Lorenzo Sonego and Philip Sekulic will play each other in the 1^st round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lorenzo Sonego who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Lorenzo Sonego is the pick to win this match.
Lorenzo Sonego -> 1.21
Philip Sekulic -> 4.45

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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Sonego vs. Philip Sekulic

There is no head to head record between Lorenzo Sonego and Philip Sekulic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Lorenzo Sonego

Ranked no. 56, Sonego will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Beijing where he lost 7-5 3-6 6-0 to Humbert in the 1^st round on the 28^th of September.

Lorenzo has an aggregate 23-25 win-loss record in 2023, 8-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Italian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Umag.

Talking about his overall career, Lorenzo has an overall 328-241 record. He has a negative 62-63 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2019. See his history.

Philip Sekulic

Ranked no. 292 (career-high), the Australian got to the 1^st round after beating Kaichi Uchida 6-3 7-6⁵ and Arthur Weber 6-4 6-3.

In the qualifications, Philip had a good straight sets win against Weber (6-4 6-3). During the match Sekulic scored 71 points vs Weber’s 53. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Sekulic scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Philip Sekulic lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Sekulic put 64% of his first serves in, winning 65% (24/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the 2nd serve. Philip broke Weber 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Philip started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.

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 compiled 35-22 win-loss record in 2023, 31-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-7⁶ 6-2 2-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-1 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-4 3-6 7-6²) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-4 7-6⁷) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Thanasi KokkinakisThanasi – Fabio FogniniFabio (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Dane SweenyDane – Taro DanielTaro (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarJaume – Rigele TeRigele (6-2 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Quentin HalysHalys (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Marcos GironGiron – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Fabio FogniniFognini (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Terence AtmaneAtmane (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Richard GasquetGasquet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Sebastian OfnerOfner (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Max PurcellPurcell – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Andy MurrayMurray (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Rigele TeTe (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Casper RuudRuud – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Christian GarinGarin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pavel KotovKotov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jeff WolfWolf – Pedro CachinCachin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dane SweenySweeny – Taro DanielDaniel (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Laslo DjereDjere (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (1-1) – H2H and prediction