Chak Pong Marco Lam vs Jay FriendPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Upcoming match
- Tournament
- Guangzhou Challenger
- Level
- ATP Challenger Tour
- Round
- Quarterfinals
- Surface
- Hard
- Date & time
- October 23 · 12:00 AM ET
Chak Pong Marco Lam and Jay Friend meet next at the Guangzhou Challenger on October 23 on hard.
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Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Pong Marco Lam | Friend | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Chak Pong Marco Lam | Jay Friend | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 68% | 26/38 | 64% | 21/33 |
| Wins a set when losing | 50% | 13/26 | 44% | 8/18 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 39% | 25/64 | 39% | 20/51 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 9% | 1/11 | 38% | 11/29 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 67% | 4/6 | 67% | 4/6 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 70% | 19/27 | 62% | 16/26 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 82% | 32/39 | 87% | 26/30 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 67% | 26/39 | 70% | 21/30 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record.
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Lam
🤖 Servebot
Friend
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
🤖 Servebot vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (51% vs 49%, 4,846 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
First career meeting
Lam and Friend have never faced each other on tour.
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Lam | Friend | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Chak Pong Marco Lam | Jay Friend | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 18/18 | 94% | 15/16 |
| 3 or more | 100% | 18/18 | 81% | 13/16 |
| 5 or more | 100% | 18/18 | 69% | 11/16 |
| 10 or more | 72% | 13/18 | 13% | 2/16 |
| 15 or more | 28% | 5/18 | 6% | 1/16 |
| 20 or more | 11% | 2/18 | 0% | 0/16 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Lam | Friend |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 6–4 | 10–4 |
| Avg odds | 2.40 | 1.65 |
| ROI % | -2.0% | +15.3% |
| Units P/L | -0.20u | +2.14u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Lam | Friend |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 6 | — |
| Distance | 103 mi · 165 km | — |
| Route | CHN | — |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 5 shared opponents, both Lam and Friend posted a 40% win rate.
| Opponent | Lam | Friend |
|---|---|---|
| James McCabe | L 63 46 36 | W 46 76 64 |
| Billy Harris | L 57 63 16 | L 57 46 |
| Spencer Johnson | W 62 64 | L 36 06 |
| J.J. Wolf | L 36 57 | L 36 46 |
| Fajing Sun | W 63 64 | W 62 62 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Kasidit Samrej
Guangzhou Challenger · 2nd Round
Oct 21
Jake Delaney
Guangzhou Challenger · 1st Round
Oct 19
Quentin Halys
Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 1st Round
Oct 7
Lloyd Harris
Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 3rd Round Qualifying
Oct 6
Cruz Hewitt
Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 5
Daniil Medvedev
Hangzhou Open - Hangzhou · Quarterfinals
Sep 27
Adolfo Daniel Vallejo
Hangzhou Open - Hangzhou · 2nd Round
Sep 26
Zhizhen Zhang
Hangzhou Open - Hangzhou · 1st Round
Sep 24
James McCabe
Guangzhou Challenger · 2nd Round
Oct 21
Ognjen Milic
Guangzhou Challenger · 1st Round
Oct 20
Aleksandr Shevchenko
Jinan Challenger · 2nd Round
Oct 15
Alibek Kachmazov
Jinan Challenger · 1st Round
Oct 13
Alibek Kachmazov
Wuning 3 Challenger · Final
Oct 11
Keisuke Saitoh
Wuning 3 Challenger · Semifinals
Oct 10
Ryan Seggerman
Wuning 3 Challenger · Quarterfinals
Oct 9
Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong
Wuning 3 Challenger · 2nd Round
Oct 8
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 51–66 matches
| Metric | Lam | Friend |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 58% | 65% |
| Sets won | 56% | 61% |
| Games won | 51% | 53% |