Ji Sung Nam and Maxim Zhukov will face off in the qualifications of the Jinan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:00 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ji Sung Nam who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ji Sung Nam is the pick to win this match.
Ji Sung Nam -> 1.53
Maxim Zhukov -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Ji Sung Nam vs. Maxim Zhukov
There is no head to head record between Ji Sung Nam and Maxim Zhukov since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Ji Sung Nam
9 - 9win/loss
727
236
LLWWLLWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-16 | 12-10 | 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. 633, the Korean reached the qualifications after defeating Zekai Li 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Korean had a good straight sets win against Li (6-2 6-2). During the match, Sung Nam scored 61 points vs Li’s 37. The Korean was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sung Nam fired 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ji Sung Nam lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Sung Nam put 51% of his first serves in, winning 83% (19/23) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Sung Nam broke Li 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Sung Nam has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (183-125). 6-4 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sung Nam has an aggregate 152-94 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Ji has an aggregate 8-9 win-loss record in 2024, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Jinan Challenger
Maxim Zhukov
27 - 19win/loss
796
711
LWWLWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-28 | 22-17 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-25 | 17-14 | 14-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-22 | 13-11 | 16-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 762, Maxim reached the qualifications after defeating Tsung-Hao Huang 6-4 5-7 7-5.
In the qualifications, Zhukov defeated Huang (6-4 5-7 7-5). During the match Zhukov scored 111 points vs Huang’s 102. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.
About the serving games, Zhukov scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 6 double faults. Maxim Zhukov lost the serve 4 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Zhukov put 59% of his first serves in, winning 64% (44/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (26/47) on the 2nd serve. The Russian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Huang 5 times.
Maxim’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Kamenogorsk.
The Russian has a compiled 27-18 win-loss record in 2024, 14-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sung Nam | Zhukov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 34 |
| Pts | 61-37 | 111-102 |
| Total Points | 98 | 213 |
| Winners | 19 | 44 |
| %Winners | 31% | 40% |
Both Sung Nam and Zhukov played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Maxim Zhukov surrendered 1 set while Ji Sung Nam hasn’t conceded a set so far. Sung Nam has played 1 set(s) less than Zhukov (2 vs 3). Therefore, Sung Nam played 18 games less than Zhukov. Ji scored 19 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Maxim scored 44 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sung Nam | Zhukov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 23/45 | 69/116 |
| %1st in | 51% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 44/69 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 26/47 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 55% |
Sung Nam scored 2 aces . Zhukov scored 1 ace . Sung Nam won 83% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Zhukov won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sung Nam | Zhukov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 5/5 |
| % Converted | 60% | 100% |
| Conceded | 2 | 14 |
| Saved | 0 | 10 |
| % Saved | 0% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Sung Nam broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Sung Nam dropped his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Russian broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sung Nam | |||
| Q1 Li |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 61-37 | 61-37 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 23/45 | 23/45 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 19/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 10/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Zhukov | |||
| Q1 Huang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 5-7 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 111-102 | 111-102 | |
| Total points | 213 | 213 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 69/116 | 69/116 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 44/69 | 44/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/47 | 26/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 10/14 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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