Philip Sekulic and Brandon Holt will face off in the 2nd round of the Wuxi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Brandon Holt who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Brandon Holt is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Holt -> 1.63
Philip Sekulic -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Philip Sekulic vs. Brandon Holt
There is no head to head record between Philip Sekulic and Brandon Holt since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Philip Sekulic
12 - 14win/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. 257 (career-high), Sekulic reached the 2nd round after defeating Li Tu 5-7 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Tu, Philip recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-4). During the match, Sekulic and Tu scored the same amount of points (102). However, the world no. 257 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Sekulic was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sekulic fired 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Philip Sekulic lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Sekulic put 60% of his first serves in, winning 67% (40/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (20/40) on the 2nd serve. Philip broke Tu 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Sekulic has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 55% of his matches (88-71). 12-11 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sekulic has a compiled74-56 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
The Australian has an aggregate 12-14 win-loss record in 2024, 12-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Wuxi Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Brandon Holt
22 - 11win/loss
198
180
LWLWLWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-31 | 37-24 | 1-1 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-24 | 14-16 | 1-2 | 7-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-21 | 48-17 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 262, Brandon got to the 2nd round after defeating Arthur Fery 7-65 6-4.
In the 1st round, Holt had a good straight sets win against Fery (7-65 6-4). During the match Holt scored 80 points vs Fery’s 73. Holt was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Holt bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Brandon Holt lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Holt put 68% of his first serves in, winning 64% (30/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Fery 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Holt’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Indian Wells 1 Challenger and M25 Bakersfield.
The American has a composed 22-11 win-loss record in 2024, 21-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sekulic | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 23 |
| Pts | 102-102 | 80-73 |
| Total Points | 204 | 153 |
| Winners | 40 | 30 |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% |
Both Sekulic and Holt played 1 match. At the moment, Philip Sekulic surrendered 1 set while Brandon Holt hasn’t lost a set so far. Sekulic has played 1 set more than Holt (3 vs 2). Therefore, Sekulic played 9 games more than Holt. Sekulic scored 40 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Holt made 30 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sekulic | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 60/100 | 47/69 |
| %1st in | 60% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 40/60 | 30/47 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 20/40 | 11/22 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 50% |
Sekulic managed to score 3 aces . Holt recorded 2 aces . Sekulic won 67% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Holt won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sekulic | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 63% | 50% |
| Conceded | 12 | 3 |
| Saved | 8 | 0 |
| % Saved | 67% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
The Australian broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Sekulic lost his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Holt broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sekulic | |||
| R1 Tu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 102-102 | 102-102 | |
| Total points | 204 | 204 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 60/100 | 60/100 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 40/60 | 40/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/40 | 20/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 8/12 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Holt | |||
| R1 Fery |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 80-73 | 80-73 | |
| Total points | 153 | 153 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 47/69 | 47/69 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 30/47 | 30/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 11/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWLWLWWL Tennis Scores in Wuxi Challenger
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Fajing SunSun (4-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Yi ZhouZhou (7-66 7-65) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – James McCabeMcCabe (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Moez EcharguiEchargui – Yan BaiBai (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Linang XiaoXiao – Hanwen LiLi (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Alex BoltBolt – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (7-61 7-63) – See score progression
- Jie CuiCui – Mattia BellucciBellucci (2-6 7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Remy BertolaBertola – Maxime CressyCressy (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Omar JasikaJasika (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Philip SekulicSekulic – Li TuTu (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Luke SavilleSaville (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Arthur FeryFery (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Rigele TeTe – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (6-77 7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Yi ZhouZhou (7-6(6) 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Linang XiaoXiao – Hanwen LiLi (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Omar JasikaJasika (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Max PurcellPurcell – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Moez EcharguiEchargui (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Remy BertolaBertola – Rigele TeTe (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon HoltHolt – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – Alex BoltBolt (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Linang XiaoXiao – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Jie CuiCui (0-0) – H2H and prediction
