Bu Yunchaokete and Philip Sekulic will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Granby Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Bu Yunchaokete who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Bu Yunchaokete is the pick to win this match.
Bu Yunchaokete -> 1.72
Philip Sekulic -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Bu Yunchaokete vs. Philip Sekulic
This will be the 2nd time that Bu Yunchaokete and Philip Sekulic square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Yunchaokete (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Yunchaokete won 7-5 1-6 6-4 in the semifinal in the Wuxi Challenger back in May 2024.
Bu Yunchaokete
26 - 14win/loss
66
66
LWLWWLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51-27 | 40-14 | 3-2 | 7-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-23 | 27-15 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 87-28 | 84-24 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2021 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 174, the Chinese reached the 2nd round after beating Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez 7-6(6) 7-5.
In the 1st round, Yunchaokete had a good straight sets win against Pacheco Mendez (7-66 7-5). During the match, Yunchaokete scored 88 points vs Pacheco Mendez’s 82. Yunchaokete was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Yunchaokete scored 12 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Bu Yunchaokete was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (35/49) of his 1st serve and 59% (23/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Yunchaokete broke Pacheco Mendez twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Yunchaokete has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 68% of his matches (150-69). 20-7 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Yunchaokete has a composed132-48 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Wuxi Challenger where he overcame Egor Gerasimov in the final 6-4 6-1.
The Chinese has a compiled 25-14 win-loss record in 2024, 20-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Granby Challenger
Bu has never competed in this tournament before.
Philip Sekulic
21 - 21win/loss
342
225
LWWWLWLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-30 | 31-25 | 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. 225 (career-high), the Australian got to the 2nd round after defeating Kaichi Uchida 6-3 6-7(2) 6-1 and Bu Yunchaokete .
In the 1st round, The Australian defeated Uchida (6-3 6-72 6-1). During the match Sekulic scored 101 points vs Uchida’s 79. Philip was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Sekulic scored 14 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Philip Sekulic lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Sekulic put 54% of his first serves in, winning 84% (42/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (21/43) on the 2nd serve. Sekulic broke Uchida 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
The Australian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Wuxi Challenger and the Kachreti Challenger.
The Australian has an aggregate 21-20 win-loss record in 2024, 21-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Granby Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Yunchaokete | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 29 |
| Pts | 88-82 | 101-79 |
| Total Points | 170 | 180 |
| Winners | 35 | 42 |
| %Winners | 40% | 42% |
Both Yunchaokete and Sekulic played 1 match. At the moment, Philip Sekulic dropped 1 set while Bu Yunchaokete hasn’t conceded a set so far. Yunchaokete has played 1 set(s) less than Sekulic (2 vs 3). Therefore, Yunchaokete played 4 games less than Sekulic. The Chinese scored 35 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian made 42 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Yunchaokete | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 14 |
| 1st in | 49/88 | 50/93 |
| %1st in | 56% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 35/49 | 42/50 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 23/39 | 21/43 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 49% |
Yunchaokete recorded 12 aces . Sekulic recorded 14 aces . Yunchaokete won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Sekulic won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Yunchaokete | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 5 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 5/6 |
| % Converted | 29% | 83% |
| Conceded | 6 | 10 |
| Saved | 5 | 8 |
| % Saved | 83% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Chinese broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Yunchaokete conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Philip conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Yunchaokete | |||
| R1 Pacheco |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 88-82 | 88-82 | |
| Total points | 170 | 170 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 49/88 | 49/88 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 35/49 | 35/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/39 | 23/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Sekulic | |||
| R1 Uchida |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-72 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 101-79 | 101-79 | |
| Total points | 180 | 180 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 50/93 | 50/93 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 42/50 | 42/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/43 | 21/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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