Sumit Nagal and Seong Chan Hong will clash against each other in the qualifications of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on STADIUM 9. 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 Sumit Nagal who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sumit Nagal is the pick to win this match.
Sumit Nagal -> 1.4
Seong Chan Hong -> 2.8
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Prediction and head to head Sumit Nagal vs. Seong Chan Hong
There is no head to head record between Sumit Nagal and Seong Chan Hong since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Sumit Nagal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-10 | 15-8 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-29 | 9-8 | 32-17 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-18 | 0-1 | 16-17 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-26 | 1-4 | 22-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-14 | 2-4 | 5-5 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 101, Nagal reached the qualifications after defeating Stefan Dostanic 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Sumit had a good straight sets win against Dostanic (6-2 6-2). During the match, Nagal scored 62 points vs Dostanic’s 43. Nagal was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nagal wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Sumit Nagal was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (21/27) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nagal broke Dostanic 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Nagal has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (304-194). 14-5 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Nagal has an aggregate 87-60 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Chennai Challenger where he overcame Luca Nardi in the final 6-1 6-4.
Sumit has an aggregate 14-5 win-loss record in 2024, 14-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Nagal has never competed in this tournament before.
Seong Chan Hong
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-12 | 21-10 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 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. 227, Seong reached the qualifications after beating Soon-Woo Kwon 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, Seong had a good straight sets win against Kwon (6-3 6-3). During the match Chan Hong scored 71 points vs Kwon’s 61. Seong was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Chan Hong blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Seong Chan Hong lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Chan Hong put 49% of his first serves in, winning 66% (19/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Seong broke Kwon 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
Seong’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger and the Bengaluru Challenger.
The Korean has a compiled 16-8 win-loss record in 2024, 16-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nagal | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 18 |
| Pts | 62-43 | 71-61 |
| Total Points | 105 | 132 |
| Winners | 21 | 19 |
| %Winners | 34% | 27% |
Both Nagal and Chan Hong played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Nagal and Chan Hong have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Nagal played 2 games less than Chan Hong. Sumit scored 21 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Chan Hong recorded 19 winners (27%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nagal | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 3 |
| 1st in | 27/44 | 29/59 |
| %1st in | 61% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 19/29 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 15/30 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 50% |
Nagal didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Chan Hong made 3 aces . Nagal won 78% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Chan Hong won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nagal | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/15 |
| % Converted | 50% | 33% |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 |
| Saved | 0 | 6 |
| % Saved | 0% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Nagal broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Sumit had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Seong broke his opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Korean conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nagal | |||
| Q1 Dostanic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 62-43 | 62-43 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 27/44 | 27/44 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 21/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 11/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Chan Hong | |||
| Q1 Kwon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 71-61 | 71-61 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 27% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/59 | 29/59 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 19/29 | 19/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 15/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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