Philip Sekulic and Evan Zhu will square off in the qualifications of the Seoul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Philip Sekulic who should win in 2 sets.
Philip Sekulic -> 1.3
Evan Zhu -> 3.3
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Prediction and head to head Philip Sekulic vs. Evan Zhu
There is no head to head record between Philip Sekulic and Evan Zhu since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Philip Sekulic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-15 | 17-14 | 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. 444, the Australian reached the qualifications after beating Ryuki Matsuda 7-5 3-6 7-5.
In the qualifications, Philip defeated Matsuda (7-5 3-6 7-5). During the match, Sekulic scored 110 points vs Matsuda’s 108. Sekulic was exceptionally aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sekulic fired 8 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Philip Sekulic lost the serve 5 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Sekulic put 62% of his first serves in, winning 62% (46/74) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (22/46) on the 2nd serve. Sekulic broke Matsuda 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Sekulic has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 56% of his matches (126-100). 15-11 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sekulic has a composed111-82 record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Australian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Bali.
Philip has a compiled 15-12 win-loss record in 2025, 15-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Seoul Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Evan Zhu
21 - 29win/loss
629
271
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-32 | 21-25 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-22 | 22-16 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-32 | 21-21 | 9-7 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-31 | 14-13 | 25-12 | 5-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 13-20 | 9-15 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 568, the American reached the qualifications after beating Egor Agafonov 6-1 5-7 7-6(6).
In the qualifications, Zhu defeated Agafonov (6-1 5-7 7-66). During the match Zhu scored 110 points vs Agafonov’s 100. The American was very aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhu scored 10 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Evan Zhu lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Zhu put 60% of his first serves in, winning 74% (46/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (20/42) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Agafonov 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Zhu has an overall 21-29 win-loss record in 2025, 18-23 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sekulic | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 32 |
| Pts | 110-108 | 110-100 |
| Total Points | 218 | 210 |
| Winners | 46 | 46 |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% |
Both Sekulic and Zhu played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Philip Sekulic lost 1 set, while Evan Zhu conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Sekulic and Zhu have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Sekulic played 1 game more than Zhu. Sekulic scored 46 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The American blasted 46 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sekulic | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 10 |
| 1st in | 74/120 | 62/104 |
| %1st in | 62% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 46/74 | 46/62 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 22/46 | 20/42 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 48% |
Sekulic bagged 8 aces . Zhu struck 10 aces . Sekulic won 62% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Zhu won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sekulic | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 56% | 38% |
| Conceded | 14 | 8 |
| Saved | 9 | 4 |
| % Saved | 64% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 4 |
The Australian broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Sekulic lost his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sekulic | |||
| Q1 Matsuda | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 3-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 110-108 | 110-108 | |
| Total points | 218 | 218 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 74/120 | 74/120 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 46/74 | 46/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/46 | 22/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 9/14 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Zhu | |||
| Q1 Agafonov | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 5-7 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 110-100 | 110-100 | |
| Total points | 210 | 210 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 62/104 | 62/104 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 46/62 | 46/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/42 | 20/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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