Naoki Nakagawa and Ji Sung Nam will play each other in the qualifications of the Yokohama Challenger for the 1st 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
373
334
LWLWLLWLWW | 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 |
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
Ji Sung Nam
14 - 14win/loss
727
236
LLWWLLWWLL | 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 |
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.
H2H Performance in the tournament
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.
| Nakagawa | |||
| Q1 Takahashi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Sung Nam | |||
| Q1 Henning |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Head 2 Head
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