Yi Zhou and Philip Sekulic will play each other in the 2nd round of the Zhuhai Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. 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 Philip Sekulic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Philip Sekulic is the pick to win this match.
Philip Sekulic -> 1.3
Yi Zhou -> 3.3
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Prediction and head to head Yi Zhou vs. Philip Sekulic
There is no head to head record between Yi Zhou and Philip Sekulic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Yi Zhou
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-21 | 25-20 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 10-17 | 9-12 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, the Chinese reached the 2nd round after defeating Ajeet Rai 7-5 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Rai (7-5 6-1). During the match, Zhou scored 64 points vs Rai’s 51. Yi was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zhou managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yi Zhou lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Zhou put 55% of his first serves in, winning 84% (26/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Rai 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Zhou has a losing record in the last 2 years having won 48% of his matches (10-11). 8-6 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zhou has an aggregate9-7 record in the last 2 years on hard.
Zhou’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Tianjin.
Zhou has an overall 9-10 win-loss record in 2023, 8-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zhuhai Challenger
Yi 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. 331, Philip reached the 2nd round after defeating Rigele Te 6-3 6-73 6-4.
In the 1st round, Philip defeated Te (6-3 6-73 6-4). During the match Sekulic scored 105 points vs Te’s 91. Sekulic was exceptionally aggressive to blast 47 winners.
About the serving games, Sekulic bagged 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Philip Sekulic was pretty efficient on serve to win 84% (47/56) of his 1st serve and 61% (23/38) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Te twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Sekulic’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Swan Hill,M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat and the Granby Challenger.
Sekulic has a composed 30-18 win-loss record in 2023, 26-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhou | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 32 |
| Pts | 64-51 | 105-91 |
| Total Points | 115 | 196 |
| Winners | 26 | 47 |
| %Winners | 41% | 45% |
Both Zhou and Sekulic played 1 match. At the moment, Philip Sekulic lost 1 set while Yi Zhou hasn’t lost a set so far. Zhou has played 1 set(s) less than Sekulic (2 vs 3). Therefore, Zhou played 13 games less than Sekulic. The Chinese scored 26 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Sekulic scored 47 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhou | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 12 |
| 1st in | 31/56 | 56/94 |
| %1st in | 55% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 26/31 | 47/56 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 23/38 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 61% |
Zhou scored 2 aces . Sekulic made 12 aces . Zhou won 84% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Sekulic won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhou | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 2/10 |
| % Converted | 36% | 20% |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 |
| Saved | 2 | 6 |
| % Saved | 67% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Yi broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Zhou conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Philip broke his opponent twice with a 20% conversion rate. Sekulic was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points.
| Zhou | |||
| R1 Rai |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 64-51 | 64-51 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 31/56 | 31/56 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 26/31 | 26/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 12/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Sekulic | |||
| R1 Te |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-73 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 105-91 | 105-91 | |
| Total points | 196 | 196 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 56/94 | 56/94 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 47/56 | 47/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/38 | 23/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/10 | 2/10 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWLWLWWL Tennis Scores in Zhuhai Challenger
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- Dominik PalanPalan – Shuichi SekiguchiSekiguchi (7-60 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Sergey FominFomin (3-6 6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Hanwen LiLi – James McCabeMcCabe (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis – Xiaofei WangWang (7-64 6-0) – See score progression
- Zhe LiLi – Mikalai HaliakHaliak (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Colin SinclairSinclair – Leo BorgBorg (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Aliaksandr LiaonenkaLiaonenka – Luke SavilleSaville (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Jason JungJung – Yan BaiBai (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Yi ZhouZhou – Ajeet RaiRai (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Luca CastelnuovoCastelnuovo – Evan ZhuZhu (6-74 7-65 7-64) – See score progression
- Alexander ZgirovskyZgirovsky – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (4-6 6-4 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Philip SekulicSekulic – Rigele TeTe (6-3 6-73 6-4) – See score progression
- Robert StrombachsStrombachs – Tao MuMu (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur WeberWeber – Filip PeliwoPeliwo (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Nam Hoang LyHoang Ly (7-64 7-62) – See score progression
- Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Sergey FominFomin (3-6 6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Jason JungJung – Yan BaiBai (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Zhe LiLi – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Richard BerankisBerankis – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Luca CastelnuovoCastelnuovo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fajing SunSun – Jason JungJung (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aliaksandr LiaonenkaLiaonenka – Colin SinclairSinclair (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZgirovskyZgirovsky – Arthur WeberWeber (0-0) – H2H and prediction
