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

Seong Chan Hong

8 - 7win/loss

Hard
8-7
I Hard
0-0
Rank
669
High
566
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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
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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

Busan Challenger
Chan Hong's Record

Soon-Woo Kwon

Soon-Woo Kwon

4 - 4win/loss

Hard
4-3
I Hard
0-1
Rank
350
High
52
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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
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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

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Busan Challenger
Kwon's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

S.Chan Hong
S.Kwon
4h:55
4h:55
Time on court​
4h:51
4h:51
!
2h:02
2h:02
Last match​
!
2h:15
2h:15
3
3
Match played
3
3
63
63
Games Played​
63
63
7
7
Set played​​
6
6
217
217
Total points​
211
211
72.3
72.3
Avg point​
70.3
70.3
83
83
Winners
69
69
27.7
27.7
Avg Winners​
23
23
38%
38%
Ratio winners
33%
33%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
4
4
3
3
Avg Aces
1.3
1.3
8
8
Double Faults
5
5
2.7
2.7
Avg Double Faults
1.7
1.7
83/112
83/112
1st won total​
69/101
69/101
!
74%
74%
1st won %
68%
68%
45/81
45/81
2nd won total​
56/94
56/94
56%
56%
2nd won %
60%
60%
-- Break Points --
12/24
12/24
BP won
13/25
13/25
4/8
4/8
Avg BP won
4.3/8.3
4.3/8.3
50%
50%
Won
!
52%
52%
10
10
Conceded
14
14
3.3
3.3
Avg Conceded
4.7
4.7
4
4
Broken
6
6
1.3
1.3
Avg Broken
2
2
6
6
Saved
8
8
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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

Tennis Scores in Busan Challenger

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