Luca Nardi and Chun Hsin Tseng will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Chennai Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 5:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Luca Nardi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luca Nardi is the pick to win this match.
Luca Nardi -> 1.52
Chun Hsin Tseng -> 2.38
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Prediction and head to head Luca Nardi vs. Chun Hsin Tseng
This will be the 2nd time that Luca Nardi and Chun Hsin Tseng play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Hsin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Hsin won 5-7 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Barletta Challenger back in 2021.
Luca Nardi
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 28-27 | 13-14 | 8-5 | 6-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
2023 | 41-36 | 20-10 | 8-13 | 12-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
2022 | 33-20 | 5-2 | 11-10 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 33-24 | 3-3 | 26-13 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 9-9 | 7-2 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 114 (career-high), Nardi reached the semifinal after defeating Eric Vanshelboim 6-2 6-2, Bernard Tomic 7-5 6-3 and Stefano Napolitano 6-4 3-6 6-0.
In the quarter, Nardi defeated Napolitano (6-4 3-6 6-0). During the match, Nardi scored 86 points vs Napolitano’s 77. Luca was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nardi couldn’t to score even 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Luca Nardi lost the serve 5 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Nardi put 65% of his first serves in, winning 57% (24/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the 2nd serve. Luca broke Napolitano 7 times after converting 39% of his break points (7/18).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nardi has surrendered 1 set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.
Nardi has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (125-96). 4-2 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Nardi has an overall39-19 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Nardi has an overall 4-3 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chennai Challenger
Chun Hsin Tseng
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 47-32 | 11-13 | 33-15 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 21-25 | 9-8 | 12-15 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2022 | 39-27 | 11-12 | 28-11 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2021 | 39-25 | 9-8 | 30-15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 22-13 | 7-5 | 4-4 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 307, Chun reached the semifinal after beating Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-4 6-4, Ugo Blanchet 6-0 4-6 6-2 and Enrico Dalla Valle 7-5 6-2.
In the quarter, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Dalla Valle (7-5 6-2). During the match Hsin scored 69 points vs Dalla Valle’s 45. Chun was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Hsin scored 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Chun Hsin Tseng was quite efficient on serve to win 80% (20/25) of his 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Chun broke Dalla Valle 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Hsin has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Chun has a compiled 5-5 win-loss record in 2024, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chennai Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Nardi | Hsin |
---|---|---|
Match played | 3 | 3 |
Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
Tot Games | 62 | 64 |
Pts | 223-178 | 225-171 |
Total Points | 401 | 396 |
Winners | 80 | 72 |
%Winners | 36% | 32% |
Both Nardi and Hsin played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Luca Nardi surrendered 1 set, while Chun Hsin Tseng lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Nardi and Hsin have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Nardi played 2 games less than Hsin. Nardi scored 80 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Chun blasted 72 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Nardi | Hsin |
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Aces | 7 | 9 |
Avg per match | 2.3 | 3 |
1st in | 118/183 | 98/189 |
%1st in | 64% | 52% |
1st pts | 80/118 | 72/98 |
%1st pts | 68% | 73% |
2nd pts | 38/65 | 52/91 |
%2nd pts | 58% | 57% |
Nardi struck 7 aces (2.3 per match). Hsin struck 9 aces (3 per match). Nardi won 68% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Hsin won 73% 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 | Nardi | Hsin |
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Won | 15 | 16 |
Converted | 15/31 | 16/29 |
% Converted | 48% | 55% |
Conceded | 15 | 15 |
Saved | 8 | 8 |
% Saved | 53% | 53% |
Times Broken | 7 | 7 |
Nardi broke his opponents 15 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Italian dropped his serve 7 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponents 16 times with a 55% conversion rate. Chun conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.
Nardi | |||||
R1 Vanshelboim |
R2 Tomic |
1/4 Napolitano |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-2 6-2 | 7-5 6-3 | 6-4 3-6 6-0 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
Tot Games | 16 | 21 | 25 | 62 | |
pts | 62-40 | 75-61 | 86-77 | 223-178 | |
Total points | 102 | 136 | 163 | 401 | |
Winners | 23 | 33 | 24 | 80 | |
%Winners | 37% | 44% | 28% | 36% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
1st in | 29/47 | 47/71 | 42/65 | 118/183 | |
% 1st in | 62% | 66% | 65% | 64% | |
1st pts | 23/29 | 33/47 | 24/42 | 80/118 | |
% 1st pts | 79% | 70% | 57% | 68% | |
2nd pts | 9/18 | 16/24 | 13/23 | 38/65 | |
% 2nd pts | 50% | 67% | 57% | 58% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | |
Converted | 5/8 | 3/5 | 7/18 | 15/31 | |
Converted % | 63% | 60% | 39% | 48% | |
Conceded | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | |
Saved | 2/3 | 5/6 | 1/6 | 8 | |
Saved % | 67% | 83% | 17% | 56% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
Hsin | |||||
R1 Basilashvili |
R2 Blanchet |
1/4 Dalla Valle |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-0 4-6 6-2 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
Tot Games | 20 | 24 | 20 | 64 | |
pts | 72-64 | 84-62 | 69-45 | 225-171 | |
Total points | 136 | 146 | 114 | 396 | |
Winners | 27 | 25 | 20 | 72 | |
%Winners | 38% | 30% | 29% | 32% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | |
Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
1st in | 33/67 | 40/75 | 25/47 | 98/189 | |
% 1st in | 49% | 53% | 53% | 52% | |
1st pts | 27/33 | 25/40 | 20/25 | 72/98 | |
% 1st pts | 82% | 63% | 80% | 73% | |
2nd pts | 17/34 | 20/35 | 15/22 | 52/91 | |
% 2nd pts | 50% | 57% | 68% | 57% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 3 | 8 | 5 | 16 | |
Converted | 3/8 | 8/12 | 5/9 | 16/29 | |
Converted % | 38% | 67% | 56% | 55% | |
Conceded | 6 | 7 | 2 | 15 | |
Saved | 5/6 | 3/7 | 0/2 | 8 | |
Saved % | 83% | 43% | 0% | 42% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Chennai Challenger
- Luca NardiNardi – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-4 3-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Mukund SasikumarSasikumar (6-76 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Dominik PalanPalan (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-4 3-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Mukund SasikumarSasikumar (6-7(6) 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Dominik PalanPalan (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Sumit NagalNagal (0-1) – H2H and prediction