Takeru Yuzuki and Ji Sung Nam

will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Taipei Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ji Sung Nam who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ji Sung Nam is the pick to win this match.
Ji Sung Nam -> 1.34
Takeru Yuzuki -> 2.93

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Prediction and head to head Takeru Yuzuki vs. Ji Sung Nam

There is no head to head record between Takeru Yuzuki and Ji Sung Nam since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Takeru Yuzuki

Takeru Yuzuki

2 - 2win/loss

Hard
1-1
I Hard
1-0
Grass
0-1
Rank
High
LWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 2-3 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-1 0-0
2024 2-4 2-2 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 5-6 3-4 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 2-5 2-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Currently unranked, the Japanese reached the qualifications after beating Daisuke Sumizawa 6-4 6-3.

In the qualifications, Yuzuki had a good straight sets win against Sumizawa (6-4 6-3). During the match, Yuzuki scored 59 points vs Sumizawa’s 39. Takeru was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about the service games, Yuzuki scored 10 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Takeru Yuzuki was very effective on serve to win 88% (21/24) of his 1st serve and 94% (15/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Sumizawa 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Yuzuki has a weak match record in the last 6 years having won 44% of his matches (16-20). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Yuzuki has an aggregate1-0 win-loss record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.

Takeru has an aggregate 2-2 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Taipei Challenger

The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.

Taipei Challenger
Yuzuki's Record

Ji Sung Nam

Ji Sung Nam

19 - 13win/loss

Hard
17-11
I Hard
2-1
Clay
0-1
Rank
692
High
236
LWLWWLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 23-16 18-12 0-1 5-3 0-0 0-0
2024 14-21 12-10 2-4 0-1 0-6 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

Ranked no. 770, Ji reached the qualifications after beating Ren Nakamura 6-1 6-2.

In the qualifications, Sung Nam had a good straight sets win against Nakamura (6-1 6-2). During the match Sung Nam scored 65 points vs Nakamura’s 39. Ji was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about serving, Sung Nam scored 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ji Sung Nam was very effective on serve to win 87% (20/23) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sung Nam broke Nakamura 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

The Korean’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Daegu.

Sung Nam has an aggregate 19-13 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Taipei Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.

Taipei Challenger
Sung Nam's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

T.Yuzuki
J.Sung Nam
1h:01
1h:01
Time on court​
1h:06
1h:06
1h:01
1h:01
Last match​
1h:06
1h:06
1
1
Match played
1
1
19
19
Games Played​
15
15
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
59
59
Total points​
65
65
59
59
Avg point​
65
65
21
21
Winners
20
20
21
21
Avg Winners​
20
20
36%
36%
Ratio winners
31%
31%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
3
3
10
10
Avg Aces
3
3
0
0
Double Faults
1
1
0
0
Avg Double Faults
1
1
21/24
21/24
1st won total​
20/23
20/23
!
88%
88%
1st won %
!
87%
87%
15/16
15/16
2nd won total​
13/19
13/19
!
94%
94%
2nd won %
!
68%
68%
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
BP won
4/11
4/11
3/6
3/6
Avg BP won
4/11
4/11
50%
50%
Won
36%
36%
0
0
Conceded
0
0
0
0
Avg Conceded
0
0
0
0
Broken
0
0
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
0
0
0
0
Saved
0
0

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Yuzuki Sung Nam
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 15
Pts 59-39 65-39
Total Points 98 104
Winners 21 20
%Winners 36% 31%

Both Yuzuki and Sung Nam played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Yuzuki and Sung Nam have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Yuzuki played 4 games more than Sung Nam. Yuzuki scored 21 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Ji managed to score 20 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve Yuzuki Sung Nam
Aces 10 3
Avg per match 10 3
1st in 24/40 23/42
%1st in 60% 55%
1st pts 21/24 20/23
%1st pts 88% 87%
2nd pts 15/16 13/19
%2nd pts 94% 68%

Yuzuki fired 10 aces . Sung Nam fired 3 aces . Yuzuki won 88% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 94% of the points. On the other side, Sung Nam won 87% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Yuzuki Sung Nam
Won 3 4
Converted 3/6 4/11
% Converted 50% 36%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0 0
% Saved 0% 0%
Times Broken 0 0

The Japanese broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Yuzuki pretty effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Sung Nam broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Ji was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Yuzuki
Q1
Sumizawa
Total
Score 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 59-39 59-39
Total points 98 98
Winners 21 21
%Winners 36% 36%
SERVE
Aces 10 10
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 24/40 24/40
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 21/24 21/24
% 1st pts 88% 88%
2nd pts 15/16 15/16
% 2nd pts 94% 94%
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
Sung Nam
Q1
Nakamura
Total
Score 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 15
pts 65-39 65-39
Total points 104 104
Winners 20 20
%Winners 31% 31%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 23/42 23/42
% 1st in 55% 55%
1st pts 20/23 20/23
% 1st pts 87% 87%
2nd pts 13/19 13/19
% 2nd pts 68% 68%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/11 4/11
Converted % 36% 36%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % 0%
Times Broken 0 0

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