Alibek Kachmazov and Soon-Woo Kwon will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Busan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Soon-Woo Kwon who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Soon-Woo Kwon is the pick to win this match.
Soon-Woo Kwon -> 1.44
Alibek Kachmazov -> 2.66
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Prediction and head to head Alibek Kachmazov vs. Soon-Woo Kwon
There is no head to head record between Alibek Kachmazov and Soon-Woo Kwon since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Alibek Kachmazov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-10 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-31 | 24-14 | 9-6 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 49-21 | 18-11 | 9-5 | 22-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-20 | 6-8 | 3-6 | 27-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-11 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 259, Kachmazov reached the 2nd round after defeating Altug Celikbilek 6-4 4-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Russian defeated Celikbilek (6-4 4-6 6-3). During the match, Kachmazov scored 109 points vs Celikbilek’s 98. Kachmazov was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kachmazov scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 6 double faults. Alibek Kachmazov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kachmazov put 62% of his first serves in, winning 71% (42/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (17/36) on the 2nd serve. Kachmazov broke Celikbilek 5 times after converting 25% of his break points (5/20).
Kachmazov has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 62% of his matches (161-98). 1-1 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kachmazov has a compiled65-47 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
Alibek’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Saint Dizier.
Alibek has an aggregate 8-6 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Kachmazov has never competed in this tournament before.
Soon-Woo Kwon
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 10-11 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-30 | 15-16 | 5-7 | 5-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-19 | 2-9 | 5-4 | 14-2 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-10 | 9-7 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 645, Kwon got to the 2nd round after beating Mattia Bellucci 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Kwon had a good straight sets win against Bellucci (6-4 6-3). During the match Kwon scored 65 points vs Bellucci’s 52. The Korean was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Kwon scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Soon-Woo Kwon lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kwon put 58% of his first serves in, winning 67% (20/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the 2nd serve. The Korean broke Bellucci 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Kwon has an overall 2-4 win-loss record in 2024, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kachmazov | Kwon |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 19 |
| Pts | 109-98 | 65-52 |
| Total Points | 207 | 117 |
| Winners | 42 | 20 |
| %Winners | 39% | 31% |
Both Kachmazov and Kwon played 1 match. At the moment, Alibek Kachmazov lost 1 set while Soon-Woo Kwon hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kachmazov has played 1 set more than Kwon (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kachmazov played 10 games more than Kwon. The Russian scored 42 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Soon-Woo fired 20 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kachmazov | Kwon |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 59/95 | 30/52 |
| %1st in | 62% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 42/59 | 20/30 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 17/36 | 12/22 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 55% |
Kachmazov blasted 1 ace . Kwon also recorded 1 ace . Kachmazov won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Kwon won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kachmazov | Kwon |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/20 | 6/8 |
| % Converted | 25% | 75% |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 |
| Saved | 5 | 1 |
| % Saved | 63% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Kachmazov broke his opponent 5 times with a 25% conversion rate. Alibek conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Kwon broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Soon-Woo conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kachmazov | |||
| R1 Celikbilek |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 109-98 | 109-98 | |
| Total points | 207 | 207 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 59/95 | 59/95 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 42/59 | 42/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/36 | 17/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/20 | 5/20 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Kwon | |||
| R1 Bellucci |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 65-52 | 65-52 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/52 | 30/52 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 20/30 | 20/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 12/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWLWLLL Tennis Scores in Busan Challenger
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- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Blake EllisEllis – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (6-71 6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Alexander BlockxBlockx (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Paul JubbJubb – Li TuTu (7-63 6-1) – See score progression
- Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Dane SweenySweeny – Yanki ErelErel (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Hoyoung RohRoh (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Mark LajalLajal – Yunseong ChungChung (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Arthur FeryFery – Jules MarieMarie (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Philip SekulicSekulic – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Alex BoltBolt (6-1 7-61) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- James DuckworthDuckworth – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Dane SweenySweeny (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Paul JubbJubb (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
