Alex Bolt vs Philip Sekulic — Sydney CH Round of 16

Sydney CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
Alex Bolt
AUS7
Alex Bolt
#152ATP
1588ELO
1541Hard ELO
$125kYTD
$2.2MCAREER
33 yrs · 183 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWLWLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 17 November 2025
hard
AUS
Philip Sekulic
#322ATP
1390ELO
1363Hard ELO
22 yrs · 191 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWWWLWW
Bolt A.
6-2 6-1
Sekulic P.
Bolt A.
662
Sekulic P.
210

Alex Bolt defeated Philip Sekulic 6-2 6-1 in the Sydney CH round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Alex Bolt came in ranked #152, defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Bolt A.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Sekulic P.

Sekulic P.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Bolt A.

Serve advantage — Bolt A.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Bolt A.Sekulic P.
1st serve in·Even
64%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
72%
69%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
53%
48%
Service points won·Even
65%
61%
Return points won·Even
37%
37%
Break points saved·Even
65%
61%
Aces / match·Dominant
7.6
4.5
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.8
3.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (86 vs 42). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Bolt A.Sekulic P.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
44
27
Break points saved·Clear edge
93
79
Break points won·Even
7
9
Deciding sets·Even
46
45
Tiebreaks·Dominant
83
19

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Bolt A.
8.0
Dominant favouriteUmpiry Score
Sekulic P.
5.4
Clear underdogUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
8.0+177 Hard Elo edge
Surface ELO
2.0Hard Elo 1363
8.3Overall Elo 1588
ELO gap
1.7Overall Elo 1390
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
8.4
Surface form
4.5
9.05-match win streak
Win streak
0.0Lost last 2
Fatigue & Travel
6.1
Minutes 14d
7.2
9.0
Prev. match
9.0
Context
6.0
Defending pts
6.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Freshness

Recent load
Bolt A.Sekulic P.
Freshness·Slight edge
100
90

Bolt A.: 19 days rest · Sekulic P.: 6 days rest · 1 match, 18 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Final
Duckworth J.[1]
Matsuoka H.
6-16-4
Semi-finals
Duckworth J.[1]
Kubler J.[4]
7-56-2
Matsuoka H.
Mccabe J.[5]
7-56-4
Quarter-finals
Mccabe J.[5]
Hijikata R.[2]
6-37-5
Kubler J.[4]
Bolt A.[7]
7-56-3
Matsuoka H.
Sach T.
4-67-56-1
Duckworth J.[1]
Sweeny D.[6]
6-26-3
R16
Kubler J.[4]
Gengel M.
6-46-2
Mccabe J.[5]
Singh K.
6-36-2
Duckworth J.[1]
Dellavedova M.
6-36-0
Sweeny D.[6]
Wu T.
6-17-65
Bolt A.[7]
Sekulic P.
6-26-1
Sach T.
Ellis B.
W/O
Hijikata R.[2]
Overbeck C.
7-637-62
Matsuoka H.
Hewitt C.
5-76-37-5
R32
Sweeny D.[6]
Langmo C.
2-0
Sach T.
Noguchi R.[8]
2-66-16-2
Singh K.
Shah A.
7-626-3
Duckworth J.[1]
Bouzige M.
6-46-1
Dellavedova M.
Peliwo F.
6-26-2
Wu T.
Polmans M.
6-43-67-5
Kubler J.[4]
Marinkov P.
6-31-66-2
Hewitt C.
Jasika O.
3-67-666-4
Mccabe J.[5]
Moriya H.
6-46-3
Hijikata R.[2]
Bicknell B.
6-45-76-2
Gengel M.
Jones H.
5-76-47-5
Bolt A.[7]
Kumasaka T.
6-36-4
Ellis B.
Hazawa S.
6-706-26-4
Overbeck C.
Delaney J.
6-36-2
Sekulic P.
Hudd E.
6-32-66-3
Matsuoka H.
Tomic B.[3]
6-40-0