Liam Draxl and Philip Sekulic will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the Cary Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 8:00 pm on COURT 15. 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 Liam Draxl who should win in 2 sets.

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

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Prediction and head to head Liam Draxl vs. Philip Sekulic

This will be the 3^rd time that Liam Draxl and Philip Sekulic face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Draxl (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Draxl won 6-7(7) 6-4 7-6(2) in the 1^st round in the Santiago Challenger back in 2024.

Liam Draxl

Ranked no. 147, Draxl will start his run in the Cary Challenger after he played his last match at Wimbledon where he lost 3-6 6-3 6-3 to Lajovic in the qualifications on the 23^rd of June.

The Canadian has an aggregate 28-16 win-loss record in 2025, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Liam’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Oeiras 1 Challenger,the Oeiras 3 Challenger,the Sarasota Challenger and the Savannah Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, Draxl has an overall 189-97 record. He has a positive 91-48 record on hard.

Previously in the Cary Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021. See his history.

Philip Sekulic

Ranked no. 477, Sekulic will start his run in the Cary Challenger after he played his last match in the Yokkaichi Challenger where he lost 6-0 6-7(6) 6-6 ret. to Negritu in the semifinal on the 30^th of November.

This will be the first match of the season on hard.

In terms of his career, Philip has an overall 111-88 record. He has a positive 96-71 record on hard.

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