Philip Sekulic and Shintaro Imai will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Burnie 1 Challenger for the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 273, Sekulic reached the 2^nd round after beating Blake Ellis 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 809, Imai got to the 2^nd 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 1^st 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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