Ji Sung Nam and Calum Puttergill will play each other in the qualifications of the Yokkaichi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 7. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ji Sung Nam who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ji Sung Nam is the pick to win this match.
Ji Sung Nam -> 1.163
Calum Puttergill -> 4.7
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Prediction and head to head Ji Sung Nam vs. Calum Puttergill
There is no head to head record between Ji Sung Nam and Calum Puttergill since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
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. 695, the Korean got to the qualifications after beating Fajing Sun 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Korean had a good straight sets win against Sun (6-3 6-2). During the match, Sung Nam scored 70 points vs Sun’s 56. The Korean was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sung Nam blasted 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Ji Sung Nam lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Sung Nam put 57% of his first serves in, winning 77% (34/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (12/33) on the 2nd serve. The Korean broke Sun 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Sung Nam has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (210-138). 12-14 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sung Nam has an overall 176-108 match record in the last years on hard.
Sung Nam has a compiled 14-19 win-loss record in 2023, 12-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger
Calum Puttergill
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-7 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-22 | 8-16 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-28 | 25-26 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 830, Calum got to the qualifications after defeating Kazuki Nishiwaki 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Nishiwaki (7-5 6-2). During the match Puttergill scored 76 points vs Nishiwaki’s 64. Puttergill was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Puttergill scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Calum Puttergill lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Puttergill put 57% of his first serves in, winning 66% (25/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the 2nd serve. Puttergill broke Nishiwaki 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
The Australian has an aggregate 11-21 win-loss record in 2023, 8-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sung Nam | Puttergill |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 |
| Pts | 70-56 | 76-64 |
| Total Points | 126 | 140 |
| Winners | 34 | 25 |
| %Winners | 49% | 33% |
Both Sung Nam and Puttergill played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sung Nam and Puttergill have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sung Nam played 3 games less than Puttergill. Sung Nam scored 34 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian fired 25 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sung Nam | Puttergill |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 44/77 | 38/67 |
| %1st in | 57% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 34/44 | 25/38 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 12/33 | 17/29 |
| %2nd pts | 36% | 59% |
Sung Nam bagged 4 aces . Puttergill struck 2 aces . Sung Nam won 77% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 36% of the points. On the other side, Puttergill 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 | Sung Nam | Puttergill |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 50% | 40% |
| Conceded | 9 | 5 |
| Saved | 8 | 4 |
| % Saved | 89% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Sung Nam broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Korean conceded his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. Calum broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sung Nam | |||
| Q1 Sun |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 70-56 | 70-56 | |
| Total points | 126 | 126 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 44/77 | 44/77 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 34/44 | 34/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/33 | 12/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 36% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Puttergill | |||
| Q1 Nishiwaki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 76-64 | 76-64 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 38/67 | 38/67 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 25/38 | 25/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 17/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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