Seong Chan Hong and Ramkumar Ramanathan will play each other in the quarter of the Bengaluru Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 Seong Chan Hong who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Seong Chan Hong is the pick to win this match.
Seong Chan Hong -> 1.6
Ramkumar Ramanathan -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Seong Chan Hong vs. Ramkumar Ramanathan
This will be the 2nd time that Seong Chan Hong and Ramkumar Ramanathan face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ramanathan (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Ramanathan won 6-3 2-6 6-3 6-5 ret. in the Rubber 1 in 1 back in 2016.
Seong Chan Hong
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-18 | 27-14 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-34 | 17-18 | 5-6 | 5-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-18 | 36-12 | 4-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-8 | 7-3 | 10-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 221, the Korean reached the quarter after beating Tristan Schoolkate 6-4 6-3 and Alexey Zakharov 6-4 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Seong had a good straight sets win against Zakharov (6-4 7-5). During the match, Chan Hong scored 73 points vs Zakharov’s 62. Chan Hong was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Chan Hong managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Seong Chan Hong was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (28/38) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Seong broke Zakharov 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Seong hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
Chan Hong has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (231-133). 13-3 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Chan Hong has a composed 200-96 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Korean’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger.
The Korean has an overall 13-5 win-loss record in 2024, 13-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bengaluru Challenger
The Korean has never competed in this tournament before.
Ramkumar Ramanathan
5 - 2win/loss
330
111
LLLLLWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-15 | 18-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-21 | 25-12 | 0-6 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-34 | 4-13 | 4-8 | 2-6 | 4-6 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 45-32 | 23-11 | 8-7 | 5-8 | 7-4 | 2-2 |
| 2020 | 8-18 | 3-8 | 0-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 5-2 |
Ranked no. 462, Ramkumar reached the quarter after defeating Maxime Janvier 6-74 7-5 6-4 and Luca Nardi 1-6 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Nardi, Ramkumar recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 6-4). During the match Ramanathan scored 70 points vs Nardi’s 67. The Indian was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Ramanathan scored 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Ramkumar Ramanathan was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 80% (33/41) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Ramkumar broke Nardi twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ramkumar has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
The Indian has a compiled 5-2 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bengaluru Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Chan Hong | Ramanathan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 41 | 62 |
| Pts | 137-113 | 182-174 |
| Total Points | 250 | 356 |
| Winners | 56 | 84 |
| %Winners | 41% | 46% |
Both Chan Hong and Ramanathan played 2 matches. At the moment, Ramkumar Ramanathan surrendered 2 sets while Seong Chan Hong hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Chan Hong has played 2 set(s) less than Ramanathan (4 vs 6). Therefore, Chan Hong played 21 games less than Ramanathan. Seong scored 56 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Ramanathan struck 84 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Chan Hong | Ramanathan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 8 |
| 1st in | 71/121 | 106/178 |
| %1st in | 59% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 56/71 | 84/106 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 27/50 | 40/72 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 56% |
Chan Hong made 5 aces (2.5 per match). Ramanathan scored 16 aces (8 per match). Chan Hong won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Ramanathan won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Chan Hong | Ramanathan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/19 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 37% | 50% |
| Conceded | 12 | 13 |
| Saved | 10 | 9 |
| % Saved | 83% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Seong broke his opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. Seong dropped his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Ramanathan broke his opponents 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Ramkumar conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Chan Hong | ||||
| R1 Schoolkate |
R2 Zakharov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 | 41 | |
| pts | 64-51 | 73-62 | 137-113 | |
| Total points | 115 | 135 | 250 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 38% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 33/58 | 38/63 | 71/121 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 60% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 28/38 | 56/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 74% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 14/25 | 27/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 56% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/13 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 31% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 4/6 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Ramanathan | ||||
| R1 Janvier |
R2 Nardi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 7-5 6-4 | 1-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 27 | 62 | |
| pts | 112-107 | 70-67 | 182-174 | |
| Total points | 219 | 137 | 356 | |
| Winners | 51 | 33 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 47% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 9 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 65/108 | 41/70 | 106/178 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 59% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 51/65 | 33/41 | 84/106 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 80% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/43 | 16/29 | 40/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 55% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 2/4 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 3/6 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 50% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
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