Otto Virtanen and Ji Sung Nam 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 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Otto Virtanen who should win in 2 sets.
Otto Virtanen -> 1.24
Ji Sung Nam -> 3.78
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Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Ji Sung Nam
There is no head to head record between Otto Virtanen and Ji Sung Nam since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Otto Virtanen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-28 | 9-11 | 5-7 | 24-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-31 | 4-6 | 4-10 | 22-11 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-31 | 4-1 | 7-12 | 25-13 | 8-3 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 40-21 | 2-2 | 16-11 | 19-6 | 0-0 | 3-2 |
| 2020 | 24-9 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 21-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 161, Otto will start his run in the Gwangju Challenger after he played his last match in the Busan Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-2 to Chan Hong in the 1st round on the 9th of April.
Otto has an overall 19-7 win-loss record in 2024, 3-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Pau Challenger where he overcame Leandro Riedi in the final 7-5 7-5 and the Lugano Challenger where he overcame Daniel Masur in the final 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(3).
Talking about his overall career, Virtanen has an overall 181-115 record. He has a negative 15-19 record on hard.
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
The Finn has never competed in this tournament before.
Ji Sung Nam
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-16 | 12-10 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 15-20 | 13-15 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-19 | 24-13 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 4-7 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 708, Ji will start his run in the Gwangju Challenger after he played his last match in the Busan Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-4
to Sekulic in the 1st round on the 8th of April.Ji has a composed 1-3 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Sung Nam has an overall 268-191 record. He has a positive 224-152 record on hard.
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2018. See his history.
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