Zizou Bergs and Seong Chan Hong will play each other in the semifinal of the Tallahassee Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zizou Bergs who should win in 3 sets.
(image) As per the initial odds, Zizou Bergs is the pick to win this match.
Zizou Bergs -> 1.73
Seong Chan Hong -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Zizou Bergs vs. Seong Chan Hong
This will be the 2nd time that Zizou Bergs and Seong Chan Hong face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Chan Hong (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Chan Hong won 6-3 7-6(4) in the Rubber 5 in 2 back in February 2023.
Zizou Bergs
10 - 13win/loss
156
112
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10-13 | 3-4 | 5-3 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-30 | 7-5 | 7-7 | 17-16 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-21 | 2-5 | 15-10 | 21-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-9 | 14-6 | 1-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 32-20 | 16-6 | 11-10 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 156, Bergs got to the semifinal after beating Andrea Arnaboldi 6-4 6-3, Patrick Kypson 6-2 6-2 and Zhizhen Zhang 6-3 7-5.
In the quarter, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Zhang (6-3 7-5). During the match, Bergs scored 67 points vs Zhang’s 58. Zizou was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bergs blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Zizou Bergs lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Bergs put 71% of his first serves in, winning 64% (29/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Zhang 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zizou hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.
Bergs has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (226-137). 5-3 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bergs has an overall88-58 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Zizou has a composed 10-13 win-loss record in 2023, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tallahassee Challenger
Bergs has never competed in this tournament before.
Seong Chan Hong
14 - 10win/loss
200
200
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 14-10 | 6-5 | 4-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-18 | 36-12 | 4-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-8 | 7-3 | 10-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 31-9 | 31-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 200 (career-high), Seong got to the semifinal after beating Christian Harrison 6-3 6-1, Rio Noguchi 6-1 6-4 and Moez Echargui 6-4 2-6 6-1.
In the quarter, Chan Hong defeated Echargui (6-4 2-6 6-1). During the match Chan Hong scored 88 points vs Echargui’s 80. Seong was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Chan Hong blasted 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Seong Chan Hong lost the serve 4 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Chan Hong put 59% of his first serves in, winning 64% (32/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (17/35) on the 2nd serve. The Korean broke Echargui 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Korean has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The Korean’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger and the Rome Challenger.
The Korean has a composed 14-10 win-loss record in 2023, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bergs | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 58 |
| Pts | 202-155 | 208-162 |
| Total Points | 357 | 370 |
| Winners | 79 | 84 |
| %Winners | 39% | 40% |
Both Bergs and Chan Hong played 3 matches. At the moment, Seong Chan Hong surrendered 1 set while Zizou Bergs hasn’t lost a set so far. Bergs has played 1 set(s) less than Chan Hong (6 vs 7). Therefore, Bergs played 2 games less than Chan Hong. Bergs scored 79 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Chan Hong blasted 84 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bergs | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 4.7 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 113/174 | 118/192 |
| %1st in | 65% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 79/113 | 84/118 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 37/61 | 37/74 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 50% |
Bergs made 14 aces (4.7 per match). Chan Hong fired 11 aces (3.7 per match). Bergs won 70% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Chan Hong won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bergs | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 14 |
| Converted | 12/24 | 14/26 |
| % Converted | 50% | 54% |
| Conceded | 7 | 24 |
| Saved | 4 | 18 |
| % Saved | 57% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 |
The Belgian broke his opponents 12 times with a 50% conversion rate. Bergs dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Seong broke his opponents 14 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Korean conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bergs | |||||
| R1 Arnaboldi |
R2 Kypson |
1/4 Zhang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 16 | 21 | 56 | |
| pts | 70-54 | 65-43 | 67-58 | 202-155 | |
| Total points | 124 | 108 | 125 | 357 | |
| Winners | 26 | 24 | 29 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | 43% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 33/55 | 35/56 | 45/63 | 113/174 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 63% | 71% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 24/35 | 29/45 | 79/113 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 69% | 64% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 12/21 | 11/18 | 37/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 57% | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 5/7 | 4/9 | 12/24 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 71% | 44% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 33% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Chan Hong | |||||
| R1 Harrison |
R2 Noguchi |
1/4 Echargui |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-1 6-4 | 6-4 2-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 25 | 58 | |
| pts | 57-34 | 63-48 | 88-80 | 208-162 | |
| Total points | 91 | 111 | 168 | 370 | |
| Winners | 24 | 28 | 32 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 44% | 36% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 28/44 | 40/63 | 50/85 | 118/192 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 63% | 59% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 28/40 | 32/50 | 84/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 70% | 64% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 9/23 | 17/35 | 37/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 39% | 49% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/9 | 5/9 | 14/26 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 56% | 56% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 16 | 24 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 2/4 | 12/16 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
