Jozef Kovalik and Seong Chan Hong will play each other in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 3:00 pm on COURT 6. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.58
Jozef Kovalik -> 2.32

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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Seong Chan Hong

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

Jozef Kovalik

Jozef Kovalik

32 - 17win/loss

Hard
3-4
I Hard
0-0
Clay
29-12
Grass
0-1
Rank
115
High
80
LLLWWWWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 32-17 3-4 29-12 0-0 0-1 0-0
2023 23-34 1-3 21-28 1-2 0-1 0-0
2022 33-23 3-6 29-13 1-3 0-1 0-0
2021 31-27 0-1 26-20 5-5 0-1 0-0
2020 17-16 2-3 15-12 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 115, Jozef will start his run at the U.S. Open after he played his last match in Umag where he lost 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3 to Misolic in the qualifications on the 20th of July.

Jozef has a compiled 32-17 win-loss record in 2024, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Zadar Challenger where he beat Adrian Andreev in the final 6-4 6-2 and the Split Challenger where he defeated Zsombor Piros in the final 6-4 5-7 7-5 and the Karlsruhe Challenger where he overcame Camilo Ugo Carabelli in the final 6-3 7-6(2).

Talking about his overall career, The Slovakian has an overall 497-362 record. He has a positive 90-75 record on hard.

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2016, 2019 and 2020. See his history.

U.S. Open
Kovalik's Record

Seong Chan Hong

Seong Chan Hong

35 - 23win/loss

Hard
35-18
I Hard
0-2
Clay
0-1
Grass
0-2
Rank
156
High
156
LWWLWWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 35-23 35-18 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. 156 (career-high), Seong will start his run at the New York after he played his last match in the Cary Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-2 to Bellucci in the 1st round on the 12th of August.

Chan Hong has an aggregate 35-23 win-loss record in 2024, 35-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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.

In terms of his career, Seong has an overall 258-157 record. He has a positive 227-117 record on hard.

Previously at the U.S. Open

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

U.S. Open
Chan Hong's Record

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