Rio Noguchi and Philip Sekulic will play each other in the 1st round of the Sydney Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 6:00 pm on COURT 5. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rio Noguchi who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rio Noguchi is the pick to win this match.
Rio Noguchi -> 1.29
Philip Sekulic -> 3.32
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Prediction and head to head Rio Noguchi vs. Philip Sekulic
There is no head to head record between Rio Noguchi and Philip Sekulic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Rio Noguchi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-18 | 17-11 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-31 | 12-18 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-22 | 41-10 | 9-9 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-26 | 18-18 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 5-6 | 0-3 | 3-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 202 (career-high), the Japanese will start his run in the Sydney Challenger after he played his last match in the Playford Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-1 to Hijikata in the final on the 30th of October.
The Japanese has a composed 53-18 win-loss record in 2022, 40-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Noguchi’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Harmon,Nova,M25 Sapporo,M25 Kashiwa and the Playford Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Rio has an overall 268-162 record. He has a positive 175-97 record on hard.
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Rio has never competed in this tournament before.
Philip Sekulic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-19 | 19-15 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2021 | 8-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 495, the Australian will start his run in the Sydney Challenger after he played his last match in the Playford Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-2 to Hijikata in the 1st round on the 26th of October.
Philip has a compiled 29-21 win-loss record in 2022, 19-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Sekulic’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Cairns.
In terms of his career, Sekulic has an overall 39-27 record. He has a positive 29-19 record on hard.
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