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H2H, prediction of Naoki Nakagawa vs Ji Sung Nam in Yokohama Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 18th November 2024

PREVIEW. Yokohama Challenger. Nakagawa and Sung Nam will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Yokohama Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Monday the 18th of November

Mark Hall

17 November 2024

Prediction and head to head Naoki Nakagawa vs. Ji Sung Nam

Naoki Nakagawa and Ji Sung Nam will play each other in the qualifications of the Yokohama Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:30 am on COURT 3. 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 Naoki Nakagawa who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Naoki Nakagawa is the pick to win this match.
Naoki Nakagawa -> 1.444
Ji Sung Nam -> 2.61

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Prediction and head to head Naoki Nakagawa vs. Ji Sung Nam

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

Naoki Nakagawa

24 - 15win/loss

Hard

12-11

I Hard

11-3

Clay

1-1

Rank
373

High
334

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	25-16	13-12	1-1	11-3	0-0	0-0
2023	43-23	42-19	1-3	0-1	0-0	0-0
2022	31-27	16-16	10-9	5-2	0-0	0-0
2021	34-15	32-13	2-2	0-0	0-0	0-0
2020	14-4	14-4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 380, Nakagawa got to the qualifications after defeating Yusuke Takahashi 6-4 6-4.

In the qualifications, Nakagawa had a good straight sets win against Takahashi (6-4 6-4). During the match, Nakagawa scored 76 points vs Takahashi’s 64. Nakagawa was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Nakagawa made 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Naoki Nakagawa was exceptionally effective on serve to win 71% (29/41) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Naoki broke Takahashi 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

Nakagawa has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (281-181). 12-10 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Nakagawa has an overall 172-109 record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Columbus Challenger where he defeated James Kent Trotter in the final 7-6(8) 5-7 7-6(5).

The Japanese has a compiled 24-14 win-loss record in 2024, 12-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Yokohama Challenger

Yokohama Challenger

Nakagawa's Record

Ji Sung Nam

14 - 14win/loss

Hard

12-8

I Hard

0-1

Clay

2-4

Grass

0-1

Rank
727

High
236

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	14-16	12-10	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

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Ranked no. 717, Sung Nam got to the qualifications after beating Philip Henning 7-6(3) 3-6 7-5.

In the qualifications, Ji defeated Henning (7-6³ 3-6 7-5). During the match Sung Nam scored 116 points vs Henning’s 114. The Korean was pretty aggressive to blast 52 winners.

Talking about serving, Sung Nam scored 7 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Ji Sung Nam lost the serve 8 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Sung Nam put 63% of his first serves in, winning 68% (52/77) of the points behind his 1st serve and 31% (14/45) on the 2nd serve. Ji broke Henning 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).

Sung Nam has an aggregate 13-14 win-loss record in 2024, 11-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Yokohama Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.

Yokohama Challenger

Sung Nam's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

N.Nakagawa

J.Sung Nam

1h:35

Time on court

2h:19

1h:35

Last match

2h:19

Match played

Games Played

Set played

Total points

116

Avg point

116

Winners

Avg Winners

38%

Ratio winners

45%

-- Serve --

Aces

Avg Aces

Double Faults

Avg Double Faults

29/41

1st won total

52/77

71%

1st won %

68%

15/25

2nd won total

14/45

60%

2nd won %

31%

-- Break Points --

3/11

BP won

7/12

3/11

Avg BP won

7/12

27%

Won

58%

Conceded

Avg Conceded

Broken

Avg Broken

Saved

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Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Nakagawa	Sung Nam
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	20	34
Pts	76-64	116-114
Total Points	140	230
Winners	29	52
%Winners	38%	45%

Both Nakagawa and Sung Nam played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ji Sung Nam surrendered 1 set while Naoki Nakagawa hasn’t dropped a set so far. Nakagawa has played 1 set(s) less than Sung Nam (2 vs 3). Therefore, Nakagawa played 14 games less than Sung Nam. Naoki scored 29 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Sung Nam struck 52 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Nakagawa	Sung Nam
Aces	7	7
Avg per match	7	7
1st in	41/66	77/122
%1st in	62%	63%
1st pts	29/41	52/77
%1st pts	71%	68%
2nd pts	15/25	14/45
%2nd pts	60%	31%

Nakagawa blasted 7 aces . Sung Nam struck 7 aces . Nakagawa won 71% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Sung Nam won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 31% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Nakagawa	Sung Nam
Won	3	7
Converted	3/11	7/12
% Converted	27%	58%
Conceded	9	15
Saved	8	7
% Saved	89%	47%
Times Broken	1	8

The Japanese broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Naoki dropped his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. Sung Nam broke his opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Ji conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 47% of the break points that he conceded.

	Q1 Takahashi	Total
Nakagawa
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	76-64	76-64
Total points	140	140
Winners	29	29
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	41/66	41/66
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	29/41	29/41
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	15/25	15/25
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/11	3/11
Converted %	27%	27%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	8/9	8
Saved %	89%	89%
Times Broken	1	1

	Q1 Henning	Total
Sung Nam
Score	7-6³ 3-6 7-5
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	34	34
pts	116-114	116-114
Total points	230	230
Winners	52	52
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	8	8
1st in	77/122	77/122
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	52/77	52/77
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	14/45	14/45
% 2nd pts	31%	31%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/12	7/12
Converted %	58%	58%
Conceded	15	15
Saved	7/15	7
Saved %	47%	47%
Times Broken	8	8