 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. 853, Ji got to the 2nd round after defeating Alexander Klintcharov 6-2 7-63, Yusuke Takahashi 6-3 6-1 and Tristan Schoolkate 7-69 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Korean had a good straight sets win against Schoolkate (7-69 6-4). During the match Sung Nam scored 74 points vs Schoolkate’s 71. Sung Nam was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Sung Nam recorded 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ji Sung Nam lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sung Nam put 66% of his first serves in, winning 61% (30/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the 2nd serve. The Korean broke Schoolkate 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Ji has a composed 12-18 win-loss record in 2023, 10-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
The Korean has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sweeny | Sung Nam |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 60 |
| Pts | 115-110 | 206-159 |
| Total Points | 225 | 365 |
| Winners | 47 | 84 |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% |
Sweeny played 1 match while Sung Nam competed in 3 matches. Sung Nam started his run from the qualifications while Sweeny had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Dane Sweeny lost 1 set while Ji Sung Nam hasn’t conceded a set so far. Sweeny has played 3 set(s) less than Sung Nam (3 vs 6). Therefore, Sweeny played 28 games less than Sung Nam. Sweeny scored 47 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Korean fired 84 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sweeny | Sung Nam |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 77/108 | 117/175 |
| %1st in | 71% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 47/77 | 84/117 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | 33/58 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 57% |
Sweeny bagged 4 aces . Sung Nam made 8 aces (2.7 per match). Sweeny won 61% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Sung Nam won 72% 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 | Sweeny | Sung Nam |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 13 |
| Converted | 4/19 | 13/28 |
| % Converted | 21% | 46% |
| Conceded | 10 | 15 |
| Saved | 6 | 9 |
| % Saved | 60% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
The Australian broke his opponent 4 times with a 21% conversion rate. The Australian dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Sung Nam broke his opponents 13 times with a 46% conversion rate. Ji conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sweeny | |||
| R1 Takahashi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 115-110 | 115-110 | |
| Total points | 225 | 225 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 77/108 | 77/108 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 47/77 | 47/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | 16/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/19 | 4/19 | |
| Converted % | 21% | 21% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Sung Nam | |||||
| Q1 Klintcharov |
Q3 Takahashi |
R1 Schoolkate |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-63 | 6-3 6-1 | 7-69 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 16 | 23 | 60 | |
| pts | 76-54 | 56-34 | 74-71 | 206-159 | |
| Total points | 130 | 90 | 145 | 365 | |
| Winners | 32 | 22 | 30 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 39% | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 42/57 | 26/44 | 49/74 | 117/175 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 59% | 66% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 32/42 | 22/26 | 30/49 | 84/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 85% | 61% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 11/18 | 14/25 | 33/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 61% | 56% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/6 | 5/11 | 13/28 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 67% | 45% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | 10 | 15 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 1/1 | 6/10 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 60% | 210% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
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