Li Tu and Hyeon Chung will square off in the 2nd round of the Seoul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Li Tu who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Li Tu is the pick to win this match.
Li Tu -> 1.125
Hyeon Chung -> 5.35
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Prediction and head to head Li Tu vs. Hyeon Chung
There is no head to head record between Li Tu and Hyeon Chung since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Li Tu
34 - 23win/loss
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WLWLWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-26 | 32-19 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-32 | 29-19 | 0-3 | 3-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-25 | 34-16 | 15-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-7 | 28-4 | 0-0 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 184, Tu got to the 2nd round after beating Chun Hsin Tseng 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, Tu had a good straight sets win against Hsin Tseng (6-2 6-1). During the match, Tu scored 63 points vs Hsin Tseng’s 37. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tu managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Li Tu was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 89% (25/28) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Hsin Tseng 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Tu has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 65% of his matches (163-88). 29-17 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Tu has a compiled120-56 match record in the last 5 years on hard.
Tu’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Traralgon and the Lexington Challenger.
The Australian has an aggregate 34-23 win-loss record in 2024, 29-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Seoul Challenger
Hyeon Chung
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Chung reached the 2nd round after beating Yunseong Chung 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, Chung had a good straight sets win against Chung (7-5 6-3). During the match Chung scored 79 points vs Chung’s 66. The Korean was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Chung scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 7 double faults. Hyeon Chung lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Chung put 64% of his first serves in, winning 63% (30/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the 2nd serve. Hyeon broke Chung 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
The Korean has an overall 3-3 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Seoul Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2015. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tu | Chung |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 21 |
| Pts | 63-37 | 79-66 |
| Total Points | 100 | 145 |
| Winners | 25 | 30 |
| %Winners | 40% | 38% |
Both Tu and Chung played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Tu and Chung have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Tu played 6 games less than Chung. The Australian scored 25 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Korean struck 30 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tu | Chung |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 1 |
| 1st in | 28/46 | 48/75 |
| %1st in | 61% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 25/28 | 30/48 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 15/27 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 56% |
Tu bagged 7 aces . Chung blasted 1 ace . Tu won 89% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Chung won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tu | Chung |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/12 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 33% | 50% |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 |
| Saved | 4 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Li broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Tu very solid his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 4 break points. Chung broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Hyeon conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tu | |||
| R1 Hsin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 63-37 | 63-37 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 28/46 | 28/46 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 25/28 | 25/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Chung | |||
| R1 Chung |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 79-66 | 79-66 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 48/75 | 48/75 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 30/48 | 30/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 15/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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