Philip Sekulic and Matthew Christopher Romios will face off in the 1st round of the Burnie Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 4. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Philip Sekulic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Philip Sekulic is the pick to win this match.
Philip Sekulic -> 1.156
Matthew Christopher Romios -> 4.8
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Prediction and head to head Philip Sekulic vs. Matthew Christopher Romios
There is no head to head record between Philip Sekulic and Matthew Christopher Romios since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Philip Sekulic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 580, Sekulic will start his run in the Burnie Challenger after he played his last match at the Australian Open where he lost 6-4 6-2 to Watanuki in the qualifications on the 10th of January.
The Australian has an overall 0-2 win-loss record in 2023, 0-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Sekulic has an overall 39-31 record. He has a positive 29-23 record on hard.
Previously in the Burnie Challenger
Philip has never competed in this tournament before.
Matthew Christopher Romios
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-7 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 12-14 | 8-8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 7-16 | 6-10 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-16 | 3-7 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 889, the Australian reached the 1st round after defeating Thomas Braithwaite 3-6 6-3 6-2 and Calum Puttergill 6-2 7-64.
In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Puttergill (6-2 7-64). During the match Christopher scored 76 points vs Puttergill’s 59. Matthew was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Christopher managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Matthew Christopher Romios lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Christopher put 64% of his first serves in, winning 71% (32/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. Christopher was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Puttergill 5 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Matthew started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Australian has a composed 2-0 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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