Beibit Zhukayev and Philip Sekulic will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Salinas Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on CANCHA P. SEGURA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Beibit Zhukayev who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Beibit Zhukayev is the pick to win this match.
Beibit Zhukayev -> 1.58
Philip Sekulic -> 2.27
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Prediction and head to head Beibit Zhukayev vs. Philip Sekulic
There is no head to head record between Beibit Zhukayev and Philip Sekulic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Beibit Zhukayev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-25 | 14-16 | 6-4 | 1-1 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-30 | 19-16 | 1-3 | 11-8 | 2-2 | 4-1 |
| 2022 | 43-30 | 33-21 | 1-2 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-21 | 13-10 | 4-9 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 270, Zhukayev reached the 2nd round after defeating Pedro Boscardin Dias 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Zhukayev had a good straight sets win against Boscardin Dias (6-3 6-4). During the match, Zhukayev scored 73 points vs Boscardin Dias’s 60. Zhukayev was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zhukayev managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Beibit Zhukayev conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Zhukayev put 63% of his first serves in, winning 82% (37/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Boscardin Dias twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Zhukayev has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 51% of his matches (122-115). 10-10 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zhukayev has a compiled80-58 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
Beibit’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Trimbach and the Little Rock Challenger.
The Kazakhstani has a compiled 21-22 win-loss record in 2023, 10-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Salinas Challenger
Zhukayev has never competed in this tournament before.
Philip Sekulic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-22 | 22-18 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 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. 340 (career-high), Philip reached the 2nd round after beating Alexander Cozbinov 7-66 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Cozbinov (7-66 6-4). During the match Sekulic scored 73 points vs Cozbinov’s 72. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Sekulic scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Philip Sekulic lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sekulic put 68% of his first serves in, winning 67% (32/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the 2nd serve. Sekulic broke Cozbinov twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Philip’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Swan Hill,M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat and the Granby Challenger.
Sekulic has an overall 28-15 win-loss record in 2023, 24-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhukayev | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 23 |
| Pts | 73-60 | 73-72 |
| Total Points | 133 | 145 |
| Winners | 37 | 32 |
| %Winners | 51% | 44% |
Both Zhukayev and Sekulic played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zhukayev and Sekulic have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Zhukayev played 4 games less than Sekulic. The Kazakhstani scored 37 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Philip recorded 32 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhukayev | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 1 |
| 1st in | 45/71 | 48/71 |
| %1st in | 63% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 37/45 | 32/48 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 15/23 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 65% |
Zhukayev bagged 10 aces . Sekulic struck 1 ace . Zhukayev won 82% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Sekulic won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhukayev | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 2 |
| Converted | 2/9 | 2/5 |
| % Converted | 22% | 40% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Beibit broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. Beibit pretty solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 5 break points. Philip broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Philip conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zhukayev | |||
| R1 Boscardin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 73-60 | 73-60 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 45/71 | 45/71 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 37/45 | 37/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 12/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 2/9 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 22% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Sekulic | |||
| R1 Cozbinov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 73-72 | 73-72 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 48/71 | 48/71 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 32/48 | 32/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 15/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWLWLWWL Tennis Scores in Salinas Challenger
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (6-4 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Andres AndradeAndrade – Alexander BernardBernard (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Tristan BoyerBoyer (7-63 6-75 6-4) – See score progression
- Matija PecoticPecotic – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (7-5 7-67) – See score progression
- Philip SekulicSekulic – Alexander CozbinovCozbinov (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Bernard TomicTomic – Martin DammDamm (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Omar JasikaJasika – Adam WaltonWalton (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Emilio GomezGomez – Gonzalo LamaLama (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Mateus AlvesAlves (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Christian LangmoLangmo (7-66 0-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Dane SweenySweeny – Li TuTu (6-4 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Alex BoltBolt – Angel Diaz JalilDiaz Jalil (7-5 7-62) – See score progression
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Aidan MayoMayo (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Omni KumarKumar (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Philip SekulicSekulic – Alexander CozbinovCozbinov (7-6(6) 6-4) – See score progression
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (6-4 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Emilio GomezGomez – Omar JasikaJasika (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Bernard TomicTomic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex BoltBolt – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Matija PecoticPecotic – Dane SweenySweeny (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andres AndradeAndrade – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
