Jan-Lennard Struff and Sebastian Ofner will face off in the 2nd round of the Hong Kong Tennis Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 Jan-Lennard Struff who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jan-Lennard Struff is the pick to win this match.
Jan-Lennard Struff -> 1.81
Sebastian Ofner -> 2
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Prediction and head to head Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Sebastian Ofner
This will be the 2nd time that Jan-Lennard Struff and Sebastian Ofner face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Struff (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Struff won 6-1 6-2 in the qualifications in Vienna back in 2016.
Jan-Lennard Struff
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-21 | 4-8 | 15-5 | 5-6 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-24 | 21-9 | 14-7 | 5-6 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-22 | 3-10 | 7-4 | 12-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-30 | 8-11 | 11-8 | 6-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-15 | 10-6 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 25, Struff got to the 2nd round after defeating Marin Cilic 3-6 7-64 7-67.
In the 1st round against Cilic, Jan-Lennard recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-64 7-67).During the match, Struff scored less points (4) than Cilic. In fact, the world no. 25 won 125 points vs Cilic’s. That means that Struff was more focused during the important points. Jan-Lennard was quite aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Regarding the service games, Struff made 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Jan-Lennard Struff lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Struff put 56% of his first serves in, winning 71% (49/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (26/55) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Cilic 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Struff has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (296-244). 1-0 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Struff has a compiled 80-81 match record in the last years on hard.
The German has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hong Kong
Struff has never competed in this tournament before.
Sebastian Ofner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-25 | 6-8 | 8-13 | 1-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 60-31 | 12-10 | 37-13 | 7-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-18 | 4-4 | 21-12 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-24 | 4-6 | 4-8 | 7-6 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-17 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 43 (career-high), the Austrian reached the 2nd round after defeating Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, Ofner had a good straight sets win against Mcdonald (6-1 6-2). During the match Ofner scored 53 points vs Mcdonald’s 37. Sebastian was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Ofner scored 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Sebastian Ofner lost the serve once. Furthermore, Ofner put 61% of his first serves in, winning 74% (20/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. The Austrian broke Mcdonald 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
The Austrian has a compiled 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Struff | Ofner |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 15 |
| Pts | 125-129 | 53-37 |
| Total Points | 254 | 90 |
| Winners | 49 | 20 |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% |
Both Struff and Ofner played 1 match. At the moment, Jan-Lennard Struff dropped 1 set while Sebastian Ofner hasn’t dropped a set so far. Struff has played 1 set more than Ofner (3 vs 2). Therefore, Struff played 20 games more than Ofner. Jan-Lennard scored 49 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian blasted 20 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Struff | Ofner |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 6 |
| 1st in | 69/124 | 27/44 |
| %1st in | 56% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 49/69 | 20/27 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 26/55 | 8/17 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 47% |
Struff recorded 11 aces . Ofner bagged 6 aces . Struff won 71% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Ofner won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Struff | Ofner |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/10 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 30% | 71% |
| Conceded | 10 | 1 |
| Saved | 6 | 0 |
| % Saved | 60% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
Struff broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. The German lost his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Austrian broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Sebastian conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Struff | |||
| R1 Cilic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-64 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 125-129 | 125-129 | |
| Total points | 254 | 254 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 69/124 | 69/124 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 49/69 | 49/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/55 | 26/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Ofner | |||
| R1 Mcdonald |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 53-37 | 53-37 | |
| Total points | 90 | 90 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 27/44 | 27/44 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 20/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 8/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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