Philip Sekulic and Ryuki Matsuda will face off in the qualifications of the Yokohama Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 4. In the following paragraphs, 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Philip Sekulic is the pick to win this match.
Philip Sekulic -> 1.35
Ryuki Matsuda -> 2.99

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Prediction and head to head Philip Sekulic vs. Ryuki Matsuda

There is no head to head record between Philip Sekulic and Ryuki Matsuda since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Philip Sekulic

Ranked no. 342, Philip reached the qualifications after defeating Kohei Hayashi 6-2 6-1.

In the qualifications, Sekulic had a good straight sets win against Hayashi (6-2 6-1). During the match, Sekulic scored 51 points vs Hayashi’s 27. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sekulic scored 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Philip Sekulic was quite efficient on serve to win 80% (24/30) of his 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Sekulic broke Hayashi 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Sekulic has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 55% of his matches (106-86). 29-24 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sekulic has a compiled91-69 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.

The Australian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Wuxi Challenger,the Kachreti Challenger and M25 Cairns.

Sekulic has an aggregate 30-29 win-loss record in 2024, 29-24 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Yokohama Challenger

The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.

Ryuki Matsuda

Ranked no. 512 (career-high), the Japanese got to the qualifications after beating Kasidit Samrej 2-6 7-5 6-4.

In the qualifications against Samrej, Matsuda recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 6-4). During the match Matsuda scored 91 points vs Samrej’s 88. Matsuda was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.

About the serving games, Matsuda scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Ryuki Matsuda lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Matsuda put 57% of his first serves in, winning 71% (39/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (19/42) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Samrej 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

The Japanese’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Harmon.

The Japanese has an aggregate 36-31 win-loss record in 2024, 36-30 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sekulic	Matsuda
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	15	30
Pts	51-27	91-88
Total Points	78	179
Winners	24	39
%Winners	47%	43%

Both Sekulic and Matsuda played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ryuki Matsuda surrendered 1 set while Philip Sekulic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Sekulic has played 1 set(s) less than Matsuda (2 vs 3). Therefore, Sekulic played 15 games less than Matsuda. Philip scored 24 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Ryuki managed to score 39 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sekulic	Matsuda
Aces	5	1
Avg per match	5	1
1st in	30/43	55/97
%1st in	70%	57%
1st pts	24/30	39/55
%1st pts	80%	71%
2nd pts	7/13	19/42
%2nd pts	54%	45%

Sekulic bagged 5 aces . Matsuda blasted 1 ace . Sekulic won 80% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Matsuda won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Sekulic	Matsuda
Won	5	4
Converted	5/7	4/7
% Converted	71%	57%
Conceded	2	10
Saved	1	6
% Saved	50%	60%
Times Broken	1	4

Philip broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Matsuda conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Sekulic
	Q1 Hayashi	Total
Score	6-2 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	51-27	51-27
Total points	78	78
Winners	24	24
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	30/43	30/43
% 1st in	70%	70%
1st pts	24/30	24/30
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	7/13	7/13
% 2nd pts	54%	54%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/7
Converted %	71%	71%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Matsuda
	Q1 Samrej	Total
Score	2-6 7-5 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	91-88	91-88
Total points	179	179
Winners	39	39
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	55/97	55/97
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	39/55	39/55
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	19/42	19/42
% 2nd pts	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/7	4/7
Converted %	57%	57%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	6/10	6
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	4	4

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