Seong Chan Hong and Liam Draxl will play each other in the quarter of the Tyler Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

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 -> 1.63
Liam Draxl -> 2.16

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Prediction and head to head Seong Chan Hong vs. Liam Draxl

There is no head to head record between Seong Chan Hong and Liam Draxl since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Seong Chan Hong

Ranked no. 191, the Korean got to the quarter after defeating Andres Andrade 6-2 2-6 7-6¹ and Ernesto Escobedo 3-6 6-4 6-2.

In the 2^nd round against Escobedo, The Korean recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-2). During the match, Chan Hong scored 94 points vs Escobedo’s 89. Chan Hong was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about the service games, Chan Hong scored 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Seong Chan Hong lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Chan Hong put 60% of his first serves in, winning 78% (38/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. Chan Hong broke Escobedo 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Chan Hong has lost 2 set in this event to win 52% of the points he played.

Chan Hong has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (245-144). 27-13 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Chan Hong has a composed 214-106 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The Korean’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger,the Bengaluru Challenger and the Busan Challenger.

Seong has a compiled 27-16 win-loss record in 2024, 27-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tyler Challenger

Seong has never competed in this tournament before.

Liam Draxl

Ranked no. 263, the Canadian reached the quarter after beating Nick Chappell 6-1 6-4 and Yuta Shimizu 6-7⁷ 7-5 6-0.

In the 2^nd round against Shimizu, Liam recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁷ 7-5 6-0). During the match Draxl scored 109 points vs Shimizu’s 93. Draxl was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, Draxl scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Liam Draxl lost the serve 5 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Draxl put 57% of his first serves in, winning 62% (39/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (21/47) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Shimizu 9 times after converting 69% of his break points (9/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Liam has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

The Canadian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Tucuman and the Santiago Challenger.

Liam has a composed 11-9 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Chan Hong	Draxl
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	6	5
Tot Games	56	48
Pts	198-183	165-130
Total Points	381	295
Winners	77	66
%Winners	39%	40%

Both Chan Hong and Draxl played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Seong Chan Hong conceded 2 sets, while Liam Draxl lost 1 set. Chan Hong has played 1 set more than Draxl (6 vs 5). Therefore, Chan Hong played 8 games more than Draxl. Seong scored 77 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Draxl fired 66 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Chan Hong	Draxl
Aces	14	4
Avg per match	7	2
1st in	98/174	101/162
%1st in	56%	62%
1st pts	77/98	66/101
%1st pts	79%	65%
2nd pts	34/76	30/61
%2nd pts	45%	49%

Chan Hong fired 14 aces (7 per match). Draxl fired 4 aces (2 per match). Chan Hong won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Draxl won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Chan Hong	Draxl
Won	8	13
Converted	8/23	13/17
% Converted	35%	76%
Conceded	19	20
Saved	13	14
% Saved	68%	70%
Times Broken	6	6

Chan Hong broke his opponents 8 times with a 35% conversion rate. The Korean surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded. The Canadian broke his opponents 13 times with a 76% conversion rate. Liam conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Chan Hong
	R1 Andrade	R2 Escobedo	Total
Score	6-2 2-6 7-61	3-6 6-4 6-2
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	29	27	56
pts	104-94	94-89	198-183
Total points	198	183	381
Winners	39	38	77
%Winners	38%	40%	39%
SERVE
Aces	1	13	14
Double Faults	5	3	8
1st in	49/92	49/82	98/174
% 1st in	53%	60%	56%
1st pts	39/49	38/49	77/98
% 1st pts	80%	78%	79%
2nd pts	18/43	16/33	34/76
% 2nd pts	42%	48%	45%
Breaks
Won	4	4	8
Converted	4/12	4/11	8/23
Converted %	33%	36%	35%
Conceded	11	8	19
Saved	7/11	6/8	13
Saved %	64%	75%	70%
Times Broken	4	2	6

Draxl
	R1 Chappell	R2 Shimizu	Total
Score	6-1 6-4	6-77 7-5 6-0
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	17	31	48
pts	56-37	109-93	165-130
Total points	93	202	295
Winners	27	39	66
%Winners	48%	36%	40%
SERVE
Aces	3	1	4
Double Faults	1	4	5
1st in	38/52	63/110	101/162
% 1st in	73%	57%	62%
1st pts	27/38	39/63	66/101
% 1st pts	71%	62%	65%
2nd pts	9/14	21/47	30/61
% 2nd pts	64%	45%	49%
Breaks
Won	4	9	13
Converted	4/4	9/13	13/17
Converted %	100%	69%	76%
Conceded	6	14	20
Saved	5/6	9/14	14
Saved %	83%	64%	74%
Times Broken	1	5	6

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