H2H, prediction of Philip Sekulic vs Evgeny Donskoy in New Delhi Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 29th February 2024

PREVIEW. New Delhi Challenger. Sekulic and Donskoy will face off in the 2nd round of the New Delhi Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Thursday the 29th of February

Prediction and head to head Philip Sekulic vs. Evgeny Donskoy

Philip Sekulic and Evgeny Donskoy will square off in the 2nd round of the New Delhi Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. 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.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Philip Sekulic is the pick to win this match.
Philip Sekulic -> 1.54
Evgeny Donskoy -> 2.375

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Prediction and head to head Philip Sekulic vs. Evgeny Donskoy

This will be the 2nd time that Philip Sekulic and Evgeny Donskoy play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sekulic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Sekulic won 6-2 4-6 6-2 in the qualifications in Chengdu back in 2023.

Philip Sekulic

Philip Sekulic
Philip Sekulic

6 - 6win/loss

Hard
6-6
I Hard
0-0
Rank
295
High
225
LWWWLWWWLW
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. 265 (career-high), the Australian reached the 2nd round after beating Vadym Ursu 6-3 6-2, Yusuke Takahashi 6-1 7-5 and Tung-Lin Wu 6-3 6-3.

In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Wu (6-3 6-3). During the match, Sekulic scored 61 points vs Wu’s 43. Philip was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sekulic fired 5 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Philip Sekulic was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 73% (11/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Wu 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Sekulic has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 57% of his matches (82-63). 6-6 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Sekulic has a compiled68-51 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.

Philip has a composed 6-6 win-loss record in 2024, 6-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the New Delhi Challenger

Sekulic has never competed in this tournament before.

Sekulic
New Delhi Challenger
Sekulic's Record

Evgeny Donskoy

Evgeny Donskoy
Evgeny Donskoy

5 - 6win/loss

Hard
5-6
I Hard
0-0
Rank
527
High
65
LWWLWLLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 23-20 23-20 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 48-31 39-17 3-4 6-9 0-1 0-0
2022 18-22 6-12 4-7 8-2 0-0 0-1
2021 19-28 8-8 2-7 7-9 2-4 0-0
2020 10-16 7-9 0-3 1-3 0-0 2-1

Ranked no. 274, Evgeny got to the 2nd round after beating Oliver Crawford 6-2 2-6 6-2.

In the 1st round, The Russian defeated Crawford (6-2 2-6 6-2). During the match Donskoy scored 83 points vs Crawford’s 71. Evgeny was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, Donskoy recorded 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Evgeny Donskoy lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Donskoy put 62% of his first serves in, winning 63% (35/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (21/34) on the 2nd serve. The Russian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Crawford 4 times.

The Russian has an aggregate 5-6 win-loss record in 2024, 5-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Donskoy
New Delhi Challenger
Donskoy's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

P.Sekulic
E.Donskoy
!
4h:45
4h:45
Time on court​
1h:57
1h:57
1h:41
1h:41
Last match​
1h:57
1h:57
!
3
3
Match played
1
1
54
54
Games Played​
24
24
6
6
Set played​​
3
3
190
190
Total points​
83
83
63.3
63.3
Avg point​
83
83
67
67
Winners
35
35
22.3
22.3
Avg Winners​
35
35
35%
35%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
6
6
3.3
3.3
Avg Aces
6
6
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
0.3
0.3
Avg Double Faults
1
1
67/91
67/91
1st won total​
35/56
35/56
!
74%
74%
1st won %
63%
63%
36/62
36/62
2nd won total​
21/34
21/34
58%
58%
2nd won %
!
62%
62%
-- Break Points --
15/25
15/25
BP won
4/4
4/4
5/8.3
5/8.3
Avg BP won
4/4
4/4
!
60%
60%
Won
!
100%
100%
11
11
Conceded
9
9
3.7
3.7
Avg Conceded
9
9
5
5
Broken
2
2
1.7
1.7
Avg Broken
2
2
6
6
Saved
7
7

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sekulic Donskoy
Match played 3 1
Tot Set 6 3
Tot Games 54 24
Pts 190-130 83-71
Total Points 320 154
Winners 67 35
%Winners 35% 42%

Sekulic played 3 matches while Donskoy competed in 1 match. Sekulic started his run from the qualifications while Donskoy had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Evgeny Donskoy lost 1 set while Philip Sekulic hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Sekulic has played 3 sets more than Donskoy (6 vs 3). Therefore, Sekulic played 30 games more than Donskoy. Philip scored 67 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Evgeny scored 35 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sekulic Donskoy
Aces 10 6
Avg per match 3.3 6
1st in 91/153 56/90
%1st in 59% 62%
1st pts 67/91 35/56
%1st pts 74% 63%
2nd pts 36/62 21/34
%2nd pts 58% 62%

Sekulic managed to score 10 aces (3.3 per match). Donskoy struck 6 aces . Sekulic won 74% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Donskoy won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Sekulic Donskoy
Won 15 4
Converted 15/25 4/4
% Converted 60% 100%
Conceded 11 9
Saved 6 7
% Saved 55% 78%
Times Broken 5 2

Sekulic broke his opponents 15 times with a 60% conversion rate. Philip surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. Evgeny broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Evgeny conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

Sekulic
Q1
Ursu
Q3
Takahashi
R1
Wu
Total
Score 6-3 6-2 6-1 7-5 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 17 19 18 54
pts 64-42 65-45 61-43 190-130
Total points 106 110 104 320
Winners 21 20 26 67
%Winners 33% 31% 43% 35%
SERVE
Aces 4 1 5 10
Double Faults 0 1 0 1
1st in 34/50 25/56 32/47 91/153
% 1st in 68% 45% 68% 59%
1st pts 21/34 20/25 26/32 67/91
% 1st pts 62% 80% 81% 74%
2nd pts 10/16 15/31 11/15 36/62
% 2nd pts 63% 48% 73% 58%
Breaks
Won 6 6 3 15
Converted 6/10 6/9 3/6 15/25
Converted % 60% 67% 50% 60%
Conceded 5 6 0 11
Saved 3/5 3/6 0/0 6
Saved % 60% 50% 37%
Times Broken 2 3 0 5
Donskoy
R1
Crawford
Total
Score 6-2 2-6 6-2
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 24 24
pts 83-71 83-71
Total points 154 154
Winners 35 35
%Winners 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 56/90 56/90
% 1st in 62% 62%
1st pts 35/56 35/56
% 1st pts 63% 63%
2nd pts 21/34 21/34
% 2nd pts 62% 62%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/4 4/4
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 9 9
Saved 7/9 7
Saved % 78% 26%
Times Broken 2 2

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Sekulic
LWWWLWWWLW
Donskoy
LWWLWLLWLL
2024 2023 2022
35 - 31
23 - 20
34-26
Hard
23-20
1-1
I Hard
0-0

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