Alex Rybakov and Philip Sekulic will play each other in the quarter of the Las Vegas Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Rybakov who should win in 3 sets.
Alex Rybakov -> 1.82
Philip Sekulic -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Alex Rybakov vs. Philip Sekulic
There is no head to head record between Alex Rybakov and Philip Sekulic since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Alex Rybakov
46 - 21win/loss
280
261
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47-26 | 24-13 | 8-6 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-20 | 11-8 | 12-8 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-25 | 5-8 | 7-9 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-23 | 5-7 | 20-12 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-26 | 4-4 | 35-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 313, Alex got to the quarter after beating Tyler Cox 6-3 6-1 and James Kent Trotter 6-4 7-6(8).
In the 2nd round, Rybakov had a good straight sets win against Kent Trotter (6-4 7-68). During the match, Rybakov scored 80 points vs Kent Trotter’s 74. Rybakov was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rybakov fired 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex Rybakov was very effective on serve to win 76% (39/51) of his 1st serve and 62% (21/34) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alex was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Kent Trotter once.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Rybakov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (255-169). 22-11 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rybakov has an aggregate 95-74 record in the last years on hard.
Alex’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Montreal,M25 Bakersfield,M25 Pensacola,M25 Tulsa and M25 Dallas.
The American has an overall 45-21 win-loss record in 2025, 22-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Las Vegas Challenger
Philip Sekulic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-15 | 18-14 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-31 | 34-26 | 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 |
Ranked no. 452, Philip got to the quarter after defeating Mitchell Krueger 6-3 2-6 7-6(3) and Pietro Orlando Fellin 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Philip had a good straight sets win against Orlando Fellin (6-4 6-2). During the match Sekulic scored 60 points vs Orlando Fellin’s 50. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Sekulic made 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Philip Sekulic lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sekulic put 52% of his first serves in, winning 69% (22/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the 2nd serve. Sekulic broke Orlando Fellin 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sekulic has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Sekulic’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Bali.
Sekulic has an overall 14-9 win-loss record in 2025, 14-8 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the Las Vegas Challenger
Philip has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rybakov | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 48 |
| Pts | 147-112 | 153-141 |
| Total Points | 259 | 294 |
| Winners | 63 | 57 |
| %Winners | 43% | 37% |
Both Rybakov and Sekulic played 2 matches. At the moment, Philip Sekulic surrendered 1 set while Alex Rybakov hasn’t lost a set so far. Rybakov has played 1 set(s) less than Sekulic (4 vs 5). Therefore, Rybakov played 9 games less than Sekulic. Rybakov scored 63 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Philip struck 57 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rybakov | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 77/121 | 83/152 |
| %1st in | 64% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 63/77 | 57/83 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 29/44 | 37/69 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 54% |
Rybakov struck 9 aces (4.5 per match). Sekulic blasted 10 aces (5 per match). Rybakov won 82% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Sekulic won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rybakov | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 8 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 8/17 |
| % Converted | 50% | 47% |
| Conceded | 5 | 13 |
| Saved | 5 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 54% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 |
Rybakov broke his opponents 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American quite strong on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 5 break points. Philip broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Sekulic conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rybakov | ||||
| R1 Cox | R2 Kent | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-4 7-68 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 23 | 39 | |
| pts | 67-38 | 80-74 | 147-112 | |
| Total points | 105 | 154 | 259 | |
| Winners | 24 | 39 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 49% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 26/36 | 51/85 | 77/121 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 60% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 24/26 | 39/51 | 63/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 76% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/10 | 21/34 | 29/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 62% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 1/1 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 100% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sekulic | ||||
| R1 Krueger | R2 Orlando | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 2-6 7-63 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 18 | 48 | |
| pts | 93-91 | 60-50 | 153-141 | |
| Total points | 184 | 110 | 294 | |
| Winners | 35 | 22 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 51/91 | 32/61 | 83/152 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 52% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 35/51 | 22/32 | 57/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/40 | 16/29 | 37/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 55% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/6 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 67% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 4 | 13 | |
| Saved | 4/9 | 3/4 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 44% | 75% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
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