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Philip Sekulic vs Yuta ShimizuPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats

🇦🇺Philip Sekulic

#363 · 23 yrs · R

2–0

2 meetings · sets 4–1

🇯🇵Yuta Shimizu

#393 · 27 yrs · L

Philip Sekulic and Yuta Shimizu have met 2 times since 2024; Philip Sekulic leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at Yokkaichi Challenger in 2024 on hard. On hard courts Sekulic leads 2–0. Sekulic has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Sekulic has taken 4 sets to Shimizu's 1. Their most recent meeting: Philip Sekulic won at Phan Thiet 4 Challenger (2026).

Spread & Straight-Sets Form

Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months

Indicator	Sekulic	Shimizu
Indicator	Philip Sekulic		Yuta Shimizu
Wins in straight sets	58%	21/36	62%	18/29
Wins a set when losing	29%	8/28	38%	10/26
Goes to a deciding set	36%	23/64	38%	21/55
Covers −1.5 sets as favorite	49%	20/41	42%	11/26
Covers +1.5 sets as underdog	38%	8/21	67%	18/27
Tiebreak sets won	45%	10/22	68%	17/25
Wins after taking set 1	88%	30/34	77%	23/30
Wins 2-0 after taking set 1	62%	21/34	60%	18/30

Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 1 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Sekulic 1, Shimizu 0).

Style Matchup

Playing styles and historical archetype record

Sekulic

👑 The Complete Package

Elite serve & returnHigh BP conversionAll-surface dominanceClutch performer

Shimizu

⚙️ Grinder

Relentless consistencyDeep court positioningHigh rally toleranceMental fortitude

Matchup analysis

The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 53% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 255 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Philip Sekulic.

The Complete Package players often use elite serve & return and high bp conversion to pressure the grinder's relentless consistency.

Previous meetings

2 career meetings, newest first

Sep 15, 2026

Phan Thiet 4 Challenger

H Hard · 1st Round

Sekulic

Nov 29, 2024

Yokkaichi Challenger

H Hard · Quarterfinals

Sekulic

Prop Research

Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days

Outcome	Sekulic	Shimizu
Outcome	Philip Sekulic		Yuta Shimizu
1 or more	95%	18/19	90%	9/10
3 or more	74%	14/19	80%	8/10
5 or more	47%	9/19	60%	6/10
10 or more	0%	0/19	10%	1/10
15 or more	0%	0/19	0%	0/10
20 or more	0%	0/19	0%	0/10

Player ROI

Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days

Metric	Sekulic	Shimizu
W-L	9–9	5–5
Avg odds	2.05	1.91
ROI %	-28.4%	-4.1%
Units P/L	-5.11u	-0.41u

Travel

Last 30 days

Metric	Sekulic	Shimizu
Countries	2	2
Events	2	2
Matches	4	3
Distance	1,545 mi · 2,486 km	1,420 mi · 2,285 km
Route	VIE → CHN	VIE → CHN

Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.

Common opponents

Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months

Shimizu has a higher win rate against shared opponents (44% vs Sekulic's 22%).

Opponent	Sekulic	Shimizu
Bernard Tomic	W 36 76 64	L 75 26 67
Hiroki Moriya	L 46 67	W 57 75 76
Murphy Cassone	L 26 16	W 67 76 76
Justin Boulais	L 64 67 46	L 57 16
Dane Sweeny	L 26 46	W 75 75
Evan Zhu	W 75 63	L 16 62 36
Fajing Sun	L 67 36	W 57 64 64
Alex Bolt	L 26 16	L 36 46
Jurij Rodionov	L 67 46	L 62 57 46

Recent Form

Last five matches per player

Sekulic

LWWWLWWL

Stefan Vujic

M25 Darwin · Semifinals

6⁵7

Oct 10

Sam Ryan Ziegann

M25 Darwin · Quarterfinals

Oct 9

Ethan Cook

M25 Darwin · 2nd Round

76³

Oct 8

Mustafa Ege Sik

M25 Darwin · 1st Round

76⁰

Oct 6

Herman Hoeyeraal

M25 Darwin · Quarterfinals

Oct 2

Zaharije-Zak Talic

M25 Darwin · 2nd Round

Oct 1

Stefan Storch

M25 Darwin · 1st Round

Sep 30

Dalibor Svrcina

Hangzhou Open - Hangzhou · 1st Round Qualifying

Sep 22

Shimizu

LWLLWWWL

Bernard Tomic

Jingshan Challenger · 2nd Round

6⁵7

Oct 2

Stefanos Sakellaridis

Jingshan Challenger · 1st Round

76¹¹

Sep 29

Philip Sekulic

Phan Thiet 4 Challenger · 1st Round

Sep 15

Arthur Weber

Phan Thiet 3 Challenger · Semifinals

Sep 12

Hiroki Moriya

Phan Thiet 3 Challenger · Quarterfinals

76³

Sep 11

Kasidit Samrej

Phan Thiet 3 Challenger · 2nd Round

Sep 9

Aditya Vishal Balsekar

Phan Thiet 3 Challenger · 1st Round

Sep 8

Anton Matusevich

Roehampton 1 Challenger · 1st Round

Aug 18

Rivalry momentum

Cumulative head-to-head lead over time

↑ SekulicSekulic ahead↓ Shimizu

Win rate

Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 55–64 matches

Metric	Sekulic	Shimizu
Matches won	56%	53%
Sets won	53%	52%
Games won	52%	50%

Record by tier

Head-to-head record by tournament tier

Stage	Sekulic	Shimizu
ATP Challenger Tour	2	0

By surface

Head-to-head record per surface

Surface	Sekulic	Shimizu
Hard	2	0

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Philip Sekulic vs Yuta Shimizu FAQ

Philip Sekulic leads the head-to-head 2–0 over 2 meetings.

Spread & Straight-Sets Form

Style Matchup

Previous meetings

Prop Research

Player ROI

Travel

Common opponents

Recent Form

Rivalry momentum

Win rate

Record by tier

By surface

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