Yunseong Chung and Alexey Zakharov will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Pune Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. 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 Yunseong Chung who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yunseong Chung is the pick to win this match.
Yunseong Chung -> 1.85
Alexey Zakharov -> 1.89
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Prediction and head to head Yunseong Chung vs. Alexey Zakharov
There is no head to head record between Yunseong Chung and Alexey Zakharov since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Yunseong Chung
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-17 | 14-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-22 | 20-16 | 5-4 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-25 | 23-17 | 7-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-15 | 21-10 | 5-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 379, Yunseong reached the qualifications after beating Rio Noguchi 7-5 7-65.
In the qualifications, Yunseong had a good straight sets win against Noguchi (7-5 7-65). During the match, Chung and Noguchi scored the same amount of points (86). However, the world no. 379 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Chung was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Regarding the service games, Chung blasted 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Yunseong Chung lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Chung put 67% of his first serves in, winning 69% (44/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the 2nd serve. The Korean broke Noguchi twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Chung has winning record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (250-186). 3-3 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Chung has an aggregate 190-137 match record in the last years on hard.
The Korean has an aggregate 3-3 win-loss record in 2024, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pune Challenger
Alexey Zakharov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-27 | 25-17 | 15-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-8 | 21-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 673, Zakharov reached the qualifications after defeating Moez Echargui 5-7 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications against Echargui, The Russian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-3). During the match Zakharov scored 118 points vs Echargui’s 110. The Russian was quite aggressive to blast 48 winners.
About the serving games, Zakharov struck 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alexey Zakharov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Zakharov put 64% of his first serves in, winning 67% (48/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (22/41) on the 2nd serve. Alexey broke Echargui 4 times after converting 27% of his break points (4/15).
The Russian has a composed 11-5 win-loss record in 2024, 11-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pune Challenger
Alexey has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Chung | Zakharov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 31 |
| Pts | 86-86 | 118-110 |
| Total Points | 172 | 228 |
| Winners | 44 | 48 |
| %Winners | 51% | 41% |
Both Chung and Zakharov played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Alexey Zakharov conceded 1 set while Yunseong Chung hasn’t lost a set so far. Chung has played 1 set(s) less than Zakharov (2 vs 3). Therefore, Chung played 6 games less than Zakharov. The Korean scored 44 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian bagged 48 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Chung | Zakharov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 8 |
| 1st in | 64/96 | 72/113 |
| %1st in | 67% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 44/64 | 48/72 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 22/41 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 54% |
Chung blasted 9 aces . Zakharov fired 8 aces . Chung won 69% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Zakharov won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Chung | Zakharov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/8 | 4/15 |
| % Converted | 25% | 27% |
| Conceded | 6 | 12 |
| Saved | 5 | 9 |
| % Saved | 83% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Chung broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. The Korean surrendered his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Zakharov broke his opponent 4 times with a 27% conversion rate. Alexey conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Chung | |||
| Q1 Noguchi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 86-86 | 86-86 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 64/96 | 64/96 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 44/64 | 44/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 17/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Zakharov | |||
| Q1 Echargui |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 118-110 | 118-110 | |
| Total points | 228 | 228 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 72/113 | 72/113 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 48/72 | 48/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/41 | 22/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/15 | 4/15 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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