Yunseong Chung and Renta Tokuda will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Kobe Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:30 am on CENTRAL COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yunseong Chung who should win in 3 sets.
Yunseong Chung -> 1.76
Renta Tokuda -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Yunseong Chung vs. Renta Tokuda
This will be the 3rd time that Yunseong Chung and Renta Tokuda clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Tokuda (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Tokuda won 7-6(4) 6-1 in the 2nd round in M25 Changwon back in June 2023.
Yunseong Chung
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-17 | 14-17 | 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. 362, the Korean reached the 1st round after defeating Sanhui Shin 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, Yunseong had a good straight sets win against Shin (6-3 6-3). During the match, Chung scored 65 points vs Shin’s 43. The Korean was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Chung scored 3 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Yunseong Chung was pretty efficient on serve to win 94% (29/31) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Korean broke Shin 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Chung has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (254-188). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Chung has a composed 18-14 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Chung’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Seoul Challenger and M25 Anseong.
Chung has a composed 27-19 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Renta Tokuda
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-8 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-16 | 24-15 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 7-10 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-13 | 30-9 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 544, Renta will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Roehampton where he lost 6-3 ret. to Shaw in the 1st round on the 9th of August.
The Japanese has an overall 24-14 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)
.This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
The Japanese’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Astana.
In terms of his career, Tokuda has an overall 204-137 record. He has a flat 9-9 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Kobe Challenger
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Dane SweenySweeny (6-3 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Omar JasikaJasika (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Tatsuma ItoIto – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jason JungJung – Zdenek KolarKolar (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Andrew FentyFenty (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Renta TokudaTokuda – Yunseong ChungChung (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin HassanHassan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Giovanni FonioFonio – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Kaichi UchidaUchida (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- August HolmgrenHolmgren – Moez EcharguiEchargui (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Menelaos EfstathiouEfstathiou (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Yunseong ChungChung (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Taisei IchikawaIchikawa – (0-0) – H2H and prediction