Seong Chan Hong and Learner Tien will square off in the quarter of the Chicago 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 paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Learner Tien who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Learner Tien is the pick to win this match.
Learner Tien -> 1.36
Seong Chan Hong -> 2.92

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Prediction and head to head Seong Chan Hong vs. Learner Tien

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

Seong Chan Hong

Ranked no. 181, Seong reached the quarter after beating Alex Bolt 6-4 6-3 and Charles Broom 6-3 6-7(4) 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Chan Hong defeated Broom (6-3 6-7⁴ 6-4). During the match, Chan Hong scored 97 points vs Broom’s 89. The Korean was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Regarding the service games, Chan Hong scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 6 double faults. Seong Chan Hong lost the serve 7 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Chan Hong put 61% of his first serves in, winning 58% (32/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (13/35) on the 2nd serve. Chan Hong broke Broom 10 times after converting 77% of his break points (10/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Chan Hong has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Chan Hong has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (247-148). 29-15 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Chan Hong has an overall 216-108 match record in the last years on hard.

Chan Hong’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger,the Bengaluru Challenger and the Busan Challenger.

Seong has a composed 29-20 win-loss record in 2024, 29-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Chicago Challenger

Chan Hong has never competed in this tournament before.

Learner Tien

Ranked no. 258 (career-high), Tien reached the quarter after defeating Benjamin Bonzi 6-4 6-4 and Aidan Mayo 6-3 6-7(4) 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Learner defeated Mayo (6-3 6-7⁴ 6-3). During the match Tien scored 106 points vs Mayo’s 89. Learner was exceptionally aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Talking about serving, Tien bagged 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Learner Tien was quite effective on serve to win 75% (45/60) of his 1st serve and 61% (23/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Learner broke Mayo 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Learner has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Bloomfield Hills Challenger where he defeated Nishesh Basavareddy in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4.

Learner has an overall 31-3 win-loss record in 2024, 31-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Chan Hong	Tien
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	51	51
Pts	160-138	166-140
Total Points	298	306
Winners	58	77
%Winners	36%	46%

Both Chan Hong and Tien played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Seong Chan Hong lost 1 set, while Learner Tien lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Chan Hong and Tien have played the same amount of sets 5. They also played the same amount of games (51). Seong scored 58 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The American recorded 77 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Chan Hong	Tien
Aces	9	11
Avg per match	4.5	5.5
1st in	83/142	101/152
%1st in	58%	66%
1st pts	58/83	77/101
%1st pts	70%	76%
2nd pts	25/59	31/51
%2nd pts	42%	61%

Chan Hong bagged 9 aces (4.5 per match). Tien fired 11 aces (5.5 per match). Chan Hong won 70% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Tien won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Chan Hong	Tien
Won	13	5
Converted	13/18	5/13
% Converted	72%	38%
Conceded	13	6
Saved	6	5
% Saved	46%	83%
Times Broken	7	1

The Korean broke his opponents 13 times with a 72% conversion rate. The Korean surrendered his serve 7 times and he saved 46% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Chan Hong
	R1 Bolt	R2 Broom	Total
Score	6-4 6-3	6-3 6-74 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	19	32	51
pts	63-49	97-89	160-138
Total points	112	186	298
Winners	26	32	58
%Winners	41%	33%	36%
SERVE
Aces	8	1	9
Double Faults	1	6	7
1st in	28/52	55/90	83/142
% 1st in	54%	61%	58%
1st pts	26/28	32/55	58/83
% 1st pts	93%	58%	70%
2nd pts	12/24	13/35	25/59
% 2nd pts	50%	37%	42%
Breaks
Won	3	10	13
Converted	3/5	10/13	13/18
Converted %	60%	77%	72%
Conceded	1	12	13
Saved	1/1	5/12	6
Saved %	100%	42%	71%
Times Broken	0	7	7

Tien
	R1 Bonzi	R2 Mayo	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	6-3 6-74 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	20	31	51
pts	60-51	106-89	166-140
Total points	111	195	306
Winners	32	45	77
%Winners	53%	42%	46%
SERVE
Aces	4	7	11
Double Faults	1	5	6
1st in	41/54	60/98	101/152
% 1st in	76%	61%	66%
1st pts	32/41	45/60	77/101
% 1st pts	78%	75%	76%
2nd pts	8/13	23/38	31/51
% 2nd pts	62%	61%	61%
Breaks
Won	2	3	5
Converted	2/5	3/8	5/13
Converted %	40%	38%	38%
Conceded	0	6	6
Saved	0/0	5/6	5
Saved %	–	83%	42%
Times Broken	0	1	1

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