Seong Chan Hong and Illya Marchenko will play each other in the 1st round of the Wuxi Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 5:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Seong Chan Hong is the pick to win this match.
Seong Chan Hong -> 1.4
Illya Marchenko -> 2.8
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Prediction and head to head Seong Chan Hong vs. Illya Marchenko
This will be the 2nd time that Seong Chan Hong and Illya Marchenko play 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 6-2 in the 1st round in the Gwangju Challenger back in April 2024.
Seong Chan Hong
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-24 | 21-19 | 4-5 | 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. 187, the Korean will start his run in the Wuxi Challenger after he played his last match in the Gwangju Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Shimabukuro in the 2nd round on the 18th of April.
The Korean has a composed 21-12 win-loss record in 2024, 21-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Seong’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger,the Bengaluru Challenger and the Busan Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Chan Hong has an overall 248-147 record. He has a positive 214-108 record on hard.
Previously in the Wuxi Challenger
Seong has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 240, Illya will start his run in the Wuxi Challenger after he played his last match in the Guangzhou Challenger where he lost 6-4 4-6 6-1 to Bolt in the 1st round on the 29th of April.
The Ukrainian has a composed 4-11 win-loss record in 2024, 2-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Marchenko has an overall 593-438 record. He has a positive 245-172 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Yan BaiBai – Blake EllisEllis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Ye Cong MoCong Mo – Linang XiaoXiao (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Tung-Lin WuWu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
