Shuichi Sekiguchi and Jie Cui will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Zhangjiagang Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on CENTRAL COURT. 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 Jie Cui who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jie Cui is the pick to win this match.
Jie Cui -> 1.87
Shuichi Sekiguchi -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Shuichi Sekiguchi vs. Jie Cui
There is no head to head record between Shuichi Sekiguchi and Jie Cui since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Shuichi Sekiguchi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 23-14 | 22-13 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-14 | 28-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-9 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-6 | 5-4 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 54-22 | 47-18 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 634, Sekiguchi got to the qualifications after beating Francis Casey Alcantara 7-5 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Casey Alcantara (7-5 6-3). During the match, Sekiguchi scored 77 points vs Casey Alcantara’s 58. Shuichi was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sekiguchi managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Shuichi Sekiguchi lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Sekiguchi put 58% of his first serves in, winning 69% (27/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (18/28) on the 2nd serve. Sekiguchi broke Casey Alcantara 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Sekiguchi has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (268-180). 13-10 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Sekiguchi has a composed 238-144 match record in the last years on hard.
Sekiguchi’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Astana.
The Japanese has an aggregate 14-11 win-loss record in 2023, 13-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zhangjiagang Challenger
Jie Cui
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-27 | 36-26 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-23 | 36-21 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-10 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 759, Jie got to the qualifications after defeating Kaito Uesugi 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Uesugi (6-4 7-5). During the match Cui scored 70 points vs Uesugi’s 59. Cui was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Cui scored 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jie Cui lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Cui put 62% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Uesugi 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
The Chinese’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Tianjin,M25 Anning and M25 Yinchuan.
Cui has an aggregate 32-14 win-loss record in 2023, 28-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sekiguchi | Cui |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 22 |
| Pts | 77-58 | 70-59 |
| Total Points | 135 | 129 |
| Winners | 27 | 26 |
| %Winners | 35% | 37% |
Both Sekiguchi and Cui played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sekiguchi and Cui have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sekiguchi played 1 game less than Cui. The Japanese scored 27 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Cui scored 26 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sekiguchi | Cui |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 4 |
| 1st in | 39/67 | 37/60 |
| %1st in | 58% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 27/39 | 26/37 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 18/28 | 13/23 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 57% |
Sekiguchi recorded 10 aces . Cui struck 4 aces . Sekiguchi won 69% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Cui won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sekiguchi | Cui |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 57% | 80% |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 0 |
| % Saved | 33% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Shuichi broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Shuichi dropped his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Jie broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sekiguchi | |||
| Q1 Casey Alcantara |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 77-58 | 77-58 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 39/67 | 39/67 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 27/39 | 27/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/28 | 18/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Cui | |||
| Q1 Uesugi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 70-59 | 70-59 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 37/60 | 37/60 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 26/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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