Seong Chan Hong and Illya Marchenko will face off in the 1st round of the Gwangju Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Seong Chan Hong who should win in 3 sets.
Seong Chan Hong -> 1.45
Illya Marchenko -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Seong Chan Hong vs. Illya Marchenko
There is no head to head record between Seong Chan Hong and Illya Marchenko since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Seong Chan Hong
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-26 | 21-20 | 6-6 | 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. 172 (career-high), Chan Hong will start his run in the Gwangju Challenger after he played his last match in the Busan Challenger where he lost 7-6(4) 6-3 to Uchiyama in the final on the 14th of April.
Chan Hong has an aggregate 20-11 win-loss record in 2024, 20-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Chan Hong’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger,the Bengaluru Challenger and the Busan Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Chan Hong has an overall 247-146 record. He has a positive 213-107 record on hard.
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2022. See his history.
Illya Marchenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-22 | 6-13 | 0-1 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-22 | 17-5 | 6-6 | 18-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-25 | 9-10 | 3-4 | 8-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-28 | 5-7 | 2-5 | 26-12 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-14 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 15-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 239, Marchenko will start his run in the Gwangju Challenger after he played his last match in the Busan Challenger where he lost 7-6(5) 3-6 6-3 to Duckworth in the quarter on the 12th of April.
The Ukrainian has an overall 4-8 win-loss record in 2024, 2-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Marchenko has an overall 593-435 record. He has a positive 245-169 record on hard.
Tennis Scores in Gwangju Challenger
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Alexander BlockxBlockx (3-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alex BoltBolt – Jules MarieMarie (6-3 3-6 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Dane SweenySweeny (4-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alibek KachmazovAlibek – Antoine EscoffierAntoine (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ji Sung NamSung Nam – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jea Moon LeeMoon Lee – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (1-1) – H2H and prediction