Philip Sekulic and Blake Ellis will play each other in the 1st round of the Playford Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Philip Sekulic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Philip Sekulic is the pick to win this match.
Philip Sekulic -> 1.36
Blake Ellis -> 2.96
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Prediction and head to head Philip Sekulic vs. Blake Ellis
There is no head to head record between Philip Sekulic and Blake Ellis since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Philip Sekulic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 286, Sekulic will start his run in the Playford Challenger after he played his last match in Tokyo where he lost 7-6(3) 6-3 to Garin in the qualifications on the 14th of October.
Sekulic has a composed 35-25 win-loss record in 2023, 31-22 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.
Talking about his overall career, Philip has an overall 74-54 record. He has a positive 60-43 record on hard.
Previously in the Playford Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
Blake Ellis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-30 | 41-26 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-29 | 43-25 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-11 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-14 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 11-6 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 397, Blake will start his run in the Playford Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Cairns where he lost 6-4 7-6(4) to Delaney in the semifinal on the 14th of October.
Ellis has an aggregate 43-24 win-loss record in 2023, 36-21 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Australian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Mysuru and M25 Darwin.
In terms of his career, The Australian has an overall 169-128 record. He has a positive 134-109 record on hard.
Previously in the Playford Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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