Stefano Napolitano and Seong Chan Hong will face off in the final of the Bengaluru Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 6:00 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 Stefano Napolitano who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefano Napolitano is the pick to win this match.
Stefano Napolitano -> 1.83
Seong Chan Hong -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Stefano Napolitano vs. Seong Chan Hong
There is no head to head record between Stefano Napolitano and Seong Chan Hong since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Stefano Napolitano
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-17 | 10-4 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 53-23 | 9-6 | 38-13 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-24 | 1-1 | 20-15 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-17 | 1-2 | 1-9 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 204, the Italian got to the final after defeating Dane Sweeny 6-3 6-3, Vasek Pospisil 6-4 4-6 6-4, Moez Echargui 6-75 6-4 6-4 and Sumit Nagal 7-62 6-4.
In the semifinal, Stefano had a good straight sets win against Nagal (7-62 6-4). During the match, Napolitano scored 82 points vs Nagal’s 72. Napolitano was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Napolitano managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Stefano Napolitano lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Napolitano put 57% of his first serves in, winning 71% (29/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. Napolitano broke Nagal 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Stefano has lost 2 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Napolitano has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (262-215). 8-2 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Napolitano has a compiled 73-53 record in the last years on hard.
The Italian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Bengaluru Challenger.
Napolitano has a composed 8-2 win-loss record in 2024, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bengaluru Challenger
Napolitano has never competed in this tournament before.
Seong Chan Hong
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-27 | 21-20 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-27 | 14-12 | 10-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-26 | 4-7 | 23-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-15 | 9-7 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-8 | 8-3 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 221, the Korean reached the final after defeating Tristan Schoolkate 6-4 6-3, Alexey Zakharov 6-4 7-5, Ramkumar Ramanathan 7-5 5-7 6-4 and Oriol Roca Batalla 6-2 3-6 6-3.
In the semifinal, The Korean defeated Roca Batalla (6-2 3-6 6-3). During the match Chan Hong scored 79 points vs Roca Batalla’s 71. Seong was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Chan Hong blasted 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Seong Chan Hong was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (29/36) of his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Seong broke Roca Batalla 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Seong has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Korean’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger.
Chan Hong has an aggregate 15-5 win-loss record in 2024, 15-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Napolitano | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 104 | 101 |
| Pts | 356-312 | 331-288 |
| Total Points | 668 | 619 |
| Winners | 133 | 134 |
| %Winners | 37% | 40% |
Both Napolitano and Chan Hong played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Stefano Napolitano dropped 2 sets, while Seong Chan Hong lost 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Napolitano and Chan Hong have played the same amount of sets 10. However, Napolitano played 3 games more than Chan Hong. Napolitano scored 133 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Chan Hong made 134 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Napolitano | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 187/308 | 174/294 |
| %1st in | 61% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 133/187 | 134/174 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 66/121 | 67/120 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 56% |
Napolitano made 10 aces (2.5 per match). Chan Hong blasted 17 aces (4.3 per match). Napolitano won 71% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Chan Hong won 77% 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 | Napolitano | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 19 | 14 |
| Converted | 19/40 | 14/41 |
| % Converted | 48% | 34% |
| Conceded | 22 | 21 |
| Saved | 10 | 15 |
| % Saved | 45% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 12 | 6 |
The Italian broke his opponents 19 times with a 48% conversion rate. Stefano lost his serve 12 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded. Chan Hong broke his opponents 14 times with a 34% conversion rate. The Korean conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Napolitano | ||||||
| R1 Sweeny |
R2 Pospisil |
1/4 Echargui |
1/2 Nagal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 4-6 6-4 | 6-75 6-4 6-4 | 7-62 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 30 | 33 | 23 | 104 | |
| pts | 63-46 | 100-93 | 111-101 | 82-72 | 356-312 | |
| Total points | 109 | 193 | 212 | 154 | 668 | |
| Winners | 23 | 35 | 46 | 29 | 133 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 35% | 41% | 35% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 29/47 | 49/84 | 68/105 | 41/72 | 187/308 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 58% | 65% | 57% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 35/49 | 46/68 | 29/41 | 133/187 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 71% | 68% | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 23/35 | 17/37 | 15/31 | 66/121 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 66% | 46% | 48% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 19 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/13 | 7/10 | 5/10 | 19/40 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 23% | 70% | 50% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 1/3 | 2/7 | 7/11 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 33% | 29% | 64% | 32% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |
| Chan Hong | ||||||
| R1 Schoolkate |
R2 Zakharov |
1/4 Ramanathan |
1/2 Roca Batalla |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 7-5 | 7-5 5-7 6-4 | 6-2 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 | 34 | 26 | 101 | |
| pts | 64-51 | 73-62 | 115-104 | 79-71 | 331-288 | |
| Total points | 115 | 135 | 219 | 150 | 619 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | 49 | 29 | 134 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 38% | 43% | 37% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 33/58 | 38/63 | 67/101 | 36/72 | 174/294 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 60% | 66% | 50% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 28/38 | 49/67 | 29/36 | 134/174 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 74% | 73% | 81% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 14/25 | 20/34 | 20/36 | 67/120 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 56% | 59% | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/13 | 3/11 | 4/11 | 14/41 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 31% | 27% | 36% | 34% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 4/6 | 4/6 | 1/3 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 67% | 33% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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