Seong Chan Hong and Yan Bai will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Zhangjiagang Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on CENTRE 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 Seong Chan Hong who should win in 3 sets.
Seong Chan Hong -> 1.46
Yan Bai -> 2.59
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Prediction and head to head Seong Chan Hong vs. Yan Bai
This will be the 2nd time that Seong Chan Hong and Yan Bai square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bai (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Bai won 6-2 6-2 in the semifinal in M15 Chiang Rai back in 2022.
Seong Chan Hong
37 - 24win/loss
152
152
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | 37-24 | 37-19 | 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. 152 (career-high), the Korean got to the 2nd round after beating Evgeny Donskoy 4-6 7-6(1) 6-2.
In the 1st round against Donskoy, Seong recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-61 6-2). During the match, Chan Hong scored 109 points vs Donskoy’s 98. The Korean was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Chan Hong fired 6 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Seong Chan Hong lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Chan Hong put 56% of his first serves in, winning 66% (41/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (28/49) on the 2nd serve. Seong broke Donskoy 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Chan Hong has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (255-152). 37-19 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Chan Hong has a composed 224-112 record in the last years on hard.
Seong’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger,the Bengaluru Challenger and the Busan Challenger.
Seong has an overall 37-24 win-loss record in 2024, 37-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zhangjiagang Challenger
Chan Hong has never competed in this tournament before.
Yan Bai
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 40-11 | 36-10 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 46-16 | 42-13 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 6-4 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 258, Yan reached the 2nd round after beating Blake Mott 6-4 1-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Bai defeated Mott (6-4 1-6 6-3).During the match Bai scored less points (8) than Mott. In fact, the world no. 152 won 83 points vs Mott’s. That means that Bai was more focused during the important points. The Chinese was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Bai managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Yan Bai lost the serve 6 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Bai put 61% of his first serves in, winning 53% (33/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (18/40) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Mott 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
The Chinese’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Hinode,M25 Anning,M25 Luzhou,M25 Tianjin and M25 Yinchuan.
Yan has an overall 40-11 win-loss record in 2024, 36-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zhangjiagang Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Chan Hong | Bai |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
Tot Games | 31 | 26 |
Pts | 109-98 | 83-91 |
Total Points | 207 | 174 |
Winners | 41 | 33 |
%Winners | 38% | 40% |
Both Chan Hong and Bai played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Seong Chan Hong dropped 1 set, while Yan Bai lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Chan Hong and Bai have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Chan Hong played 5 games more than Bai. The Korean scored 41 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Bai recorded 33 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Chan Hong | Bai |
---|---|---|
Aces | 6 | 3 |
Avg per match | 6 | 3 |
1st in | 62/111 | 62/102 |
%1st in | 56% | 61% |
1st pts | 41/62 | 33/62 |
%1st pts | 66% | 53% |
2nd pts | 28/49 | 18/40 |
%2nd pts | 57% | 45% |
Chan Hong bagged 6 aces . Bai struck 3 aces . Chan Hong won 66% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Bai won 53% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Chan Hong | Bai |
---|---|---|
Won | 4 | 6 |
Converted | 4/7 | 6/11 |
% Converted | 57% | 55% |
Conceded | 10 | 11 |
Saved | 7 | 5 |
% Saved | 70% | 45% |
Times Broken | 3 | 6 |
Seong broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Seong conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Yan broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Bai conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded.
Chan Hong | |||
R1 Donskoy | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 4-6 7-61 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
pts | 109-98 | 109-98 | |
Total points | 207 | 207 | |
Winners | 41 | 41 | |
%Winners | 38% | 38% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 6 | 6 | |
Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
1st in | 62/111 | 62/111 | |
% 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
1st pts | 41/62 | 41/62 | |
% 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
2nd pts | 28/49 | 28/49 | |
% 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Bai | |||
R1 Mott | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 1-6 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
pts | 83-91 | 83-91 | |
Total points | 174 | 174 | |
Winners | 33 | 33 | |
%Winners | 40% | 40% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 3 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
1st in | 62/102 | 62/102 | |
% 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
1st pts | 33/62 | 33/62 | |
% 1st pts | 53% | 53% | |
2nd pts | 18/40 | 18/40 | |
% 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 6 | 6 | |
Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
Saved | 5/11 | 5 | |
Saved % | 45% | 45% | |
Times Broken | 6 | 6 |
Tennis Scores in Zhangjiagang Challenger
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- Mark LajalLajal – Ryan PenistonPeniston (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Norbert GombosGombos – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-2 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Vadym UrsuUrsu – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sheng TangTang – Fajing SunSun (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Tung-Lin WuWu (0-1) – H2H and prediction