Li Tu and Philip Sekulic will square off in the 2nd round of the Yokohama Challenger for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 10:00 am on COURT 4. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Li Tu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Li Tu is the pick to win this match.
Li Tu -> 1.54
Philip Sekulic -> 2.35
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Prediction and head to head Li Tu vs. Philip Sekulic
This will be the 7th time that Li Tu and Philip Sekulic play each other. The head to head is 5-1 for Tu (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Tu won 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Playford Challenger back in October 2024.
Li Tu
38 - 26win/loss
189
178
WLWLWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-26 | 32-19 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-32 | 29-19 | 0-3 | 3-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-25 | 34-16 | 15-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-7 | 28-4 | 0-0 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 189, Tu got to the 2nd round after beating Yaroslav Demin 6-1 3-0 ret..
In the 1st round against Demin, the Australian had a free pass after Demin retired on a 6-1 3-0 . scoreline.
Tu has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 65% of his matches (167-91). 32-19 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Tu has a composed123-58 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.
The Australian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Traralgon and the Lexington Challenger.
Tu has a compiled 38-26 win-loss record in 2024, 32-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokohama Challenger
Philip Sekulic
32 - 29win/loss
342
225
WWWLWLLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-29 | 31-24 | 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. 342, Philip got to the 2nd round after defeating Kohei Hayashi 6-2 6-1, Ryuki Matsuda 6-2 7-5 and Alexander Blockx 5-1 ret..
In the 1st round against Blockx, Philip had a free pass after Blockx retired on a 5-1 . scoreline.
Philip’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Wuxi Challenger,the Kachreti Challenger and M25 Cairns.
Sekulic has an overall 32-29 win-loss record in 2024, 31-24 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokohama Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tu | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 10 | 41 |
| Pts | 39-17 | 158-105 |
| Total Points | 56 | 263 |
| Winners | 14 | 66 |
| %Winners | 36% | 42% |
Tu played 1 match while Sekulic competed in 3 matches. Sekulic started his run from the qualifications while Tu had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Tu has played 3 set(s) less than Sekulic (3 vs 6). Therefore, Tu played 31 games less than Sekulic. The Australian scored 14 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Philip struck 66 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tu | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 16/26 | 91/135 |
| %1st in | 62% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 14/16 | 66/91 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 7/10 | 25/44 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 57% |
Tu made 8 aces . Sekulic recorded 13 aces (4.3 per match). Tu won 88% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Sekulic won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tu | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 12 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 12/19 |
| % Converted | 44% | 63% |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Tu broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Li pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Sekulic broke his opponents 12 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tu | |||
| R1 Demin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 10 | 10 | |
| pts | 39-17 | 39-17 | |
| Total points | 56 | 56 | |
| Winners | 14 | 14 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 16/26 | 16/26 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 14/16 | 14/16 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Sekulic | |||||
| Q1 Hayashi |
Q3 Matsuda |
R1 Blockx |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-2 7-5 | 5-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 20 | 6 | 41 | |
| pts | 51-27 | 75-55 | 32-23 | 158-105 | |
| Total points | 78 | 130 | 55 | 263 | |
| Winners | 24 | 30 | 12 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 40% | 38% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 8 | 0 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 30/43 | 42/60 | 19/32 | 91/135 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | 59% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 30/42 | 12/19 | 66/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 71% | 63% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 13/18 | 5/13 | 25/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 72% | 38% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/7 | 3/5 | 12/19 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 57% | 60% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/3 | 1/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 50% | 167% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWLWLLWLW Tennis Scores in Yokohama Challenger
- Philip SekulicSekulic – Alexander BlockxBlockx (5-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Rei SakamotoSakamoto – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Christoph NegrituNegritu (3-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Federico CinaCina – Guy Den OudenDen Ouden (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Omar JasikaJasika (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Mattia BellucciBellucci (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (7-61 2-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Jakub PaulPaul (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Alex BoltBolt (7-66 6-1) – See score progression
- Masamichi ImamuraImamura – Dane SweenySweeny (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Lennon Roark JonesRoark Jones (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexey ZakharovZakharov – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Matej DodigDodig (6-4 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Li TuTu – Yaroslav DeminDemin (6-1 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Constant LestienneLestienne (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Alexey ZakharovZakharov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Masamichi ImamuraImamura – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
