Yuta Shimizu and Philip Sekulic will play each other in the quarter of the Yokkaichi Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:30 am on SUB-CENTRE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yuta Shimizu who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yuta Shimizu is the pick to win this match.
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.4
Philip Sekulic -> 2.77

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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Philip Sekulic

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

Yuta Shimizu

Ranked no. 199 (career-high), Yuta got to the quarter after defeating Alafia Ayeni 7-5 6-3 and Petr Bar Biryukov 3-6 6-3 6-4.

In the 2^nd round against Bar Biryukov, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Shimizu scored 97 points vs Bar Biryukov’s 93. Yuta was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shimizu scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Yuta Shimizu was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (42/57) of his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Shimizu broke Bar Biryukov 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Japanese has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 52% of the points he played.

Shimizu has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (257-143). 35-24 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shimizu has an aggregate203-113 record in the last 9 years on hard.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Yokohama Challenger where he defeated Li Tu in the final 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2.

The Japanese has an aggregate 39-28 win-loss record in 2024, 35-24 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger

Philip Sekulic

Ranked no. 329, Sekulic got to the quarter after defeating Yusuke Takahashi 6-3 6-2 and Chak Lam Coleman Wong 6-3 2-6 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Philip defeated Lam Coleman Wong (6-3 2-6 6-4).During the match Sekulic scored less points (3) than Lam Coleman Wong. In fact, the world no. 199 won 76 points vs Lam Coleman Wong’s. That means that Sekulic was more focused during the important points. Philip was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.

About the serving games, Sekulic couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Philip Sekulic lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Sekulic put 71% of his first serves in, winning 67% (37/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the 2nd serve. Philip broke Lam Coleman Wong twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Australian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Sekulic’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Wuxi Challenger,the Kachreti Challenger and M25 Cairns.

Sekulic has a composed 34-30 win-loss record in 2024, 33-25 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger

The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shimizu	Sekulic
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	49	44
Pts	172-158	143-129
Total Points	330	272
Winners	77	65
%Winners	45%	45%

Both Shimizu and Sekulic played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Yuta Shimizu lost 1 set, while Philip Sekulic surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Shimizu and Sekulic have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Shimizu played 5 games more than Sekulic. Yuta scored 77 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Philip managed to score 65 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shimizu	Sekulic
Aces	4	2
Avg per match	2	1
1st in	105/157	95/127
%1st in	67%	75%
1st pts	77/105	65/95
%1st pts	73%	68%
2nd pts	24/52	22/32
%2nd pts	46%	69%

Shimizu bagged 4 aces (2 per match). Sekulic recorded 2 aces (1 per match). Shimizu won 73% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Sekulic won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shimizu	Sekulic
Won	7	6
Converted	7/17	6/19
% Converted	41%	32%
Conceded	10	5
Saved	6	2
% Saved	60%	40%
Times Broken	4	3

The Japanese broke his opponents 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Japanese lost his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Sekulic broke his opponents 6 times with a 32% conversion rate. Sekulic conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.

Shimizu
	R1 Ayeni	R2 Bar	Total
Score	7-5 6-3	3-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	21	28	49
pts	75-65	97-93	172-158
Total points	140	190	330
Winners	35	42	77
%Winners	47%	43%	45%
SERVE
Aces	3	1	4
Double Faults	0	2	2
1st in	48/69	57/88	105/157
% 1st in	70%	65%	67%
1st pts	35/48	42/57	77/105
% 1st pts	73%	74%	73%
2nd pts	8/21	16/31	24/52
% 2nd pts	38%	52%	46%
Breaks
Won	4	3	7
Converted	4/7	3/10	7/17
Converted %	57%	30%	41%
Conceded	4	6	10
Saved	2/4	4/6	6
Saved %	50%	67%	59%
Times Broken	2	2	4

Sekulic
	R1 Takahashi	R2 Lam Coleman Wong	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	6-3 2-6 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	17	27	44
pts	67-50	76-79	143-129
Total points	117	155	272
Winners	28	37	65
%Winners	42%	49%	45%
SERVE
Aces	2	0	2
Double Faults	0	2	2
1st in	40/49	55/78	95/127
% 1st in	82%	71%	75%
1st pts	28/40	37/55	65/95
% 1st pts	70%	67%	68%
2nd pts	7/9	15/23	22/32
% 2nd pts	78%	65%	69%
Breaks
Won	4	2	6
Converted	4/12	2/7	6/19
Converted %	33%	29%	32%
Conceded	3	2	5
Saved	2/3	0/2	2
Saved %	67%	0%	34%
Times Broken	1	2	3

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