H2H, prediction of Stefano Napolitano vs Seong Chan Hong in Bengaluru Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 18th February 2024

PREVIEW. Bengaluru Challenger. Napolitano and Chan Hong will face off in the final of the Bengaluru Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Sunday the 18th of February

Prediction and head to head Stefano Napolitano vs. Seong Chan Hong

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.

See updated oddsAs 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

Stefano Napolitano
Stefano Napolitano

9 - 2win/loss

Hard
9-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
164
High
121
LLLLWLLWLW
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.

Napolitano
Bengaluru Challenger
Napolitano's Record

Seong Chan Hong

Seong Chan Hong
Seong Chan Hong

0 - 1win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
683
High
566
LLWLWLLLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 25-24 21-19 4-5 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).

Chan Hong
Bengaluru Challenger
Chan Hong's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

S.Napolitano
S.Chan Hong
9h:28
9h:28
Time on court​
8h:03
8h:03
!
2h:17
2h:17
Last match​
!
2h:07
2h:07
4
4
Match played
4
4
104
104
Games Played​
101
101
10
10
Set played​​
10
10
356
356
Total points​
331
331
89
89
Avg point​
82.8
82.8
133
133
Winners
134
134
33.3
33.3
Avg Winners​
33.5
33.5
37%
37%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
17
17
2.5
2.5
Avg Aces
4.3
4.3
13
13
Double Faults
10
10
3.3
3.3
Avg Double Faults
2.5
2.5
133/187
133/187
1st won total​
134/174
134/174
!
71%
71%
1st won %
!
77%
77%
66/121
66/121
2nd won total​
67/120
67/120
55%
55%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
19/40
19/40
BP won
14/41
14/41
4.8/10
4.8/10
Avg BP won
3.5/10.3
3.5/10.3
48%
48%
Won
34%
34%
22
22
Conceded
21
21
5.5
5.5
Avg Conceded
5.3
5.3
12
12
Broken
6
6
3
3
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
10
10
Saved
15
15

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

Win Loss
Napolitano
LLLLWLLWLW
Chan Hong
2024 2023 2022
25 - 17
0 - 0
10-4
Hard
0-0
11-10
Clay
0-0
4-3
Grass
0-0
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