H2H, prediction of Ji Sung Nam vs Keegan Smith in Jinan Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 21st August 2024

PREVIEW. Jinan Challenger. Sung Nam and Smith will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Jinan Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Wednesday the 21st of August

Prediction and head to head Ji Sung Nam vs. Keegan Smith

Ji Sung Nam and Keegan Smith will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Jinan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Keegan Smith who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Keegan Smith is the pick to win this match.
Keegan Smith -> 1.87
Ji Sung Nam -> 1.87

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Prediction and head to head Ji Sung Nam vs. Keegan Smith

There is no head to head record between Ji Sung Nam and Keegan Smith since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Ji Sung Nam

Ji Sung Nam
Ji Sung Nam

10 - 10win/loss

Hard
8-5
I Hard
0-0
Clay
2-4
Grass
0-1
Rank
719
High
236
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 12-14 10-8 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. 628, the Korean got to the 2nd round after defeating Zekai Li 6-2 6-2, Maxim Zhukov 6-3 6-4 and Dominik Palan 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3.

In the 1st round, Ji defeated Palan (6-3 6-75 6-3). During the match, Sung Nam scored 109 points vs Palan’s 95. Sung Nam was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sung Nam made 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ji Sung Nam lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sung Nam put 59% of his first serves in, winning 67% (45/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (29/47) on the 2nd serve. Ji broke Palan 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Sung Nam has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (185-125). 8-4 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sung Nam has an aggregate 154-94 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Ji has an overall 10-9 win-loss record in 2024, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Jinan Challenger

Sung Nam
Jinan Challenger
Sung Nam's Record

Keegan Smith

Keegan Smith
Keegan Smith

24 - 15win/loss

Hard
24-13
I Hard
0-1
Clay
0-1
Rank
549
High
339
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 31-21 29-17 0-1 2-3 0-0 0-0
2023 35-26 31-20 0-0 4-6 0-0 0-0
2022 30-24 26-14 3-4 1-6 0-0 0-0
2021 16-5 8-2 0-0 8-3 0-0 0-0
2020 7-4 7-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 639, the American got to the 2nd round after defeating Seita Watanabe 6-4 6-2, Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul 6-4 6-4 and Mikalai Haliak 6-4 6-1.

In the 1st round, Keegan had a good straight sets win against Haliak (6-4 6-1). During the match Smith scored 58 points vs Haliak’s 34. Smith was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Smith blasted 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Keegan Smith was exceptionally effective on serve to win 85% (28/33) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Smith broke Haliak 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Keegan’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Lakewood.

Smith has a composed 23-15 win-loss record in 2024, 23-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Smith
Jinan Challenger
Smith's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

J.Sung Nam
K.Smith
5h:04
5h:04
Time on court​
3h:25
3h:25
!
2h:28
2h:28
Last match​
!
0h:53
0h:53
3
3
Match played
3
3
66
66
Games Played​
55
55
7
7
Set played​​
6
6
234
234
Total points​
188
188
78
78
Avg point​
62.7
62.7
87
87
Winners
86
86
29
29
Avg Winners​
28.7
28.7
37%
37%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
18
18
3.3
3.3
Avg Aces
6
6
4
4
Double Faults
2
2
1.3
1.3
Avg Double Faults
0.7
0.7
87/117
87/117
1st won total​
86/100
86/100
!
74%
74%
1st won %
!
86%
86%
56/94
56/94
2nd won total​
28/37
28/37
60%
60%
2nd won %
!
76%
76%
-- Break Points --
12/23
12/23
BP won
9/22
9/22
4/7.7
4/7.7
Avg BP won
3/7.3
3/7.3
!
52%
52%
Won
41%
41%
10
10
Conceded
6
6
3.3
3.3
Avg Conceded
2
2
4
4
Broken
1
1
1.3
1.3
Avg Broken
!
0.3
0.3
6
6
Saved
5
5

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sung Nam Smith
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 7 6
Tot Games 66 55
Pts 234-179 188-121
Total Points 413 309
Winners 87 86
%Winners 37% 46%

Both Sung Nam and Smith played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ji Sung Nam dropped 1 set while Keegan Smith hasn’t dropped a set so far. Sung Nam has played 1 set more than Smith (7 vs 6). Therefore, Sung Nam played 11 games more than Smith. The Korean scored 87 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The American blasted 86 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sung Nam Smith
Aces 10 18
Avg per match 3.3 6
1st in 117/211 100/137
%1st in 55% 73%
1st pts 87/117 86/100
%1st pts 74% 86%
2nd pts 56/94 28/37
%2nd pts 60% 76%

Sung Nam made 10 aces (3.3 per match). Smith blasted 18 aces (6 per match). Sung Nam won 74% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Smith won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 76% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Sung Nam Smith
Won 12 9
Converted 12/23 9/22
% Converted 52% 41%
Conceded 10 6
Saved 6 5
% Saved 60% 83%
Times Broken 4 1

Ji broke his opponents 12 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Korean lost his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Smith broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Sung Nam
Q1
Li
Q3
Zhukov
R1
Palan
Total
Score 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-4 6-3 6-75 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 16 19 31 66
pts 61-37 64-47 109-95 234-179
Total points 98 111 204 413
Winners 19 23 45 87
%Winners 31% 36% 41% 37%
SERVE
Aces 2 2 6 10
Double Faults 2 0 2 4
1st in 23/45 27/52 67/114 117/211
% 1st in 51% 52% 59% 55%
1st pts 19/23 23/27 45/67 87/117
% 1st pts 83% 85% 67% 74%
2nd pts 10/22 17/25 29/47 56/94
% 2nd pts 45% 68% 62% 60%
Breaks
Won 6 2 4 12
Converted 6/10 2/4 4/9 12/23
Converted % 60% 50% 44% 52%
Conceded 2 0 8 10
Saved 0/2 0/0 6/8 6
Saved % 0% 75% 25%
Times Broken 2 0 2 4
Smith
Q1
Watanabe
Q3
Trongcharoenchaikul
R1
Haliak
Total
Score 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-4 6-4 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 18 20 17 55
pts 63-37 67-50 58-34 188-121
Total points 100 117 92 309
Winners 30 28 28 86
%Winners 48% 42% 48% 46%
SERVE
Aces 5 3 10 18
Double Faults 0 0 2 2
1st in 34/41 33/48 33/48 100/137
% 1st in 83% 69% 69% 73%
1st pts 30/34 28/33 28/33 86/100
% 1st pts 88% 85% 85% 86%
2nd pts 6/7 13/15 9/15 28/37
% 2nd pts 86% 87% 60% 76%
Breaks
Won 3 2 4 9
Converted 3/7 2/6 4/9 9/22
Converted % 43% 33% 44% 41%
Conceded 0 0 6 6
Saved 0/0 0/0 5/6 5
Saved % 83% 28%
Times Broken 0 0 1 1

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Sung Nam
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Smith
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2024 2023 2022
12 - 14
31 - 21
10-8
Hard
29-17
0-1
I Hard
2-3
2-4
Clay
0-1

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