Otto Virtanen and Seong Chan Hong will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Busan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on CENTER 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 Otto Virtanen who should win in 3 sets.
Otto Virtanen -> 1.45
Seong Chan Hong -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Seong Chan Hong
There is no head to head record between Otto Virtanen and Seong Chan Hong since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Otto Virtanen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-28 | 9-11 | 5-7 | 24-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-31 | 4-6 | 4-10 | 22-11 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-31 | 4-1 | 7-12 | 25-13 | 8-3 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 40-21 | 2-2 | 16-11 | 19-6 | 0-0 | 3-2 |
| 2020 | 24-9 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 21-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 159, Otto will start his run in the Busan Challenger after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 6-4 4-6 6-4 to Bautista-Agut in the qualifications on the 19th of March.
Otto has a composed 19-6 win-loss record in 2024, 3-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Pau Challenger where he defeated Leandro Riedi in the final 7-5 7-5 and the Lugano Challenger where he beat Daniel Masur in the final 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(3).
Talking about his overall career, Virtanen has an overall 181-114 record. He has a negative 15-18 record on hard.
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Virtanen 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. 201, Chan Hong will start his run in the Busan Challenger after he played his last match in the Phoenix Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-4 to Goffin
in the qualifications on the 11th of March.The Korean has a composed 17-10 win-loss record in 2024, 17-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Seong’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger and the Bengaluru Challenger.
In terms of his career, The Korean has an overall 244-145 record. He has a positive 210-106 record on hard.
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2022. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Busan Challenger
- Philip SekulicSekulic – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Alex BoltBolt (6-1 7-61) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Arthur FeryFery – Jules MarieMarie (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yunseong ChungChung – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Blake EllisEllis – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Richard BerankisBerankis (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Tung-Lin WuWu (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Paul JubbJubb – Li TuTu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yanki ErelErel – Dane SweenySweeny (0-0) – H2H and prediction