Philip Sekulic and Shintaro Imai have met 1 time since 2024; Shintaro Imai leads 1–0. Their most recent meeting: Shintaro Imai won at Burnie (2024).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Sekulic
💥 Big Hitter
Imai
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 54% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 4,242 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Philip Sekulic.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
1 career meeting, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Sekulic | Imai | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Philip Sekulic | Shintaro Imai | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 12/12 | 90% | 9/10 |
| 3 or more | 83% | 10/12 | 80% | 8/10 |
| 5 or more | 75% | 9/12 | 50% | 5/10 |
| 10 or more | 25% | 3/12 | 10% | 1/10 |
| 15 or more | 8% | 1/12 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 20 or more | 8% | 1/12 | 0% | 0/10 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Sekulic | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 7–5 | 4–1 |
| Avg odds | 1.51 | 1.31 |
| ROI % | -26.6% | +7.8% |
| Units P/L | -3.19u | +0.39u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 2 shared opponents, both Sekulic and Imai posted a 0% win rate.
| Opponent | Sekulic | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| Hiroki Moriya | L 46 67 | L 63 67 16 |
| Renta Tokuda | L 46 46 | L 36 26 |
Last five matches per player
Keegan Smith
KARNATAKA OPEN · Final
May 16
Kriish Tyagi
KARNATAKA OPEN · Semifinals
May 15
Christopher Papa
KARNATAKA OPEN · Round of 16
May 13
Maximus Jones
KARNATAKA OPEN · Quarterfinals
May 11
Digvijaypratap Singh
KARNATAKA OPEN · Round of 32
May 7
Alafia Ayeni
Wuxi Open · 2nd Round Qualifying
May 4
Yuki Mochizuki
Wuxi Open · 1st Round Qualifying
May 3
Fajing Sun
WUNING OPEN 1 · Round of 16
Apr 9
Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 18
Tianhui Zhang
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 16
Uisung Park
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 9
Ye Chen
Futures 2026 ·
May 30
Kai-I Wang
Futures 2026 ·
May 27
Yan Cheng Chen
M15 Luan · Semifinals
May 25
Fanming Meng
M15 Luan · Round of 16
May 25
Lachlan Mcfadzean
M15 Luan · Quarterfinals
May 25
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 28–65 matches
| Metric | Sekulic | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 58% | 64% |
| Sets won | 54% | 65% |
| Games won | 52% | 53% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Sekulic | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour | 0 | 1 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Sekulic | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
