Yosuke Watanuki and Philip Sekulic will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 2:00 pm on Court 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yosuke Watanuki who should win in 2 sets.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.07
Philip Sekulic -> 7.6
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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Philip Sekulic
There is no head to head record between Yosuke Watanuki and Philip Sekulic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Yosuke Watanuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-24 | 18-18 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 11-11 | 9-8 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-23 | 29-12 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-22 | 19-11 | 6-4 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-17 | 8-9 | 2-3 | 6-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 138 (career-high), Watanuki will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in the Canberra Challenger where he lost 6-2 7-5 to Fucsovics in the semifinal on the 6th of January.
Watanuki has a composed 3-1 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Watanuki’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Canberra Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Watanuki has an overall 179-114 record. He has a positive 106-62 record on hard.
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2019. See his history.
Philip Sekulic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-15 | 18-14 | 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 |
| 2021 | 8-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 544, Philip will start his run at the Melbourne after he played his last match in the Noumea Challenger where he lost 7-6(0) 7-5 to Delaney in the qualifications on the 2nd of January.
Philip has a composed 0-1 win-loss record in 2023, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Philip has an overall 39-30 record. He has a positive 29-22 record on hard.
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.
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