Philip Sekulic and Geoffrey Blancaneaux will fight against each other in the quarter of the New Delhi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Geoffrey Blancaneaux who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Geoffrey Blancaneaux is the pick to win this match.
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 1.68
Philip Sekulic -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Philip Sekulic vs. Geoffrey Blancaneaux
There is no head to head record between Philip Sekulic and Geoffrey Blancaneaux 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. 265 (career-high), Sekulic got to the quarter after beating Vadym Ursu 6-3 6-2, Yusuke Takahashi 6-1 7-5, Tung-Lin Wu 6-3 6-3 and Evgeny Donskoy 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Donskoy (6-3 6-2). During the match, Sekulic scored 66 points vs Donskoy’s 47. Sekulic was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sekulic blasted 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Philip Sekulic conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Sekulic put 63% of his first serves in, winning 85% (29/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Donskoy 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 59% of the points he played.
Sekulic has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 57% of his matches (83-63). 7-6 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Sekulic has a composed69-51 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
Sekulic has an aggregate 7-6 win-loss record in 2024, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the New Delhi Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-33 | 6-5 | 13-19 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-37 | 7-10 | 14-18 | 8-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-38 | 17-10 | 14-15 | 8-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-31 | 8-6 | 17-19 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 23-17 | 11-3 | 5-9 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 277, Geoffrey got to the quarter after beating Moez Echargui 6-3 2-6 6-3 and Adam Walton 6-3 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Geoffrey had a good straight sets win against Walton (6-3 6-0). During the match Blancaneaux scored 58 points vs Walton’s 33. Blancaneaux was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Blancaneaux scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Geoffrey Blancaneaux was quite effective on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Walton 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Blancaneaux has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The French player has a compiled 3-6 win-loss record in 2024, 3-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sekulic | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 71 | 41 |
| Pts | 256-177 | 145-116 |
| Total Points | 433 | 261 |
| Winners | 96 | 56 |
| %Winners | 38% | 39% |
Sekulic played 4 matches while Blancaneaux competed in 2 matches. Sekulic started his run from the qualifications while Blancaneaux had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Geoffrey Blancaneaux lost 1 set while Philip Sekulic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Sekulic has played 3 sets more than Blancaneaux (8 vs 5). Therefore, Sekulic played 30 games more than Blancaneaux. Sekulic scored 96 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Blancaneaux made 56 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sekulic | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 4.3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 125/207 | 80/141 |
| %1st in | 60% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 96/125 | 56/80 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 46/82 | 23/61 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 38% |
Sekulic managed to score 17 aces (4.3 per match). Blancaneaux struck 6 aces (3 per match). Sekulic won 77% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Blancaneaux won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sekulic | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 18 | 12 |
| Converted | 18/33 | 12/20 |
| % Converted | 55% | 60% |
| Conceded | 13 | 17 |
| Saved | 8 | 10 |
| % Saved | 62% | 59% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 7 |
Philip broke his opponents 18 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Australian dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded. Blancaneaux broke his opponents 12 times with a 60% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sekulic | ||||||
| Q1 Ursu |
Q3 Takahashi |
R1 Wu |
R2 Donskoy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-1 7-5 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 71 | |
| pts | 64-42 | 65-45 | 61-43 | 66-47 | 256-177 | |
| Total points | 106 | 110 | 104 | 113 | 433 | |
| Winners | 21 | 20 | 26 | 29 | 96 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 31% | 43% | 44% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 34/50 | 25/56 | 32/47 | 34/54 | 125/207 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 45% | 68% | 63% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 21/34 | 20/25 | 26/32 | 29/34 | 96/125 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 80% | 81% | 85% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 15/31 | 11/15 | 10/20 | 46/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 48% | 73% | 50% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/9 | 3/6 | 3/8 | 18/33 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 67% | 50% | 38% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3/6 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 50% | – | 100% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Blancaneaux | ||||||
| R1 Echargui |
R2 Walton |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 2-6 6-3 | 6-3 6-0 | ||||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Tot Games | 26 | 15 | 41 | |||
| pts | 87-83 | 58-33 | 145-116 | |||
| Total points | 170 | 91 | 261 | |||
| Winners | 33 | 23 | 56 | |||
| %Winners | 38% | 40% | 39% | |||
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Double Faults | 9 | 2 | 11 | |||
| 1st in | 51/94 | 29/47 | 80/141 | |||
| % 1st in | 54% | 62% | 57% | |||
| 1st pts | 33/51 | 23/29 | 56/80 | |||
| % 1st pts | 65% | 79% | 70% | |||
| 2nd pts | 11/43 | 12/18 | 23/61 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 26% | 67% | 38% | |||
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 8 | 4 | 12 | |||
| Converted | 8/13 | 4/7 | 12/20 | |||
| Converted % | 62% | 57% | 60% | |||
| Conceded | 16 | 1 | 17 | |||
| Saved | 9/16 | 1/1 | 10 | |||
| Saved % | 56% | 100% | 39% | |||
| Times Broken | 7 | 0 | 7 | |||
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