Philip Sekulic and Learner Tien will clash against each other in the quarter of the Bloomfield Hills Challenger for the 1^st 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

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)

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In the 2^nd 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

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 2^nd 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

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