Philip Sekulic and Yuta Shimizu will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Phan Thiet 4 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on Court 4. 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 Yuta Shimizu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yuta Shimizu is the pick to win this match.
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.83
Philip Sekulic -> 1.85
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Prediction and head to head Philip Sekulic vs. Yuta Shimizu
This will be the 2nd time that Philip Sekulic and Yuta Shimizu square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sekulic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Sekulic won 6-3 6-1 in the quarter in the Yokkaichi Challenger back in 2024.
Philip Sekulic
23 - 18win/loss
348
225
LWWLWLLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23-18 | 23-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 20-17 | 20-16 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-31 | 34-26 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-28 | 33-24 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-23 | 19-15 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 348, the Australian will start his run in the Phan Thiet 4 Challenger after he played his last match in the Phan Thiet 3 Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Simakin in the quarter on the 11th of September.
Philip has a composed 23-18 win-loss record in 2026, 23-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Sekulic’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Kolkata and M25 Mumbai.
Talking about his overall career, The Australian has an overall 154-123 record. He has a positive 139-104 record on hard.
Previously in the Phan Thiet 4 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2026. See his history.
Yuta Shimizu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22-18 | 22-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 21-25 | 17-18 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-29 | 35-25 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-24 | 35-23 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-23 | 36-21 | 7-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 399, Shimizu will start his run in the Phan Thiet 4 Challenger after he played his last match in the Phan Thiet 3 Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Weber in the semifinal on the 12th of September.
Yuta has a compiled 22-18 win-loss record in 2026, 22-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Shimizu has an overall 300-187 record. He has a positive 242-150 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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- Enzo AguiardAguiard – Masamichi ImamuraImamura (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kenta MiyoshiMiyoshi – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Blake EllisEllis – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Constantin Bittoun KouzmineBittoun Kouzmine – Benjamin O’ConnellO’Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur WeberWeber – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ha Minh Duc VuMinh Duc Vu – Luka PavlovicPavlovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
