Seong Chan Hong and Valentin Royer will square off in the qualifications of the Cary Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 10:00 am on COURT 15. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Seong Chan Hong who should win in 3 sets.
Seong Chan Hong -> 1.73
Valentin Royer -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Seong Chan Hong vs. Valentin Royer
There is no head to head record between Seong Chan Hong and Valentin Royer since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Seong Chan Hong
23 - 16win/loss
685
566
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-24 | 21-19 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-27 | 14-12 | 10-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-26 | 4-7 | 23-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-15 | 9-7 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-8 | 8-3 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 157 (career-high), Seong got to the qualifications after defeating Alex Bolt 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Korean had a good straight sets win against Bolt (6-1 6-1). During the match, Chan Hong scored 59 points vs Bolt’s 27. The Korean was exceptionally aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Regarding the service games, Chan Hong blasted 5 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Seong Chan Hong was exceptionally effective on serve to win 89% (16/18) of his 1st serve and 86% (12/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Chan Hong broke Bolt 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Chan Hong has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (252-150). 34-17 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Chan Hong has an aggregate 221-110 record in the last years on hard.
Seong’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger,the Bengaluru Challenger and the Busan Challenger.
The Korean has an overall 34-22 win-loss record in 2024, 34-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cary Challenger
Valentin Royer
33 - 21win/loss
191
179
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 46-29 | 6-5 | 32-13 | 8-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-20 | 24-7 | 22-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-25 | 8-4 | 30-15 | 13-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-17 | 1-2 | 13-8 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-15 | 4-4 | 4-3 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 198, Royer reached the qualifications after beating Lucas Pouille 5-7 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications against Pouille, Valentin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-2). During the match Royer scored 92 points vs Pouille’s 80. Royer was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Royer struck 10 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Valentin Royer lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Royer put 59% of his first serves in, winning 84% (43/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 28% (10/36) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Pouille 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Valentin’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula and the Tunis Challenger.
Valentin has an overall 33-20 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Chan Hong | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 30 |
| Pts | 59-27 | 92-80 |
| Total Points | 86 | 172 |
| Winners | 16 | 43 |
| %Winners | 27% | 47% |
Both Chan Hong and Royer played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Valentin Royer dropped 1 set while Seong Chan Hong hasn’t conceded a set so far. Chan Hong has played 1 set(s) less than Royer (2 vs 3). Therefore, Chan Hong played 16 games less than Royer. Seong scored 16 winners (27% of the total points). On the other side, Valentin scored 43 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Chan Hong | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 10 |
| 1st in | 18/32 | 51/87 |
| %1st in | 56% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 16/18 | 43/51 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 12/14 | 10/36 |
| %2nd pts | 86% | 28% |
Chan Hong bagged 5 aces . Royer scored 10 aces . Chan Hong won 89% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 86% of the points. On the other side, Royer won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 28% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Chan Hong | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 6/13 |
| % Converted | 45% | 46% |
| Conceded | 0 | 9 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Seong broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Korean quite strong on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Royer broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Valentin conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Chan Hong | |||
| Q1 Bolt | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 59-27 | 59-27 | |
| Total points | 86 | 86 | |
| Winners | 16 | 16 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 27% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 18/32 | 18/32 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 16/18 | 16/18 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/14 | 12/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 86% | 86% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Royer | |||
| Q1 Pouille | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 92-80 | 92-80 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 51/87 | 51/87 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 43/51 | 43/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/36 | 10/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 28% | 28% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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