Philip Sekulic and Egor Gerasimov will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. 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 Egor Gerasimov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Egor Gerasimov is the pick to win this match.
Egor Gerasimov -> 1.87
Philip Sekulic -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Philip Sekulic vs. Egor Gerasimov
There is no head to head record between Philip Sekulic and Egor Gerasimov since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Philip Sekulic
11 - 13win/loss
295
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. 262 (career-high), the Australian got to the qualifications after beating Andrew Fenty 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications, Sekulic had a good straight sets win against Fenty (6-4 6-1). During the match, Sekulic scored 75 points vs Fenty’s 55. Sekulic was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sekulic struck 4 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Philip Sekulic lost the serve twice and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Sekulic put 51% of his first serves in, winning 67% (26/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (18/37) on the 2nd serve. Sekulic broke Fenty 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Sekulic has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 55% of his matches (87-70). 11-10 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sekulic has a compiled73-55 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
Philip has a compiled 11-13 win-loss record in 2024, 11-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
Sekulic has never competed in this tournament before.
Egor Gerasimov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-32 | 16-17 | 0-3 | 13-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-25 | 18-15 | 1-3 | 7-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-16 | 8-10 | 7-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-32 | 5-10 | 2-8 | 14-11 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-15 | 6-6 | 1-3 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 332, Egor reached the qualifications after beating Federico Bondioli 6-2 7-67.
In the qualifications, The Belarussian had a good straight sets win against Bondioli (6-2 7-67). During the match Gerasimov scored 69 points vs Bondioli’s 57. Egor was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Gerasimov bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Egor Gerasimov was very efficient on serve to win 83% (29/35) of his 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Belarussian broke Bondioli twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
The Belarussian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Oeiras 1 Challenger.
The Belarussian has an overall 14-12 win-loss record in 2024, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sekulic | Gerasimov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 |
| Pts | 75-55 | 69-57 |
| Total Points | 130 | 126 |
| Winners | 26 | 29 |
| %Winners | 35% | 42% |
Both Sekulic and Gerasimov played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sekulic and Gerasimov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sekulic played 4 games less than Gerasimov. The Australian scored 26 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Gerasimov recorded 29 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sekulic | Gerasimov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 39/76 | 35/64 |
| %1st in | 51% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 26/39 | 29/35 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 18/37 | 19/29 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 66% |
Sekulic recorded 4 aces . Gerasimov recorded 2 aces . Sekulic won 67% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Gerasimov won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sekulic | Gerasimov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 2/3 |
| % Converted | 50% | 67% |
| Conceded | 13 | 2 |
| Saved | 11 | 2 |
| % Saved | 85% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Sekulic broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Sekulic dropped his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded. The Belarussian broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. The Belarussian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Sekulic | |||
| Q1 Fenty |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 75-55 | 75-55 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 39/76 | 39/76 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 26/39 | 26/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/37 | 18/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 11/13 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 85% | 85% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Gerasimov | |||
| Q1 Bondioli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 69-57 | 69-57 | |
| Total points | 126 | 126 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 35/64 | 35/64 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 29/35 | 29/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/29 | 19/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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