Seong Chan Hong and Ernesto Escobedo will square off in the 2nd round of the Tyler Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Seong Chan Hong who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Seong Chan Hong is the pick to win this match.
Seong Chan Hong -> 1.46
Ernesto Escobedo -> 2.59
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Prediction and head to head Seong Chan Hong vs. Ernesto Escobedo
There is no head to head record between Seong Chan Hong and Ernesto Escobedo since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Seong Chan Hong
| 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 |
Ranked no. 191, the Korean got to the 2nd round after beating Andres Andrade 6-2 2-6 7-61.
In the 1st round, Chan Hong defeated Andrade (6-2 2-6 7-61). During the match, Chan Hong scored 104 points vs Andrade’s 94. The Korean was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Chan Hong scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 5 double faults. Seong Chan Hong lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Chan Hong put 53% of his first serves in, winning 80% (39/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (18/43) on the 2nd serve. Chan Hong broke Andrade 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Chan Hong has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (244-144). 26-13 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Chan Hong has an aggregate 213-106 record in the last years on hard.
Seong’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger,the Bengaluru Challenger and the Busan Challenger.
Chan Hong has a compiled 26-16 win-loss record in 2024, 26-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tyler Challenger
The Korean has never competed in this tournament before.
Ernesto Escobedo
17 - 14win/loss
445
67
LWWLLLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-25 | 21-15 | 1-6 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-17 | 19-12 | 4-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-31 | 16-16 | 4-5 | 5-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-25 | 17-12 | 6-8 | 2-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-8 | 6-4 | 0-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 481, Escobedo reached the 2nd round after defeating Alexander Frusina 6-1 6-4, Andre Ilagan 4-6 6-4 6-3 and Nicolas Mejia 6-74 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round against Mejia, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-3 6-3). During the match Escobedo scored 107 points vs Mejia’s 87. The American was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Escobedo made 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Ernesto Escobedo lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Escobedo put 52% of his first serves in, winning 60% (29/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (28/44) on the 2nd serve. Escobedo broke Mejia 7 times after converting 47% of his break points (7/15).
Escobedo’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Villahermosa.
Escobedo has an aggregate 17-13 win-loss record in 2024, 11-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tyler Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Chan Hong | Escobedo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 77 |
| Pts | 104-94 | 260-212 |
| Total Points | 198 | 472 |
| Winners | 39 | 99 |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% |
Chan Hong played 1 match while Escobedo competed in 3 matches. Escobedo started his run from the qualifications while Chan Hong had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Seong Chan Hong surrendered 1 set, while Ernesto Escobedo surrendered 2 sets. Chan Hong has played 5 set(s) less than Escobedo (3 vs 8). Therefore, Chan Hong played 48 games less than Escobedo. Seong scored 39 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The American fired 99 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Chan Hong | Escobedo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 5 |
| 1st in | 49/92 | 142/243 |
| %1st in | 53% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 39/49 | 99/142 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 18/43 | 61/101 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 60% |
Chan Hong made 1 ace . Escobedo also fired 15 aces (5 per match). Chan Hong won 80% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Escobedo won 70% of the points behind 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 | Escobedo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 13 |
| Converted | 4/12 | 13/26 |
| % Converted | 33% | 50% |
| Conceded | 11 | 18 |
| Saved | 7 | 12 |
| % Saved | 64% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
Seong broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Chan Hong conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Chan Hong | |||
| R1 Andrade |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 2-6 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 104-94 | 104-94 | |
| Total points | 198 | 198 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 49/92 | 49/92 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 39/49 | 39/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/43 | 18/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Escobedo | |||||
| Q1 Frusina |
Q3 Ilagan |
R1 Mejia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 4-6 6-4 6-3 | 6-74 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 29 | 31 | 77 | |
| pts | 59-39 | 94-86 | 107-87 | 260-212 | |
| Total points | 98 | 180 | 194 | 472 | |
| Winners | 24 | 46 | 29 | 99 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 49% | 27% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 8 | 2 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 33/48 | 61/103 | 48/92 | 142/243 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 59% | 52% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 46/61 | 29/48 | 99/142 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 75% | 60% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 23/42 | 28/44 | 61/101 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 55% | 64% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 2/3 | 7/15 | 13/26 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 67% | 47% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 6/7 | 6/10 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 86% | 60% | 146% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
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