Denis Yevseyev and Philip Sekulic will square off in the 2nd round of the Shenzhen 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 6. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
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 -> 1.7
Denis Yevseyev -> 2.07
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Prediction and head to head Denis Yevseyev vs. Philip Sekulic
There is no head to head record between Denis Yevseyev and Philip Sekulic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Denis Yevseyev
16 - 11win/loss
204
153
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | 33-35 | 14-14 | 10-11 | 7-8 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
2023 | 50-36 | 23-16 | 16-14 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
2022 | 39-31 | 11-9 | 12-12 | 14-9 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
2021 | 36-30 | 4-5 | 22-15 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 16-14 | 10-9 | 2-1 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 184, Denis reached the 2nd round after beating Altug Celikbilek 3-6 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round against Celikbilek, Yevseyev recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-4). During the match, Yevseyev scored 82 points vs Celikbilek’s 67. The Kazakhstani was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Yevseyev bagged 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Denis Yevseyev was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (29/41) of his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. The Kazakhstani broke Celikbilek 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Yevseyev has good match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (339-256). 9-3 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Yevseyev has a composed 168-114 record in the last years on hard.
Denis’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Tenerife 1 Challenger.
Denis has an overall 16-11 win-loss record in 2024, 9-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger
Philip Sekulic
10 - 12win/loss
342
225
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 29-29 | 28-24 | 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. 262 (career-high), the Australian reached the 2nd round after defeating Federico Cina 6-4 4-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Philip defeated Cina (6-4 4-6 6-4). During the match Sekulic scored 98 points vs Cina’s 90. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Sekulic bagged 11 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Philip Sekulic lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sekulic put 53% of his first serves in, winning 73% (37/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (21/45) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Cina 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
The Australian has an aggregate 10-12 win-loss record in 2024, 10-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Yevseyev | Sekulic |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
Tot Games | 26 | 30 |
Pts | 82-67 | 98-90 |
Total Points | 149 | 188 |
Winners | 29 | 37 |
%Winners | 35% | 38% |
Both Yevseyev and Sekulic played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Denis Yevseyev lost 1 set, while Philip Sekulic dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Yevseyev and Sekulic have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Yevseyev played 4 games less than Sekulic. Denis scored 29 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian struck 37 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Yevseyev | Sekulic |
---|---|---|
Aces | 5 | 11 |
Avg per match | 5 | 11 |
1st in | 41/73 | 51/96 |
%1st in | 56% | 53% |
1st pts | 29/41 | 37/51 |
%1st pts | 71% | 73% |
2nd pts | 17/32 | 21/45 |
%2nd pts | 53% | 47% |
Yevseyev scored 5 aces . Sekulic scored 11 aces . Yevseyev won 71% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Sekulic won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Yevseyev | Sekulic |
---|---|---|
Won | 6 | 6 |
Converted | 6/10 | 6/11 |
% Converted | 60% | 55% |
Conceded | 7 | 11 |
Saved | 3 | 6 |
% Saved | 43% | 55% |
Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
Yevseyev broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Sekulic broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Sekulic conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.
Yevseyev | |||
R1 Celikbilek |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 3-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
pts | 82-67 | 82-67 | |
Total points | 149 | 149 | |
Winners | 29 | 29 | |
%Winners | 35% | 35% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 5 | 5 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
1st in | 41/73 | 41/73 | |
% 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
1st pts | 29/41 | 29/41 | |
% 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
2nd pts | 17/32 | 17/32 | |
% 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 6 | 6 | |
Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Sekulic | |||
R1 Cina |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 4-6 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
pts | 98-90 | 98-90 | |
Total points | 188 | 188 | |
Winners | 37 | 37 | |
%Winners | 38% | 38% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 11 | 11 | |
Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
1st in | 51/96 | 51/96 | |
% 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
1st pts | 37/51 | 37/51 | |
% 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
2nd pts | 21/45 | 21/45 | |
% 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 6 | 6 | |
Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
Saved | 6/11 | 6 | |
Saved % | 55% | 55% | |
Times Broken | 5 | 5 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Shenzhen 1 Challenger
- Arthur FeryFery – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (2-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-0 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Alex BoltBolt – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (2-6 6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Remy BertolaBertola – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (7-66 6-3) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-1 6-71 6-2) – See score progression
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Dane SweenySweeny (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Philip SekulicSekulic – Federico CinaCina (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Yi ZhouZhou (7-5 6-74 6-3) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Luke SavilleSaville (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Mark LajalLajal – Li TuTu (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Rigele TeTe (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Jules MarieMarie – Fajing SunSun (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex BoltBolt – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (2-6 6-3 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Remy BertolaBertola – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (7-6(6) 6-3) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-1 6-7(1) 6-2) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Yi ZhouZhou (7-5 6-7(4) 6-3) – See score progression
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Dane SweenySweeny (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur FeryFery – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (2-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jules MarieMarie – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Remy BertolaBertola – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Alex BoltBolt (1-0) – H2H and prediction