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

Aleksandar Kovacevic

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Rank
60
High
60
LLLWLWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 34-33 13-14 4-7 16-8 1-4 0-0
2024 29-35 20-17 5-8 2-6 2-4 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

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.

Shenzhen 1 Challenger
Kovacevic's Record

Philip Sekulic

Philip Sekulic

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Rank
520
High
225
LWWLWLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 20-17 20-16 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 35-31 34-26 0-3 1-1 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

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)

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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.

Shenzhen 1 Challenger
Sekulic's Record

Tennis Scores in Shenzhen 1 Challenger

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