Denis Kudla and Philip Sekulic will face off in the 2nd round of the Granby Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on COURT 4. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Kudla who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Denis Kudla is the pick to win this match.
Denis Kudla -> 1.27
Philip Sekulic -> 3.5
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Philip Sekulic
There is no head to head record between Denis Kudla and Philip Sekulic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Denis Kudla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-11 | 5-3 | 4-5 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 13-17 | 1-3 | 11-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-33 | 21-19 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-27 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 12-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-9 | 13-6 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 165, Kudla got to the 2nd round after defeating Hiroki Moriya 6-4 5-7 6-2.
In the 1st round, Kudla defeated Moriya (6-4 5-7 6-2). During the match, Kudla scored 101 points vs Moriya’s 88. Denis was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kudla fired 5 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Denis Kudla was extremely efficient on serve to win 72% (38/53) of his 1st serve and 65% (24/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Moriya 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Kudla has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (332-260). 11-10 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kudla has a composed 163-132 record in the last years on hard.
The American has a compiled 18-18 win-loss record in 2023, 11-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Granby Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Philip Sekulic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-15 | 14-12 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 477, Sekulic reached the 2nd round after beating Alfredo Perez 6-3 6-4, Colin Sinclair 6-3 6-4 and Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-76 7-64 6-1.
In the 1st round against Uchiyama, Philip recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 7-64 6-1). During the match Sekulic scored 127 points vs Uchiyama’s 111. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 46 winners.
About the serving games, Sekulic made 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Philip Sekulic was pretty effective on serve to win 73% (46/63) of his 1st serve and 56% (33/59) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Sekulic broke Uchiyama 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Philip’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Swan Hill and M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat.
Sekulic has an aggregate 24-14 win-loss record in 2023, 20-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kudla | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 71 |
| Pts | 101-88 | 272-228 |
| Total Points | 189 | 500 |
| Winners | 38 | 108 |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% |
Kudla played 1 match while Sekulic competed in 3 matches. Sekulic started his run from the qualifications while Kudla had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Denis Kudla conceded 1 set, while Philip Sekulic surrendered 1 set. Kudla has played 4 set(s) less than Sekulic (3 vs 7). Therefore, Kudla played 41 games less than Sekulic. Denis scored 38 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Sekulic struck 108 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudla | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 53/90 | 139/246 |
| %1st in | 59% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 108/139 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 24/37 | 59/107 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 55% |
Kudla struck 5 aces . Sekulic fired 16 aces (5.3 per match). Kudla won 72% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Sekulic won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kudla | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 7 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 7/25 |
| % Converted | 38% | 28% |
| Conceded | 5 | 14 |
| Saved | 4 | 13 |
| % Saved | 80% | 93% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Denis broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Philip broke his opponents 7 times with a 28% conversion rate. Philip conceded his serve once and he saved 93% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kudla | |||
| R1 Moriya |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 5-7 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 101-88 | 101-88 | |
| Total points | 189 | 189 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 53/90 | 53/90 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 38/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/37 | 24/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Sekulic | |||||
| Q1 Perez |
Q3 Sinclair |
R1 Uchiyama |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-76 7-64 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 33 | 71 | |
| pts | 78-65 | 67-52 | 127-111 | 272-228 | |
| Total points | 143 | 119 | 238 | 500 | |
| Winners | 29 | 33 | 46 | 108 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 49% | 36% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 38/63 | 38/61 | 63/122 | 139/246 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 62% | 52% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 33/38 | 46/63 | 108/139 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 87% | 73% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 11/23 | 33/59 | 59/107 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 48% | 56% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/11 | 2/3 | 3/11 | 7/25 | |
| Converted % | 18% | 67% | 27% | 28% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 2/2 | 6/7 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 86% | 286% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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