Philip Sekulic and James Kent Trotter will play each other in the semifinal of the Granby Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Philip Sekulic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Philip Sekulic is the pick to win this match.
Philip Sekulic -> 1.8
James Kent Trotter -> 1.96
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Prediction and head to head Philip Sekulic vs. James Kent Trotter
There is no head to head record between Philip Sekulic and James Kent Trotter since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
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, the Australian reached the semifinal after beating Alfredo Perez 6-3 6-4, Colin Sinclair 6-3 6-4, Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-76 7-64 6-1, Denis Kudla 7-5 6-3 and Justin Boulais 6-3 6-2.
In the quarter, Philip had a good straight sets win against Boulais (6-3 6-2). During the match, Sekulic scored 57 points vs Boulais’s 39. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sekulic recorded 4 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Philip Sekulic was quite efficient on serve to win 87% (26/30) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Boulais 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Philip started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Sekulic has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 60% of his matches (65-43). 22-11 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sekulic has a compiled51-32 match record in the last 5 years on hard.
Sekulic’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Swan Hill and M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat.
Sekulic has an overall 26-14 win-loss record in 2023, 22-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Granby Challenger
Sekulic has never competed in this tournament before.
James Kent Trotter
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-11 | 4-5 | 1-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-13 | 15-10 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-11 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 579, the Japanese got to the semifinal after beating Strong Kirchheimer 7-65 6-4, Ezekiel Clark 7-5 6-4, Nathan Ponwith 6-3 7-61, Thanasi Kokkinakis 7-65 2-0 ret. and James McCabe 7-68 6-2.
In the quarter, Kent had a good straight sets win against McCabe (7-68 6-2). During the match Kent scored 75 points vs McCabe’s 64. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Kent managed to score 7 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, James Kent Trotter was very efficient on serve to win 72% (31/43) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Japanese broke McCabe 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.
James’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Wichita.
The Japanese has a composed 9-2 win-loss record in 2023, 9-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sekulic | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 11 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 109 | 103 |
| Pts | 404-328 | 374-320 |
| Total Points | 732 | 694 |
| Winners | 165 | 171 |
| %Winners | 41% | 46% |
Both Sekulic and Kent played 5 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Philip Sekulic surrendered 1 set while James Kent Trotter hasn’t conceded a set so far. Talking about their workload, Sekulic and Kent have played the same amount of sets 11. However, Sekulic played 6 games more than Kent. Sekulic scored 165 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, James managed to score 171 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sekulic | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 25 | 58 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 11.6 |
| 1st in | 215/361 | 218/371 |
| %1st in | 60% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 165/215 | 171/218 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 83/146 | 71/153 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 46% |
Sekulic scored 25 aces (5 per match). Kent scored 58 aces (11.6 per match). Sekulic won 77% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Kent won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sekulic | Kent |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 12 |
| Converted | 13/35 | 12/30 |
| % Converted | 37% | 40% |
| Conceded | 19 | 35 |
| Saved | 17 | 30 |
| % Saved | 89% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
The Australian broke his opponents 13 times with a 37% conversion rate. Philip dropped his serve twice and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. James broke his opponents 12 times with a 40% conversion rate. Kent conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sekulic | |||||||
| Q1 Perez |
Q3 Sinclair |
R1 Uchiyama |
R2 Kudla |
1/4 Boulais |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-76 7-64 6-1 | 7-5 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 33 | 21 | 17 | 109 | |
| pts | 78-65 | 67-52 | 127-111 | 75-61 | 57-39 | 404-328 | |
| Total points | 143 | 119 | 238 | 136 | 96 | 732 | |
| Winners | 29 | 33 | 46 | 31 | 26 | 165 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 49% | 36% | 41% | 46% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 38/63 | 38/61 | 63/122 | 46/66 | 30/49 | 215/361 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 62% | 52% | 70% | 61% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 33/38 | 46/63 | 31/46 | 26/30 | 165/215 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 87% | 73% | 67% | 87% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 11/23 | 33/59 | 13/20 | 11/19 | 83/146 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 48% | 56% | 65% | 58% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 2/11 | 2/3 | 3/11 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 13/35 | |
| Converted % | 18% | 67% | 27% | 60% | 60% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 19 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 2/2 | 6/7 | 4/5 | 0/0 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 86% | 80% | – | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Kent | |||||||
| Q1 Kirchheimer |
Q3 Clark |
R1 Ponwith |
R2 Kokkinakis |
1/4 McCabe |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | 7-5 6-4 | 6-3 7-61 | 7-65 2-0 ret. | 7-68 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 103 | |
| pts | 91-85 | 77-64 | 78-67 | 53-40 | 75-64 | 374-320 | |
| Total points | 176 | 141 | 145 | 93 | 139 | 694 | |
| Winners | 46 | 33 | 40 | 21 | 31 | 171 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 43% | 51% | 40% | 41% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 15 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 58 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | |
| 1st in | 61/104 | 43/77 | 48/83 | 23/38 | 43/69 | 218/371 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 56% | 58% | 61% | 62% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 46/61 | 33/43 | 40/48 | 21/23 | 31/43 | 171/218 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 77% | 83% | 91% | 72% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/43 | 18/34 | 11/35 | 9/15 | 14/26 | 71/153 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 53% | 31% | 60% | 54% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 1/5 | 3/6 | 3/5 | 1/6 | 4/8 | 12/30 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 50% | 60% | 17% | 50% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 35 | |
| Saved | 11/11 | 4/5 | 9/11 | 0/0 | 6/8 | 30 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 80% | 82% | – | 75% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLWWLWLL Tennis Scores in Granby Challenger
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – James McCabeMcCabe (7-68 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Philip SekulicSekulic – Justin BoulaisBoulais (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Christian Harrison/Mikelis LibietisHarrison/Mikelis Libietis – Colin Sinclair/Dane SweenySinclair/Dane Sweeny (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
