Carlos Lopez Montagud and Ji Sung Nam will face off in the qualifications of the Trieste Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:30 am on Court 4. 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 Carlos Lopez Montagud who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Carlos Lopez Montagud is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Lopez Montagud -> 1.4
Ji Sung Nam -> 2.8
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Lopez Montagud vs. Ji Sung Nam
There is no head to head record between Carlos Lopez Montagud and Ji Sung Nam since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Carlos Lopez Montagud
22 - 15win/loss
458
331
LWWLLWLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-28 | 6-5 | 27-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-16 | 0-0 | 34-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-20 | 0-0 | 47-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-24 | 1-1 | 40-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 349, the Spaniard reached the qualifications after beating Blake Bayldon 6-2 6-4 and Ji Sung Nam .
In the qualifications, Lopez Montagud had a good straight sets win against Bayldon (6-2 6-4). During the match, Lopez Montagud scored 66 points vs Bayldon’s 43. Carlos was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lopez Montagud made 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Carlos Lopez Montagud was extremely efficient on serve to win 95% (21/22) of his 1st serve and 73% (16/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Lopez Montagud broke Bayldon 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Lopez Montagud has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (190-118). 15-10 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lopez Montagud has a composed183-112 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
Carlos’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Rabat.
Lopez Montagud has an aggregate 21-15 win-loss record in 2024, 15-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Trieste Challenger
Carlos has never competed in this tournament before.
Ji Sung Nam
7 - 8win/loss
716
236
LWWLLWWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-15 | 12-9 | 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. 650, Sung Nam reached the qualifications after defeating Francesco Forti 2-6 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications against Forti, The Korean recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 6-2). During the match Sung Nam scored 76 points vs Forti’s 57. Sung Nam was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Sung Nam scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Ji Sung Nam was pretty efficient on serve to win 82% (28/34) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Korean broke Forti 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Sung Nam has an aggregate 7-7 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lopez Montagud | Sung Nam |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 24 |
| Pts | 66-43 | 76-57 |
| Total Points | 109 | 133 |
| Winners | 21 | 28 |
| %Winners | 32% | 37% |
Both Lopez Montagud and Sung Nam played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ji Sung Nam dropped 1 set while Carlos Lopez Montagud hasn’t dropped a set so far. Lopez Montagud has played 1 set(s) less than Sung Nam (2 vs 3). Therefore, Lopez Montagud played 6 games less than Sung Nam. The Spaniard scored 21 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Sung Nam bagged 28 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lopez Montagud | Sung Nam |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 22/44 | 34/61 |
| %1st in | 50% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 21/22 | 28/34 |
| %1st pts | 95% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 16/22 | 14/27 |
| %2nd pts | 73% | 52% |
Lopez Montagud fired 3 aces . Sung Nam made 1 ace . Lopez Montagud won 95% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Sung Nam won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lopez Montagud | Sung Nam |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 43% | 63% |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Carlos broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Carlos had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Korean broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Sung Nam conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lopez Montagud | |||
| Q1 Bayldon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 66-43 | 66-43 | |
| Total points | 109 | 109 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 22/44 | 22/44 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 21/22 | 21/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 95% | 95% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/22 | 16/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Sung Nam | |||
| Q1 Forti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 76-57 | 76-57 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 34/61 | 34/61 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 28/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 14/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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