Philip Sekulic and Justin Roberts will face off in the qualifications of the Lexington Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on STADIUM 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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 -> 1.152
Justin Roberts -> 4.9
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Prediction and head to head Philip Sekulic vs. Justin Roberts
There is no head to head record between Philip Sekulic and Justin Roberts since this will be the first time that they will square off 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. 340 (career-high), the Australian reached the qualifications after beating Kousuke Ogura w/o.
In the qualifications, Philip defeated Ogura (w/o). During the match, Sekulic and Ogura scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 340 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Australian was not very aggressive to strike just winners.
Talking about the service games, Sekulic was unable to score even 1 ace and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Philip Sekulic conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (0) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (0) on the 2nd serve.
Sekulic has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 60% of his matches (67-45). 24-13 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sekulic has an overall53-34 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.
The Australian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Swan Hill,M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat and the Granby Challenger.
The Australian has a composed 28-16 win-loss record in 2023, 24-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lexington Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Justin Roberts
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-11 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-24 | 9-11 | 10-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-15 | 2-7 | 15-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-12 | 11-9 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-7 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 870, Justin reached the qualifications after beating Ramkumar Ramanathan 7-65 7-63.
In the qualifications, The Bahamian had a good straight sets win against Ramanathan (7-65 7-63). During the match Roberts scored 97 points vs Ramanathan’s 93. Roberts was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Roberts bagged 12 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Justin Roberts was very efficient on serve to win 78% (42/54) of his 1st serve and 51% (19/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Justin broke Ramanathan once after converting 9% of his break points (1/11).
The Bahamian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Santo Domingo.
The Bahamian has a composed 11-12 win-loss record in 2023, 8-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
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