Hiroki Moriya and Philip Sekulic will play each other in the 2nd round of the Burnie Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 5. 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 Hiroki Moriya who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hiroki Moriya is the pick to win this match.
Hiroki Moriya -> 1.49
Philip Sekulic -> 2.49
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Prediction and head to head Hiroki Moriya vs. Philip Sekulic
There is no head to head record between Hiroki Moriya and Philip Sekulic since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Hiroki Moriya
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 36-31 | 34-27 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
2023 | 31-28 | 31-27 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 27-30 | 18-19 | 0-0 | 7-9 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
2021 | 22-28 | 13-17 | 0-0 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
2020 | 7-15 | 5-5 | 1-2 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 319, Hiroki got to the 2nd round after defeating Daisuke Sumizawa 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Sumizawa (6-3 6-3). During the match, Moriya scored 70 points vs Sumizawa’s 53. Hiroki was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Moriya scored 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Hiroki Moriya lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Moriya put 67% of his first serves in, winning 72% (33/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (8/23) on the 2nd serve. Moriya broke Sumizawa 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Moriya has a negative win-loss record in the last 10 years having won only 47% of his matches (240-272). 1-3 on hard in 2023. . Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Moriya has an overall 177-175 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Hiroki has an aggregate 1-3 win-loss record in 2023, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Burnie Challenger
Philip Sekulic
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 29-29 | 28-24 | 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, Philip got to the 2nd round after defeating Matthew Christopher Romios 7-5 6-1.
In the 1st round, Philip had a good straight sets win against Christopher Romios (7-5 6-1). During the match Sekulic scored 69 points vs Christopher Romios’s 44. Sekulic was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Sekulic blasted 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Philip Sekulic was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (25/35) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Sekulic broke Christopher Romios 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Sekulic has a compiled 1-2 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Moriya | Sekulic |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
Tot Games | 18 | 19 |
Pts | 70-53 | 69-44 |
Total Points | 123 | 113 |
Winners | 33 | 25 |
%Winners | 47% | 36% |
Both Moriya and Sekulic played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Moriya and Sekulic have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Moriya played 1 game less than Sekulic. The Japanese scored 33 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Sekulic managed to score 25 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Moriya | Sekulic |
---|---|---|
Aces | 3 | 2 |
Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
1st in | 46/69 | 35/52 |
%1st in | 67% | 67% |
1st pts | 33/46 | 25/35 |
%1st pts | 72% | 71% |
2nd pts | 8/23 | 10/17 |
%2nd pts | 35% | 59% |
Moriya managed to score 3 aces . Sekulic fired 2 aces . Moriya won 72% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 35% of the points. On the other side, Sekulic won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Moriya | Sekulic |
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Won | 5 | 6 |
Converted | 5/7 | 6/13 |
% Converted | 71% | 46% |
Conceded | 11 | 7 |
Saved | 9 | 4 |
% Saved | 82% | 57% |
Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The Japanese broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Hiroki conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
Moriya | |||
R1 Sumizawa |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
pts | 70-53 | 70-53 | |
Total points | 123 | 123 | |
Winners | 33 | 33 | |
%Winners | 47% | 47% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 3 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
1st in | 46/69 | 46/69 | |
% 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
1st pts | 33/46 | 33/46 | |
% 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
2nd pts | 8/23 | 8/23 | |
% 2nd pts | 35% | 35% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 5 | 5 | |
Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
Saved | 9/11 | 9 | |
Saved % | 82% | 82% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Sekulic | |||
R1 Christopher |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-5 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
pts | 69-44 | 69-44 | |
Total points | 113 | 113 | |
Winners | 25 | 25 | |
%Winners | 36% | 36% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 2 | 2 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
1st in | 35/52 | 35/52 | |
% 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
1st pts | 25/35 | 25/35 | |
% 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
% 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 6 | 6 | |
Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Head 2 Head
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