Philip Sekulic and Kaichi Uchida will square off in the qualifications of the Kobe Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT C. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Philip Sekulic who should win in 3 sets.
Philip Sekulic -> 1.44
Kaichi Uchida -> 2.625
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Prediction and head to head Philip Sekulic vs. Kaichi Uchida
This will be the 3rd time that Philip Sekulic and Kaichi Uchida fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Sekulic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Sekulic won 6-3 6-7(2) 6-1 in the 1st round in the Granby Challenger back in July 2024.
Philip Sekulic
29 - 28win/loss
345
225
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-28 | 28-24 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 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. 345, Sekulic got to the qualifications after defeating Naoya Honda 2-6 6-0 6-3.
In the qualifications against Honda, Sekulic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-0 6-3). During the match, Sekulic scored 86 points vs Honda’s 73. Philip was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sekulic recorded 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Philip Sekulic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Sekulic put 69% of his first serves in, winning 68% (40/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (10/26) on the 2nd serve. The Australian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Honda 5 times.
Sekulic has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 55% of his matches (105-85). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sekulic has a composed1-1 win-loss record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
The Australian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Wuxi Challenger,the Kachreti Challenger and M25 Cairns.
The Australian has a compiled 29-28 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Kaichi Uchida
39 - 28win/loss
374
147
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-28 | 16-21 | 16-6 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-33 | 4-18 | 3-10 | 9-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-34 | 24-23 | 8-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-26 | 27-13 | 6-11 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 10-5 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 374, Uchida reached the qualifications after defeating Alexey Zakharov 7-6(4) 7-6(7).
In the qualifications, Uchida had a good straight sets win against Zakharov (7-64 7-67). During the match Uchida scored 97 points vs Zakharov’s 92. Kaichi was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Uchida scored 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Kaichi Uchida was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (37/48) of his 1st serve and 55% (24/44) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Japanese broke Zakharov once after converting 14% of his break points (1/7).
Uchida’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Quillota,M25 Trelew,M15 Karuizawa and M25 Changwon.
Uchida has a composed 39-28 win-loss record in 2024, 7-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sekulic | Uchida |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 26 |
| Pts | 86-73 | 97-92 |
| Total Points | 159 | 189 |
| Winners | 40 | 37 |
| %Winners | 47% | 38% |
Both Sekulic and Uchida played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Philip Sekulic surrendered 1 set while Kaichi Uchida hasn’t lost a set so far. Sekulic has played 1 set more than Uchida (3 vs 2). However, it’s interesting to notice that Sekulic played 3 games less than Uchida. Philip scored 40 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese struck 37 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sekulic | Uchida |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 13 |
| 1st in | 59/85 | 48/92 |
| %1st in | 69% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 40/59 | 37/48 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 10/26 | 24/44 |
| %2nd pts | 38% | 55% |
Sekulic scored 9 aces . Uchida managed to score 13 aces . Sekulic won 68% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Uchida won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sekulic | Uchida |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 1 |
| Converted | 5/5 | 1/7 |
| % Converted | 100% | 14% |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 |
| Saved | 5 | 1 |
| % Saved | 63% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Sekulic broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Kaichi broke his opponent once with a 14% conversion rate. Kaichi conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sekulic | |||
| Q1 Honda | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 86-73 | 86-73 | |
| Total points | 159 | 159 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 59/85 | 59/85 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 40/59 | 40/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/26 | 10/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Uchida | |||
| Q1 Zakharov | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 97-92 | 97-92 | |
| Total points | 189 | 189 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 48/92 | 48/92 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 37/48 | 37/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/44 | 24/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/7 | 1/7 | |
| Converted % | 14% | 14% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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