Seong Chan Hong and Alex Bolt will face off in the 1st round of the Chicago Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 3:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 Alex Bolt who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alex Bolt is the pick to win this match.
Alex Bolt -> 1.533
Seong Chan Hong -> 2.39

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Prediction and head to head Seong Chan Hong vs. Alex Bolt

This will be the 2nd time that Seong Chan Hong and Alex Bolt square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bolt (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Bolt won 6-4 6-3 in the qualifications in Newport back in July 2024.

Seong Chan Hong

Seong Chan Hong

27 - 20win/loss

Hard
27-15
I Hard
0-2
Clay
0-1
Grass
0-2
Rank
181
High
172
LLLLWWLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 27-20 27-15 0-1 0-2 0-2 0-0
2023 27-34 17-18 5-6 5-6 0-4 0-0
2022 40-18 36-12 4-3 0-3 0-0 0-0
2021 17-8 7-3 10-4 0-1 0-0 0-0
2020 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 181, Seong will start his run in the Chicago Challenger after he played his last match in Newport where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Bolt in the qualifications on the 14th of July.

Chan Hong has an aggregate 27-20 win-loss record in 2024, 27-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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

Talking about his overall career, The Korean has an overall 254-155 record. He has a positive 220-113 record on hard.

Previously in the Chicago Challenger

Chan Hong has never competed in this tournament before.

Chicago Challenger
Chan Hong's Record

Alex Bolt

Alex Bolt

40 - 15win/loss

Hard
19-11
I Hard
0-0
Grass
21-4
Rank
210
High
125
LWWWWLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 40-15 19-11 0-0 0-0 21-4 0-0
2023 27-22 22-17 0-2 0-0 5-3 0-0
2022 11-10 11-10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 19-18 7-6 0-7 2-2 10-3 0-0
2020 12-12 12-8 0-4 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 210, Alex will start his run in the Chicago Challenger after he played his last match in Newport where he lost 6-4 6-1

to Giron in the quarter on the 19th of July.

Alex has a compiled 40-15 win-loss record in 2024, 19-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Bolt’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Burnie 1 Challenger,M25 Traralgon,M25 Mildura and M25 Swan Hill.

In terms of his career, The Australian has an overall 331-237 record. He has a positive 203-154 record on hard.

Previously in the Chicago Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.

Chicago Challenger
Bolt's Record

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