H2H, prediction of Bu Yunchaokete vs Philip Sekulic in Granby Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 18th July 2024

PREVIEW. Granby Challenger. Yunchaokete and Sekulic will face off in the 2nd round of the Granby Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Thursday the 18th of July

Prediction and head to head Bu Yunchaokete vs. Philip Sekulic

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.

See updated oddsAs 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

Bu Yunchaokete
Bu Yunchaokete

26 - 14win/loss

Hard
21-7
I Hard
1-2
Clay
3-2
Grass
1-3
Rank
72
High
69
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 48-25 40-14 3-2 4-6 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.

Yunchaokete
Granby Challenger
Yunchaokete's Record

Philip Sekulic

Philip Sekulic
Philip Sekulic

21 - 21win/loss

Hard
21-17
I Hard
0-0
Clay
0-3
Grass
0-1
Rank
345
High
225
LWLWLWLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 28-27 28-23 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. 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.

Sekulic
Granby Challenger
Sekulic's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

B.Yunchaokete
P.Sekulic
2h:24
2h:24
Time on court​
2h:13
2h:13
!
2h:24
2h:24
Last match​
!
2h:13
2h:13
1
1
Match played
1
1
25
25
Games Played​
29
29
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
88
88
Total points​
101
101
88
88
Avg point​
101
101
35
35
Winners
42
42
35
35
Avg Winners​
42
42
40%
40%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
12
12
Aces
14
14
!
12
12
Avg Aces
!
14
14
8
8
Double Faults
5
5
!
8
8
Avg Double Faults
5
5
35/49
35/49
1st won total​
42/50
42/50
!
71%
71%
1st won %
!
84%
84%
23/39
23/39
2nd won total​
21/43
21/43
59%
59%
2nd won %
49%
49%
-- Break Points --
2/7
2/7
BP won
5/6
5/6
2/7
2/7
Avg BP won
5/6
5/6
!
29%
29%
Won
!
83%
83%
6
6
Conceded
10
10
6
6
Avg Conceded
10
10
1
1
Broken
2
2
1
1
Avg Broken
2
2
5
5
Saved
8
8

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

Win Loss
Yunchaokete
LWLLWLLWWW
Sekulic
LWLWLWLLWW
2024 2023 2022
47 - 24
28 - 27
40-14
Hard
28-23
3-5
I Hard
0-0
3-2
Clay
0-3
1-3
Grass
0-1

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