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.
As 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
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-30 | 31-25 | 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.
Evgeny Donskoy
| 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).
H2H Performance in the tournament
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 | |||
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