Yi Zhou and Kokoro Isomura will square off in the qualifications of the Seoul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. 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 Yi Zhou who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yi Zhou is the pick to win this match.
Yi Zhou -> 1.52
Kokoro Isomura -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Yi Zhou vs. Kokoro Isomura
There is no head to head record between Yi Zhou and Kokoro Isomura since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Yi Zhou
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-25 | 29-23 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 10-17 | 9-12 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 380 (career-high), Zhou reached the qualifications after beating Yeongseok Jeong 5-7 7-5 6-1.
In the qualifications against Jeong, Zhou recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-5 6-1). During the match, Zhou scored 100 points vs Jeong’s 88. The Chinese was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zhou made 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Yi Zhou lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Zhou put 62% of his first serves in, winning 75% (46/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (18/38) on the 2nd serve. Yi broke Jeong 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Zhou has a negative match record in the last 3 years having won 48% of his matches (37-40). 26-21 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zhou has a composed36-34 record in the last 3 years on hard.
Zhou’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Luzhou,M15 Tianjin and M25 Tianjin.
Yi has a compiled 26-22 win-loss record in 2024, 26-21 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Seoul Challenger
Zhou has never competed in this tournament before.
Kokoro Isomura
35 - 21win/loss
452
449
LLWWWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-24 | 27-17 | 6-4 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-30 | 25-29 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-16 | 7-9 | 17-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 6-8 | 4-2 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 544, Kokoro got to the qualifications after defeating Jea Moon Lee 7-5 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Moon Lee (7-5 6-4). During the match Isomura scored 70 points vs Moon Lee’s 58. Kokoro was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Isomura managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Kokoro Isomura lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Isomura put 52% of his first serves in, winning 59% (20/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 75% (24/32) on the 2nd serve. Kokoro broke Moon Lee 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
The Japanese’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Tsukuba and M25 Sapporo.
Kokoro has an aggregate 35-21 win-loss record in 2024, 23-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhou | Isomura |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 22 |
| Pts | 100-88 | 70-58 |
| Total Points | 188 | 128 |
| Winners | 46 | 20 |
| %Winners | 46% | 29% |
Both Zhou and Isomura played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Yi Zhou surrendered 1 set while Kokoro Isomura hasn’t dropped a set so far. Zhou has played 1 set more than Isomura (3 vs 2). Therefore, Zhou played 9 games more than Isomura. Zhou scored 46 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Isomura scored 20 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhou | Isomura |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 3 |
| 1st in | 61/99 | 34/66 |
| %1st in | 62% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 46/61 | 20/34 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 59% |
| 2nd pts | 18/38 | 24/32 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 75% |
Zhou bagged 9 aces . Isomura made 3 aces . Zhou won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Isomura won 59% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 75% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhou | Isomura |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 71% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
The Chinese broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zhou | |||
| Q1 Jeong |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 100-88 | 100-88 | |
| Total points | 188 | 188 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 61/99 | 61/99 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 46/61 | 46/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/38 | 18/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Isomura | |||
| Q1 Moon Lee |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 70-58 | 70-58 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 34/66 | 34/66 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 20/34 | 20/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/32 | 24/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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