Philip Sekulic and Christoph Negritu will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Yokkaichi Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:30 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 Philip Sekulic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Philip Sekulic is the pick to win this match.
Philip Sekulic -> 1.533
Christoph Negritu -> 2.36

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Prediction and head to head Philip Sekulic vs. Christoph Negritu

There is no head to head record between Philip Sekulic and Christoph Negritu since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Philip Sekulic

Ranked no. 329, Sekulic got to the semifinal after beating Yusuke Takahashi 6-3 6-2, Chak Lam Coleman Wong 6-3 2-6 6-4 and Yuta Shimizu 6-3 6-1.

In the quarter, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Shimizu (6-3 6-1). During the match, Sekulic scored 61 points vs Shimizu’s 35. Philip was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sekulic recorded 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Philip Sekulic conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Sekulic put 70% of his first serves in, winning 68% (26/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 75% (12/16) on the 2nd serve. Philip broke Shimizu 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Philip has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Sekulic has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 56% of his matches (111-87). 34-25 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Sekulic has a compiled96-70 match record in the last 6 years on hard.

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

Philip has a composed 35-30 win-loss record in 2024, 34-25 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger

The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.

Christoph Negritu

Ranked no. 409, the German got to the semifinal after defeating Shinji Hazawa 7-5 6-3, Ryuki Matsuda 6-3 4-6 6-4, Mattia Bellucci 6-7(1) 6-2 7-5, Federico Cina 7-5 6-2

and Benjamin Hassan 4-1 ret..

In the quarter against Hassan, Christoph had a free pass after Hassan retired on a 4-1 . scoreline.

The German’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M25 Sion.

Negritu has an aggregate 44-25 win-loss record in 2024, 19-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sekulic	Negritu
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	7	12
Tot Games	60	108
Pts	204-164	373-305
Total Points	368	678
Winners	91	141
%Winners	45%	38%

Sekulic played 3 matches while Negritu competed in 5 matches. Negritu started his run from the qualifications while Sekulic had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Philip Sekulic lost 1 set, while Christoph Negritu conceded 2 sets. Sekulic has played 5 set(s) less than Negritu (7 vs 12). Therefore, Sekulic played 48 games less than Negritu. The Australian scored 91 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The German struck 141 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sekulic	Negritu
Aces	4	26
Avg per match	1.3	5.2
1st in	133/181	193/340
%1st in	73%	57%
1st pts	91/133	141/193
%1st pts	68%	73%
2nd pts	34/48	83/147
%2nd pts	71%	56%

Sekulic blasted 4 aces (1.3 per match). Negritu scored 26 aces (5.2 per match). Sekulic won 68% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Negritu won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Sekulic	Negritu
Won	10	19
Converted	10/24	19/42
% Converted	42%	45%
Conceded	9	29
Saved	6	20
% Saved	67%	69%
Times Broken	3	9

The Australian broke his opponents 10 times with a 42% conversion rate. Sekulic conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Christoph broke his opponents 19 times with a 45% conversion rate. Negritu conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.

Sekulic
	R1 Takahashi	R2 Lam Coleman Wong	1/4 Shimizu	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	6-3 2-6 6-4	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	17	27	16	60
pts	67-50	76-79	61-35	204-164
Total points	117	155	96	368
Winners	28	37	26	91
%Winners	42%	49%	43%	45%
SERVE
Aces	2	0	2	4
Double Faults	0	2	2	4
1st in	40/49	55/78	38/54	133/181
% 1st in	82%	71%	70%	73%
1st pts	28/40	37/55	26/38	91/133
% 1st pts	70%	67%	68%	68%
2nd pts	7/9	15/23	12/16	34/48
% 2nd pts	78%	65%	75%	71%
Breaks
Won	4	2	4	10
Converted	4/12	2/7	4/5	10/24
Converted %	33%	29%	80%	42%
Conceded	3	2	4	9
Saved	2/3	0/2	4/4	6
Saved %	67%	0%	100%	56%
Times Broken	1	2	0	3

Negritu
	Q1 Hazawa	Q1 Hazawa	Q3 Matsuda	Q3 Matsuda	R1 Bellucci	R1 Bellucci	R2 Cina	R2 Cina	1/4 Hassan	1/4 Hassan	Total
Score	7-5 6-3	7-5 6-3	6-3 4-6 6-4	6-3 4-6 6-4	6-71 6-2 7-5	6-71 6-2 7-5	7-5 6-2	7-5 6-2	4-1 ret.	4-1 ret.
Tot Set	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	22
Tot Games	21	21	29	29	33	33	20	20	5	5	216
pts	79-62	79-62	94-87	94-87	110-93	110-93	66-49	66-49	24-14	24-14	746-610
Total points	141	141	181	181	203	203	115	115	38	38	1356
Winners	25	25	30	30	49	49	28	28	9	9	282
%Winners	32%	32%	32%	32%	45%	45%	42%	42%	38%	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	5	5	9	9	8	8	3	3	1	1	52
Double Faults	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	12
1st in	39/68	39/68	47/97	47/97	60/97	60/97	35/57	35/57	12/21	12/21	386/680
% 1st in	57%	57%	48%	48%	62%	62%	61%	61%	57%	57%	57%
1st pts	25/39	25/39	30/47	30/47	49/60	49/60	28/35	28/35	9/12	9/12	282/386
% 1st pts	64%	64%	64%	64%	82%	82%	80%	80%	75%	75%	73%
2nd pts	19/29	19/29	23/50	23/50	22/37	22/37	13/22	13/22	6/9	6/9	166/294
% 2nd pts	66%	66%	46%	46%	59%	59%	59%	59%	67%	67%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	4	7	7	3	3	4	4	1	1	38
Converted	4/9	4/9	7/14	7/14	3/6	3/6	4/12	4/12	1/1	1/1	38/84
Converted %	44%	44%	50%	50%	50%	50%	33%	33%	100%	100%	45%
Conceded	5	5	13	13	4	4	3	3	4	4	58
Saved	3/5	3/5	7/13	7/13	4/4	4/4	2/3	2/3	4/4	4/4	40
Saved %	60%	60%	54%	54%	100%	100%	67%	67%	100%	100%	254%
Times Broken	2	2	6	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	18

Tennis Scores in Yokkaichi Challenger

• Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Li TuTu (6-4 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Philip SekulicSekulic – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Christoph NegrituNegritu – Benjamin HassanHassan (4-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Rei SakamotoSakamoto – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-4 7-6³) – See score progression

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