Blake Ellis and Duckhee Lee will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Gwangju Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am 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 Blake Ellis who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Blake Ellis is the pick to win this match.
Blake Ellis -> 1.85
Duckhee Lee -> 1.89
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Prediction and head to head Blake Ellis vs. Duckhee Lee
This will be the 2nd time that Blake Ellis and Duckhee Lee play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Hee Lee (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Hee Lee won 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in M15 Nonthaburi back in 2019.
Blake Ellis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-30 | 41-26 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-29 | 43-25 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-11 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-14 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 11-6 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 408, the Australian reached the qualifications after defeating Yunseok Jang 6-1 6-0.
In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Jang (6-1 6-0). During the match, Ellis scored 51 points vs Jang’s 22. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ellis bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Blake Ellis was very efficient on serve to win 71% (20/28) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ellis broke Jang 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Ellis has positive record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (191-142). 8-7 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Ellis has a compiled 149-120 record in the last years on hard.
The Australian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Mildura and M25 Swan Hill.
Ellis has a composed 14-9 win-loss record in 2024, 8-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
Duckhee Lee
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-14 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-25 | 29-22 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-18 | 25-17 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-17 | 5-6 | 5-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-5 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 618, Hee Lee got to the qualifications after beating August Holmgren 7-5 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Korean had a good straight sets win against Holmgren (7-5 7-5). During the match Hee Lee scored 81 points vs Holmgren’s 77. The Korean was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Hee Lee scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 6 double faults. Duckhee Lee lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Hee Lee put 68% of his first serves in, winning 63% (34/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. The Korean broke Holmgren 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Duck’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Tokyo.
The Korean has a compiled 7-4 win-loss record in 2024, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ellis | Hee Lee |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 24 |
| Pts | 51-22 | 81-77 |
| Total Points | 73 | 158 |
| Winners | 20 | 34 |
| %Winners | 39% | 42% |
Both Ellis and Hee Lee 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, Ellis and Hee Lee have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Ellis played 11 games less than Hee Lee. The Australian scored 20 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Duck struck 34 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ellis | Hee Lee |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
| 1st in | 28/42 | 54/80 |
| %1st in | 67% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 20/28 | 34/54 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 13/26 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 50% |
Ellis bagged 4 aces . Hee Lee bagged 1 ace . Ellis won 71% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Hee Lee won 63% 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 | Ellis | Hee Lee |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 71% | 45% |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Ellis broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Australian pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Korean broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Duck conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ellis | |||
| Q1 Jang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 51-22 | 51-22 | |
| Total points | 73 | 73 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 28/42 | 28/42 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 20/28 | 20/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 10/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Hee Lee | |||
| Q1 Holmgren |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 81-77 | 81-77 | |
| Total points | 158 | 158 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 54/80 | 54/80 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 34/54 | 34/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 13/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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