Seong Chan Hong and Soon-Woo Kwon will play each other in the semifinal of the Busan Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:00 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 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 -> 1.48
Seong Chan Hong -> 2.49
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Prediction and head to head Seong Chan Hong vs. Soon-Woo Kwon
This will be the 2nd time that Seong Chan Hong and Soon-Woo Kwon clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Chan Hong (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Chan Hong won 6-3 6-3 in the qualifications in Indian wells back in March 2024.
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, Seong got to the semifinal after beating Otto Virtanen 6-2 6-2, Mark Lajal 6-4 6-4 and Chak Lam Coleman Wong 6-4 3-6 6-2.
In the quarter, Chan Hong defeated Lam Coleman Wong (6-4 3-6 6-2). During the match, Chan Hong scored 86 points vs Lam Coleman Wong’s 78. Seong was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Chan Hong bagged 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Seong Chan Hong lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Chan Hong put 52% of his first serves in, winning 67% (29/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (22/39) on the 2nd serve. Seong broke Lam Coleman Wong 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Korean has conceded 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
Chan Hong has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (238-138). 20-8 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Chan Hong has an overall 207-101 record in the last years on hard.
The Korean’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger and the Bengaluru Challenger.
Chan Hong has a composed 20-10 win-loss record in 2024, 20-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Soon-Woo Kwon
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-9 | 4-4 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 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 semifinal after beating Mattia Bellucci 6-4 6-3, Alibek Kachmazov 6-4 6-3 and Lloyd Harris 7-65 7-5.
In the quarter, Kwon had a good straight sets win against Lloyd (7-65 7-5). During the match Kwon scored 88 points vs Lloyd’s 84. Soon-Woo was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Kwon scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Soon-Woo Kwon lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kwon put 48% of his first serves in, winning 60% (27/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (28/48) on the 2nd serve. Soon-Woo broke Lloyd 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kwon hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Soon-Woo has an overall 4-4 win-loss record in 2024, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2017. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Chan Hong | Kwon |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 63 | 63 |
| Pts | 217-177 | 211-184 |
| Total Points | 394 | 395 |
| Winners | 83 | 69 |
| %Winners | 38% | 33% |
Both Chan Hong and Kwon played 3 matches. At the moment, Seong Chan Hong lost 1 set while Soon-Woo Kwon hasn’t lost a set so far. Chan Hong has played 1 set more than Kwon (7 vs 6). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (63). Seong scored 83 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Korean recorded 69 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Chan Hong | Kwon |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 112/193 | 101/195 |
| %1st in | 58% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 83/112 | 69/101 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 45/81 | 56/94 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 60% |
Chan Hong fired 9 aces (3 per match). Kwon scored 4 aces (1.3 per match). Chan Hong won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Kwon won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Chan Hong | Kwon |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 13 |
| Converted | 12/24 | 13/25 |
| % Converted | 50% | 52% |
| Conceded | 10 | 14 |
| Saved | 6 | 8 |
| % Saved | 60% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
Chan Hong broke his opponents 12 times with a 50% conversion rate. Seong surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Soon-Woo broke his opponents 13 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Korean conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Chan Hong | |||||
| R1 Virtanen |
R2 Lajal |
1/4 Lam Coleman Wong |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 | 27 | 63 | |
| pts | 59-39 | 72-60 | 86-78 | 217-177 | |
| Total points | 98 | 132 | 164 | 394 | |
| Winners | 18 | 36 | 29 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 50% | 34% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 25/43 | 44/68 | 43/82 | 112/193 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 65% | 52% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 18/25 | 36/44 | 29/43 | 83/112 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 82% | 67% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 11/24 | 22/39 | 45/81 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 46% | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 2/6 | 5/7 | 12/24 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 33% | 71% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/2 | 3/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 50% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Kwon | |||||
| R1 Bellucci |
R2 Kachmazov |
1/4 Lloyd |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | 7-65 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 25 | 63 | |
| pts | 65-52 | 58-48 | 88-84 | 211-184 | |
| Total points | 117 | 106 | 172 | 395 | |
| Winners | 20 | 22 | 27 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 38% | 31% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 30/52 | 26/50 | 45/93 | 101/195 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 52% | 48% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 20/30 | 22/26 | 27/45 | 69/101 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 85% | 60% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 16/24 | 28/48 | 56/94 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 67% | 58% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 3/8 | 4/9 | 13/25 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 38% | 44% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 3/3 | 4/7 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 100% | 57% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Busan Challenger
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Lloyd HarrisHarris (7-65 7-5) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (7-65 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Paul JubbJubb (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Ray Ho/Ji Sung NamHo/Ji Sung Nam – Antoine Escoffier/Tung-Lin WuEscoffier/Tung-Lin Wu (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (0-1) – H2H and prediction
