Alex Bolt and Philip Sekulic will square off in the 2nd round of the Sydney Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on KRA. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Bolt who should win in 3 sets.
Alex Bolt -> 1.51
Philip Sekulic -> 2.35
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Prediction and head to head Alex Bolt vs. Philip Sekulic
This will be the 2nd time that Alex Bolt and Philip Sekulic play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bolt (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Bolt won 6-1 3-6 7-6(6) in the quarter in M25 Cairns back in 2022.
Alex Bolt
31 - 21win/loss
188
125
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-21 | 22-15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 48-78 | 26-21 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 21-56 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-22 | 22-17 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-10 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-18 | 7-6 | 0-7 | 2-2 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 188, the Australian got to the 2nd round after defeating Takuya Kumasaka 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Kumasaka (6-3 6-4). During the match, Bolt scored 77 points vs Kumasaka’s 62. Bolt was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bolt blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alex Bolt lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Bolt put 69% of his first serves in, winning 69% (35/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Alex broke Kumasaka 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Bolt has winning record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (265-243). 22-15 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Bolt has a compiled 174-126 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Brisbane 3 Challenger where he defeated Tung-Lin Wu in the final 6-3 6-3.
Alex has a compiled 31-21 win-loss record in 2025, 22-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney 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. 462, Philip got to the 2nd round after defeating Emile Hudd 6-3 2-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Sekulic defeated Hudd (6-3 2-6 6-3). During the match Sekulic scored 86 points vs Hudd’s 79. Sekulic was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Sekulic made 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Philip Sekulic lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Sekulic put 63% of his first serves in, winning 69% (36/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the 2nd serve. Sekulic broke Hudd 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
The Australian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Bali.
The Australian has a composed 18-15 win-loss record in 2025, 18-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023 and 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bolt | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 26 |
| Pts | 77-62 | 86-79 |
| Total Points | 139 | 165 |
| Winners | 35 | 36 |
| %Winners | 45% | 42% |
Both Bolt and Sekulic played 1 match. At the moment, Philip Sekulic surrendered 1 set while Alex Bolt hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Bolt has played 1 set(s) less than Sekulic (2 vs 3). Therefore, Bolt played 7 games less than Sekulic. Alex scored 35 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Philip made 36 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bolt | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 9 |
| 1st in | 51/74 | 52/83 |
| %1st in | 69% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 35/51 | 36/52 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 17/31 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 55% |
Bolt managed to score 2 aces . Sekulic scored 9 aces . Bolt won 69% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 48% 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 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bolt | Sekulic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 44% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 60% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Bolt broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Bolt conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Sekulic broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bolt | |||
| R1 Kumasaka | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 77-62 | 77-62 | |
| Total points | 139 | 139 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 51/74 | 51/74 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 35/51 | 35/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 11/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Sekulic | |||
| R1 Hudd | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 86-79 | 86-79 | |
| Total points | 165 | 165 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 52/83 | 52/83 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 36/52 | 36/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 17/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Sydney Challenger
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- Tai SachSach – Blake EllisEllis (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Carl Emil OverbeckEmil Overbeck (7-63 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hayato MatsuokaMatsuoka – Cruz HewittHewitt (5-7 6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Marek GengelGengel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Dane SweenySweeny (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tai SachSach – (0-0) – H2H and prediction