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Philip Sekulic and Shintaro Imai will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Burnie 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 5. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Philip Sekulic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Philip Sekulic is the pick to win this match.
Philip Sekulic -> 1.49
Shintaro Imai -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Philip Sekulic vs. Shintaro Imai
There is no head to head record between Philip Sekulic and Shintaro Imai since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Philip Sekulic
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 22-22 | 22-18 | 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. 273, Sekulic reached the 2nd round after beating Blake Ellis 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Ellis (6-3 6-4). During the match, Sekulic scored 62 points vs Ellis’s 51. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sekulic blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Philip Sekulic was quite effective on serve to win 73% (24/33) of his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Sekulic broke Ellis 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Sekulic has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 57% of his matches (77-59). 1-2 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sekulic has a compiled63-47 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
Philip has a compiled 1-2 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Burnie 1 Challenger
Shintaro Imai
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 24-12 | 16-9 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
2023 | 5-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 30-14 | 29-13 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 21-19 | 13-18 | 0-0 | 8-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 809, Imai got to the 2nd round after beating Matthew Christopher Romios 7-64 6-1, Brandon Walkin 6-3 6-4 and Kokoro Isomura 2-6 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round against Isomura, Shintaro recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 6-3). During the match Imai scored 86 points vs Isomura’s 76. The Japanese was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Imai bagged 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Shintaro Imai was exceptionally effective on serve to win 77% (34/44) of his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Japanese broke Isomura 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Imai has an aggregate 3-0 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Sekulic | Imai |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 3 |
Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
Tot Games | 19 | 64 |
Pts | 62-51 | 223-173 |
Total Points | 113 | 396 |
Winners | 24 | 87 |
%Winners | 39% | 39% |
Sekulic played 1 match while Imai competed in 3 matches. Imai started his run from the qualifications while Sekulic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Shintaro Imai surrendered 1 set while Philip Sekulic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Sekulic has played 5 set(s) less than Imai (2 vs 7). Therefore, Sekulic played 45 games less than Imai. The Australian scored 24 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese bagged 87 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Sekulic | Imai |
---|---|---|
Aces | 2 | 13 |
Avg per match | 2 | 4.3 |
1st in | 33/57 | 112/195 |
%1st in | 58% | 57% |
1st pts | 24/33 | 87/112 |
%1st pts | 73% | 78% |
2nd pts | 16/24 | 49/83 |
%2nd pts | 67% | 59% |
Sekulic struck 2 aces . Imai bagged 13 aces (4.3 per match). Sekulic won 73% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Imai won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Sekulic | Imai |
---|---|---|
Won | 3 | 9 |
Converted | 3/7 | 9/21 |
% Converted | 43% | 43% |
Conceded | 4 | 6 |
Saved | 3 | 2 |
% Saved | 75% | 33% |
Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Philip conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Imai broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
Sekulic | |||
R1 Ellis |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
pts | 62-51 | 62-51 | |
Total points | 113 | 113 | |
Winners | 24 | 24 | |
%Winners | 39% | 39% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 2 | 2 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 33/57 | 33/57 | |
% 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
1st pts | 24/33 | 24/33 | |
% 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
2nd pts | 16/24 | 16/24 | |
% 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 3 | 3 | |
Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Imai | |||||
Q1 Christopher |
Q3 Walkin |
R1 Isomura |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-64 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | 2-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
Tot Games | 20 | 19 | 25 | 64 | |
pts | 73-49 | 64-48 | 86-76 | 223-173 | |
Total points | 122 | 112 | 162 | 396 | |
Winners | 30 | 23 | 34 | 87 | |
%Winners | 41% | 36% | 40% | 39% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
1st in | 34/60 | 34/58 | 44/77 | 112/195 | |
% 1st in | 57% | 59% | 57% | 57% | |
1st pts | 30/34 | 23/34 | 34/44 | 87/112 | |
% 1st pts | 88% | 68% | 77% | 78% | |
2nd pts | 14/26 | 18/24 | 17/33 | 49/83 | |
% 2nd pts | 54% | 75% | 52% | 59% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Converted | 3/6 | 3/7 | 3/8 | 9/21 | |
Converted % | 50% | 43% | 38% | 43% | |
Conceded | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
Saved | 0/1 | 0/1 | 2/4 | 2 | |
Saved % | 0% | 0% | 50% | 50% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
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