Hyeon Chung and Shintaro Imai will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Wuxi Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Hyeon Chung who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hyeon Chung is the pick to win this match.
Hyeon Chung -> 1.27
Shintaro Imai -> 3.48
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Prediction and head to head Hyeon Chung vs. Shintaro Imai
This will be the 2nd time that Hyeon Chung and Shintaro Imai play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Chung (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Chung won 6-1 6-1 in the quarter in M25 Burnie back in February 2025.
Hyeon Chung
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22-7 | 22-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 8-6 | 8-5 | 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 |
Ranked no. 438, Chung reached the qualifications after defeating Hikaru Shiraishi 1-6 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications against Shiraishi, Chung recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 6-1). During the match, Chung scored 76 points vs Shiraishi’s 67. Chung was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Chung scored 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Hyeon Chung lost the serve 5 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Chung put 67% of his first serves in, winning 61% (27/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. The Korean broke Shiraishi 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Chung has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (148-89). 22-6 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Chung has a compiled 108-56 record in the last years on hard.
The Korean’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Luan,Tokyo and M15 Tsukuba.
Hyeon has a composed 22-6 win-loss record in 2025, 22-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Wuxi Challenger
Chung has never competed in this tournament before.
Shintaro Imai
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-8 | 14-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-19 | 22-15 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 5-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-14 | 29-13 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-19 | 13-18 | 0-0 | 8-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 572, Shintaro got to the qualifications after beating Woobin Shin 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, Shintaro had a good straight sets win against Shin (6-2 6-4). During the match Imai scored 61 points vs Shin’s 45. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Imai scored 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Shintaro Imai was extremely effective on serve to win 87% (20/23) of his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Imai broke Shin 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Imai’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Osaka.
Imai has a composed 13-7 win-loss record in 2025, 13-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Chung | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 18 |
| Pts | 76-67 | 61-45 |
| Total Points | 143 | 106 |
| Winners | 27 | 20 |
| %Winners | 36% | 33% |
Both Chung and Imai played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Hyeon Chung dropped 1 set while Shintaro Imai hasn’t lost a set so far. Chung has played 1 set more than Imai (3 vs 2). Therefore, Chung played 6 games more than Imai. Hyeon scored 27 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Shintaro recorded 20 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Chung | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 6 |
| 1st in | 44/66 | 23/48 |
| %1st in | 67% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 27/44 | 20/23 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 87% |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 16/25 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 64% |
Chung fired 2 aces . Imai scored 6 aces . Chung won 61% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Imai won 87% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Chung | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 8 | 0 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 38% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 |
Hyeon broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Hyeon lost his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded. Shintaro broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Imai was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Chung | |||
| Q1 Shiraishi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 76-67 | 76-67 | |
| Total points | 143 | 143 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 44/66 | 44/66 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 27/44 | 27/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 10/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/8 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Imai | |||
| Q1 Shin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 61-45 | 61-45 | |
| Total points | 106 | 106 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 23/48 | 23/48 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 20/23 | 20/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 16/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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