Aleksandar Kovacevic and Philip Sekulic will square off in the 1st round of the Shenzhen 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aleksandar Kovacevic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Kovacevic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 1.35
Philip Sekulic -> 3
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Philip Sekulic
There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Kovacevic and Philip Sekulic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Aleksandar Kovacevic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-12 | 14-7 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-27 | 34-15 | 0-5 | 7-2 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-31 | 22-18 | 4-4 | 15-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-17 | 11-10 | 2-3 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 146, Kovacevic will start his run in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 6-4 7-6(10) to Garin in the 1st round on the 4th of October.
Aleksandar has an overall 28-24 win-loss record in 2023, 21-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Cleveland Challenger where he beat Yibing Wu in the final 3-6 7-5 7-6(2) and the Waco Challenger where he defeated Alexandre Muller in the final 6-3 4-6 6-2.
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 137-111 record. He has a positive 84-67 record on hard.
Previously in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger
Kovacevic has never competed in this tournament before.
Philip Sekulic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-14 | 11-11 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 298, the Australian will start his run in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 6-3 6-2 to Sonego in the 1st round on the 5th of October.
Sekulic has a compiled 35-23 win-loss record in 2023, 31-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Philip’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Swan Hill,M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat and the Granby Challenger.
In terms of his career, The Australian has an overall 74-52 record. He has a positive 60-41 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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- Jason JungJung – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (6-4 2-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bu YunchaoketeBu – James McCabeJames (3-6 6-3 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- James DuckworthJames – Kaichi UchidaKaichi (6-0 7-6(2)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Jason JungJung (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Terence AtmaneAtmane (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Luke SavilleSaville – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Fabio FogniniFognini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Steven DiezDiez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sheng TangTang – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
