Philip Sekulic and Learner Tien will clash against each other in the quarter of the Bloomfield Hills Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on STADIUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Learner Tien who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Learner Tien is the pick to win this match.
Learner Tien -> 1.43
Philip Sekulic -> 2.64
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Prediction and head to head Philip Sekulic vs. Learner Tien
There is no head to head record between Philip Sekulic and Learner Tien since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Philip Sekulic
19 - 19win/loss
241
238
LWWLLWWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-19 | 19-15 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 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. 241, the Australian reached the quarter after defeating Emilio Nava 6-0 2-6 7-5 and Ethan Quinn 3-6 7-5 7-6(4).
In the 2nd round against Quinn, Sekulic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 7-64).During the match, Sekulic scored less points (7) than Quinn. In fact, the world no. 241 won 115 points vs Quinn’s. That means that Sekulic was more focused during the important points. Sekulic was quite aggressive to blast 55 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sekulic blasted 8 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Philip Sekulic lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Sekulic put 57% of his first serves in, winning 74% (55/74) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (25/55) on the 2nd serve. Philip broke Quinn twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Philip has surrendered 2 set in this competition to conquer 50% of the points he played.
Sekulic has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 56% of his matches (95-75). 19-14 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sekulic has an aggregate81-59 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
Sekulic’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Wuxi Challenger and the Kachreti Challenger.
The Australian has an aggregate 19-18 win-loss record in 2024, 19-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bloomfield Hills Challenger
Sekulic has never competed in this tournament before.
Learner Tien
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-3 | 24-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-10 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 10-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 12-11 | 8-5 | 3-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 342 (career-high), the American reached the quarter after beating James Kent Trotter 4-6 6-3 6-3, Bu Yunchaokete 0-6 7-5 6-0 and Philip Sekulic .
In the 2nd round against Yunchaokete, Tien recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 7-5 6-0). During the match Tien scored 88 points vs Yunchaokete’s 86. Tien was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Tien recorded 6 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Learner Tien lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Tien put 62% of his first serves in, winning 66% (42/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (15/39) on the 2nd serve. Tien broke Yunchaokete 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Learner has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Learner’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 San Diego and M15 Rancho Santa Fe.
Tien has an aggregate 21-3 win-loss record in 2024, 21-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sekulic | Tien |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 60 | 52 |
| Pts | 198-197 | 183-168 |
| Total Points | 395 | 351 |
| Winners | 85 | 71 |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% |
Both Sekulic and Tien played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Philip Sekulic surrendered 2 sets, while Learner Tien dropped 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Sekulic and Tien have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Sekulic played 8 games more than Tien. The Australian scored 85 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Tien struck 71 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sekulic | Tien |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 7.5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 114/205 | 109/181 |
| %1st in | 56% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 85/114 | 71/109 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 45/91 | 29/72 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 40% |
Sekulic bagged 15 aces (7.5 per match). Tien fired 8 aces (4 per match). Sekulic won 75% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Tien won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sekulic | Tien |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 13 |
| Converted | 6/16 | 13/21 |
| % Converted | 38% | 62% |
| Conceded | 14 | 19 |
| Saved | 10 | 9 |
| % Saved | 71% | 47% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 10 |
The Australian broke his opponents 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Australian lost his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Tien broke his opponents 13 times with a 62% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 47% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sekulic | ||||
| R1 Nava |
R2 Quinn |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 2-6 7-5 | 3-6 7-5 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 34 | 60 | |
| pts | 83-75 | 115-122 | 198-197 | |
| Total points | 158 | 237 | 395 | |
| Winners | 30 | 55 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 48% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 40/76 | 74/129 | 114/205 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 57% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 30/40 | 55/74 | 85/114 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 74% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/36 | 25/55 | 45/91 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 45% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 2/4 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 50% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 11 | 14 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 9/11 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 82% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tien | ||||
| R1 Kent |
R2 Yunchaokete |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-3 | 0-6 7-5 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 24 | 52 | |
| pts | 95-82 | 88-86 | 183-168 | |
| Total points | 177 | 174 | 351 | |
| Winners | 29 | 42 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 48% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 45/78 | 64/103 | 109/181 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 62% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 29/45 | 42/64 | 71/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 66% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/33 | 15/39 | 29/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 38% | 40% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 8/14 | 5/7 | 13/21 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 71% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 12 | 19 | |
| Saved | 1/7 | 8/12 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 14% | 67% | 41% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
Head 2 Head
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