Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez and Philip Sekulic will square off in the quarter of the Phan Thiet 4 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:30 pm on Court 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez is the pick to win this match.
Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez -> 1.34
Philip Sekulic -> 2.93
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Prediction and head to head Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez vs. Philip Sekulic
There is no head to head record between Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez and Philip Sekulic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez
29 - 19win/loss
269
196
WWLLWWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29-19 | 21-14 | 7-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 26-34 | 8-12 | 18-21 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-27 | 22-12 | 12-14 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-15 | 6-6 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-9 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 269, the Mexican got to the quarter after defeating Sergio Callejon Hernando 6-3 7-5 and Arthur Weber 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Rodrigo had a good straight sets win against Weber (6-4 6-2). During the match, Pacheco Mendez scored 69 points vs Weber’s 56. Pacheco Mendez was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pacheco Mendez blasted 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Pacheco Mendez put 54% of his first serves in, winning 78% (28/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. The Mexican broke Weber 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rodrigo hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
ATP Phan Thiet 4 Challenger - Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez's projected path
Pacheco Mendez has a winning match record in the last 5 years having won 51% of his matches (109-104). 21-14 on hard in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pacheco Mendez has a composed58-48 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.
Pacheco Mendez’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Xalapa.
Rodrigo has an overall 29-19 win-loss record in 2026, 21-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Phan Thiet 4 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2026. See his history.
Philip Sekulic
25 - 18win/loss
348
225
WWLWWLWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25-18 | 25-17 | 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 reached the quarter after beating Yuta Shimizu 6-2 2-6 7-5 and Kenta Miyoshi 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Miyoshi, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 7-65 6-3). During the match Sekulic scored 109 points vs Miyoshi’s 107. Sekulic was quite aggressive to blast 58 winners.
About the serving games, Sekulic blasted 3 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Overall, Philip Sekulic was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (58/76) of his 1st serve and 51% (23/45) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Miyoshi twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
ATP Phan Thiet 4 Challenger - Philip Sekulic's projected path
Philip’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Kolkata and M25 Mumbai.
Sekulic has an aggregate 25-18 win-loss record in 2026, 25-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pacheco Mendez | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 63 |
| Pts | 145-116 | 195-183 |
| Total Points | 261 | 378 |
| Winners | 56 | 94 |
| %Winners | 39% | 48% |
Both Pacheco Mendez and Sekulic played 2 matches. At the moment, Philip Sekulic dropped 2 sets while Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez hasn’t conceded a set so far. Pacheco Mendez has played 2 set(s) less than Sekulic (4 vs 6). Therefore, Pacheco Mendez played 24 games less than Sekulic. Rodrigo scored 56 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian fired 94 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pacheco Mendez | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 7.5 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 74/134 | 124/200 |
| %1st in | 55% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 56/74 | 94/124 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 30/60 | 38/76 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 50% |
Pacheco Mendez fired 15 aces (7.5 per match). Sekulic made 9 aces (4.5 per match). Pacheco Mendez won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Sekulic won 76% of the points behind 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 | Pacheco Mendez | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 7 |
| Converted | 8/13 | 7/11 |
| % Converted | 62% | 64% |
| Conceded | 13 | 14 |
| Saved | 11 | 9 |
| % Saved | 85% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
The Mexican broke his opponents 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. Rodrigo lost his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded. Philip broke his opponents 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pacheco Mendez | ||||
| R1 Callejon Hernando |
R2 Weber |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 18 | 39 | |
| pts | 76-60 | 69-56 | 145-116 | |
| Total points | 136 | 125 | 261 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 41% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 4 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 38/67 | 36/67 | 74/134 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 54% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 28/38 | 28/36 | 56/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 78% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 14/31 | 30/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 45% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/7 | 8/13 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 57% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 5/6 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 83% | 85% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sekulic | ||||
| R1 Shimizu |
R2 Miyoshi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 2-6 7-5 | 6-75 7-65 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 35 | 63 | |
| pts | 86-76 | 109-107 | 195-183 | |
| Total points | 162 | 216 | 378 | |
| Winners | 36 | 58 | 94 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 53% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | 18 | |
| 1st in | 48/79 | 76/121 | 124/200 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 63% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 36/48 | 58/76 | 94/124 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 23/45 | 38/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 51% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 2/2 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 100% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 5 | 14 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 4/5 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 80% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
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