Seong Chan Hong and Charles Broom will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Chicago Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, 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 -> 1.74
Charles Broom -> 2.02

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Prediction and head to head Seong Chan Hong vs. Charles Broom

There is no head to head record between Seong Chan Hong and Charles Broom since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Seong Chan Hong

Ranked no. 181, Seong got to the 2^nd round after defeating Alex Bolt 6-4 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Chan Hong had a good straight sets win against Bolt (6-4 6-3). During the match, Chan Hong scored 63 points vs Bolt’s 49. Chan Hong was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Chan Hong blasted 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Seong Chan Hong conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Chan Hong put 54% of his first serves in, winning 93% (26/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Seong broke Bolt 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Chan Hong has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (246-148). 28-15 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Chan Hong has a compiled 215-108 match record in the last years on hard.

Seong’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger,the Bengaluru Challenger and the Busan Challenger.

Chan Hong has a composed 28-20 win-loss record in 2024, 28-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Chicago Challenger

Seong has never competed in this tournament before.

Charles Broom

Ranked no. 252, Broom reached the 2^nd round after beating Sho Shimabukuro 6-7(4) 6-2 7-6(5).

In the 1^st round against Shimabukuro, Broom recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁴ 6-2 7-6⁵). During the match Broom scored 129 points vs Shimabukuro’s 120. The Brit was pretty aggressive to blast 48 winners.

About the serving games, Broom scored 8 aces and he was not very steady on his 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Charles Broom lost the serve 4 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Broom put 55% of his first serves in, winning 68% (48/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (27/59) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Shimabukuro 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Broom’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Nottingham and the Nottingham 2 Challenger.

The Brit has an aggregate 31-20 win-loss record in 2024, 16-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Chan Hong	Broom
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	19	34
Pts	63-49	129-120
Total Points	112	249
Winners	26	48
%Winners	41%	37%

Both Chan Hong and Broom played 1 match. At the moment, Charles Broom dropped 1 set while Seong Chan Hong hasn’t dropped a set so far. Chan Hong has played 1 set(s) less than Broom (2 vs 3). Therefore, Chan Hong played 15 games less than Broom. Seong scored 26 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Charles fired 48 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Chan Hong	Broom
Aces	8	8
Avg per match	8	8
1st in	28/52	71/130
%1st in	54%	55%
1st pts	26/28	48/71
%1st pts	93%	68%
2nd pts	12/24	27/59
%2nd pts	50%	46%

Chan Hong made 8 aces . Broom managed to score 8 aces . Chan Hong won 93% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Broom won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Chan Hong	Broom
Won	3	6
Converted	3/5	6/11
% Converted	60%	55%
Conceded	1	13
Saved	1	9
% Saved	100%	69%
Times Broken	0	4

Seong broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Seong quite strong on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Brit broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Brit conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.

Chan Hong
	R1 Bolt	Total
Score	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	63-49	63-49
Total points	112	112
Winners	26	26
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	28/52	28/52
% 1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	26/28	26/28
% 1st pts	93%	93%
2nd pts	12/24	12/24
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/5	3/5
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Broom
	R1 Shimabukuro	Total
Score	6-74 6-2 7-65
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	34	34
pts	129-120	129-120
Total points	249	249
Winners	48	48
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	11	11
1st in	71/130	71/130
% 1st in	55%	55%
1st pts	48/71	48/71
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	27/59	27/59
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/11	6/11
Converted %	55%	55%
Conceded	13	13
Saved	9/13	9
Saved %	69%	69%
Times Broken	4	4

Tennis Scores in Chicago Challenger

• Brandon HoltHolt – Andrew FentyFenty (6-1 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Michael ZhengZheng (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Paul JubbJubb – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-4 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Bernard TomicTomic (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Mark LajalLajal (2-6 7-6⁶ 7-5) – See score progression
• Aidan MayoMayo – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Li TuTu (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Marc PolmansPolmans – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (2-6 7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Joao FonsecaFonseca – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Philip SekulicSekulic – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Alex BoltBolt (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Learner TienTien – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Charles BroomBroom – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-7⁴ 6-2 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Arthur GeaGea (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Marc PolmansPolmans – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (2-6 7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Michael ZhengZheng (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Paul JubbJubb – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-4 2-6 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Charles BroomBroom (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon HoltHolt – Marc PolmansPolmans (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Paul JubbJubb (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Micah BraswellBraswell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction