Li Tu and Philip Sekulic will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Zhangjiagang Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on COURT 5. 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 Li Tu who should win in 3 sets.
Li Tu -> 1.74
Philip Sekulic -> 2.01
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Prediction and head to head Li Tu vs. Philip Sekulic
This will be the 2nd time that Li Tu and Philip Sekulic square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Tu (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Tu won 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in M25 Canberra back in 2022.
Li Tu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-14 | 14-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-32 | 29-19 | 0-3 | 3-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-25 | 34-16 | 15-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-7 | 28-4 | 0-0 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 255, Tu will start his run in the Zhangjiagang Challenger after he played his last match in the Salinas Challenger where he lost 6-4 4-6 6-2 to Sweeny in the 1st round on the 24th of July.
Tu has a composed 19-19 win-loss record in 2023, 13-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Australian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir.
Talking about his overall career, Li has an overall 110-52 record. He has a positive 75-28 record on hard.
Previously in the Zhangjiagang Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Philip Sekulic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-18 | 17-14 | 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, the Australian will start his run in the Zhangjiagang Challenger after he played his last match in the Zhuhai Challenger where he lost 3-6 7-6(6) 7-6(1) to Zhou in the 2nd round on the 23rd of August.
The Australian has an aggregate 30-19 win-loss record in 2023, 26-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Philip’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Swan Hill,M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat and the Granby Challenger.
In terms of his career, Philip has an overall 69-48 record. He has a positive 55-37 record on hard.
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Evan ZhuZhu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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