Seong Chan Hong and Dalibor Svrcina will square off in the 2nd round of the Shanghai Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 6. In the following lines 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.

As per the initial odds, Seong Chan Hong is the pick to win this match.
Seong Chan Hong -> 1.57
Dalibor Svrcina -> 2.3

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Prediction and head to head Seong Chan Hong vs. Dalibor Svrcina

There is no head to head record between Seong Chan Hong and Dalibor Svrcina since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Seong Chan Hong

Seong Chan Hong

40 - 25win/loss

Hard
40-20
I Hard
0-2
Clay
0-1
Grass
0-2
Rank
152
High
152
WLWWWLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 40-25 40-20 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), Chan Hong reached the 2nd round after defeating Tung-Lin Wu 6-7(2) 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round against Wu, Chan Hong recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 6-4 6-4). During the match, Chan Hong scored 106 points vs Wu’s 102. Chan Hong was very aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Regarding the service games, Chan Hong fired 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Seong Chan Hong lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Chan Hong put 71% of his first serves in, winning 64% (51/80) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. Chan Hong broke Wu 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Chan Hong has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (258-153). 40-20 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Chan Hong has an aggregate 227-113 record in the last years on hard.

Seong’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger,the Bengaluru Challenger and the Busan Challenger.

Seong has an overall 40-25 win-loss record in 2024, 40-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Shanghai Challenger

Seong has never competed in this tournament before.

Shanghai Challenger
Chan Hong's Record

Dalibor Svrcina

Dalibor Svrcina

20 - 19win/loss

Hard
9-5
I Hard
2-1
Clay
9-12
Grass
0-1
Rank
312
High
154
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 20-19 9-5 9-12 2-1 0-1 0-0
2023 31-31 7-10 24-20 0-0 0-1 0-0
2022 28-24 8-9 18-14 1-0 1-1 0-0
2021 36-17 8-3 25-13 3-1 0-0 0-0
2020 15-10 6-3 3-5 6-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 312, Dalibor got to the 2nd round after beating Nicolas Mejia 6-1 6-1.

In the 1st round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Mejia (6-1 6-1). During the match Svrcina scored 54 points vs Mejia’s 28. Svrcina was exceptionally aggressive to blast 18 winners.

About the serving games, Svrcina scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Dalibor Svrcina was very efficient on serve to win 75% (18/24) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Czech broke Mejia 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Svrcina’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Chennai Challenger.

Svrcina has a composed 20-19 win-loss record in 2024, 9-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Shanghai Challenger
Svrcina's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

S.Chan Hong
D.Svrcina
!
2h:56
2h:56
Time on court​
1h:27
1h:27
!
2h:56
2h:56
Last match​
1h:27
1h:27
1
1
Match played
1
1
33
33
Games Played​
14
14
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
106
106
Total points​
54
54
106
106
Avg point​
54
54
51
51
Winners
18
18
51
51
Avg Winners​
18
18
48%
48%
Ratio winners
33%
33%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
1
1
!
11
11
Avg Aces
1
1
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
1
1
Avg Double Faults
1
1
51/80
51/80
1st won total​
18/24
18/24
64%
64%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
16/32
16/32
2nd won total​
13/19
13/19
50%
50%
2nd won %
!
68%
68%
-- Break Points --
6/10
6/10
BP won
5/9
5/9
6/10
6/10
Avg BP won
5/9
5/9
!
60%
60%
Won
!
56%
56%
12
12
Conceded
2
2
12
12
Avg Conceded
2
2
4
4
Broken
0
0
4
4
Avg Broken
!
0
0
8
8
Saved
2
2

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Chan Hong Svrcina
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 33 14
Pts 106-102 54-28
Total Points 208 82
Winners 51 18
%Winners 48% 33%

Both Chan Hong and Svrcina played 1 match. At the moment, Seong Chan Hong surrendered 1 set while Dalibor Svrcina hasn’t dropped a set so far. Chan Hong has played 1 set more than Svrcina (3 vs 2). Therefore, Chan Hong played 19 games more than Svrcina. The Korean scored 51 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Svrcina blasted 18 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve Chan Hong Svrcina
Aces 11 1
Avg per match 11 1
1st in 80/112 24/43
%1st in 71% 56%
1st pts 51/80 18/24
%1st pts 64% 75%
2nd pts 16/32 13/19
%2nd pts 50% 68%

Chan Hong bagged 11 aces . Svrcina made 1 ace . Chan Hong won 64% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Svrcina won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Chan Hong Svrcina
Won 6 5
Converted 6/10 5/9
% Converted 60% 56%
Conceded 12 2
Saved 8 2
% Saved 67% 100%
Times Broken 4 0

The Korean broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Korean dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Svrcina broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Svrcina was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

Chan Hong
R1
Wu
R1
Wu
Total
Score 6-72 6-4 6-4 6-72 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 33 33 66
pts 106-102 106-102 212-204
Total points 208 208 416
Winners 51 51 102
%Winners 48% 48% 48%
SERVE
Aces 11 11 22
Double Faults 1 1 2
1st in 80/112 80/112 160/224
% 1st in 71% 71% 71%
1st pts 51/80 51/80 102/160
% 1st pts 64% 64% 64%
2nd pts 16/32 16/32 32/64
% 2nd pts 50% 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 6 6 12
Converted 6/10 6/10 12/20
Converted % 60% 60% 60%
Conceded 12 12 24
Saved 8/12 8/12 16
Saved % 67% 67% 67%
Times Broken 4 4 8
Svrcina
R1
Mejia
Total
Score 6-1 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 14 14
pts 54-28 54-28
Total points 82 82
Winners 18 18
%Winners 33% 33%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 24/43 24/43
% 1st in 56% 56%
1st pts 18/24 18/24
% 1st pts 75% 75%
2nd pts 13/19 13/19
% 2nd pts 68% 68%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/9 5/9
Converted % 56% 56%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 2/2 2
Saved % 100% 50%
Times Broken 0 0

Tennis Scores in Shanghai Challenger

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