Alexandre Muller and Duje Ajdukovic will play each other in the 2nd round of the Zagreb Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 Duje Ajdukovic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Duje Ajdukovic is the pick to win this match.
Duje Ajdukovic -> 1.79
Alexandre Muller -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Alexandre Muller vs. Duje Ajdukovic
There is no head to head record between Alexandre Muller and Duje Ajdukovic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Alexandre Muller
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-27 | 11-13 | 20-12 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-33 | 20-13 | 18-12 | 7-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-31 | 6-6 | 27-20 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-31 | 6-7 | 16-15 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-13 | 3-2 | 15-9 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 216, Alexandre got to the 2nd round after defeating Juan Pablo Ficovich 4-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round against Pablo Ficovich, Muller recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Muller scored 95 points vs Pablo Ficovich’s 80. The French player was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about the service games, Muller bagged 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alexandre Muller lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Muller put 75% of his first serves in, winning 69% (44/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Muller broke Pablo Ficovich 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Muller has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (293-188). 4-4 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Muller has a compiled171-105 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Alexandre’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Bengalaru 1 Challenger.
Muller has a compiled 14-13 win-loss record in 2022, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zagreb Challenger
Alexandre has never competed in this tournament before.
Duje Ajdukovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-27 | 17-12 | 13-10 | 6-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-25 | 2-1 | 50-21 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-31 | 0-1 | 22-23 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-31 | 1-1 | 29-23 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 30-11 | 4-3 | 22-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 239, Ajdukovic reached the 2nd round after defeating Tristan Lamasine 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Duje had a good straight sets win against Lamasine (6-4 6-3). During the match Ajdukovic scored 70 points vs Lamasine’s 56. Ajdukovic was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Ajdukovic scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Duje Ajdukovic lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Ajdukovic put 65% of his first serves in, winning 59% (26/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the 2nd serve. Duje broke Lamasine 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Duje’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Antalya and the Gran Canaria Challenger.
The Croatian has a composed 12-7 win-loss record in 2022, 12-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zagreb Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Muller | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 19 |
| Pts | 95-80 | 70-56 |
| Total Points | 175 | 126 |
| Winners | 44 | 26 |
| %Winners | 46% | 37% |
Both Muller and Ajdukovic played 1 match. At the moment, Alexandre Muller surrendered 1 set while Duje Ajdukovic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Muller has played 1 set more than Ajdukovic (3 vs 2). Therefore, Muller played 8 games more than Ajdukovic. Muller scored 44 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian blasted 26 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Muller | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 64/85 | 44/68 |
| %1st in | 75% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 44/64 | 26/44 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 59% |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 14/24 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 58% |
Muller scored 5 aces . Ajdukovic recorded 1 ace . Muller won 69% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Ajdukovic won 59% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Muller | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/6 |
| % Converted | 36% | 83% |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 |
| Saved | 2 | 7 |
| % Saved | 40% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Alexandre broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. The French player lost his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Ajdukovic broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Ajdukovic conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Muller | |||
| R1 Pablo Ficovich |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 95-80 | 95-80 | |
| Total points | 175 | 175 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 64/85 | 64/85 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 44/64 | 44/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 10/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Ajdukovic | |||
| R1 Lamasine |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 70-56 | 70-56 | |
| Total points | 126 | 126 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 44/68 | 44/68 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 26/44 | 26/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 14/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWWWLWW Tennis Scores in Zagreb Challenger
- Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Mili PoljicakPoljicak – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (7-5 7-66) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Lukas LackoLacko (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Nerman FaticFatic – Daniel MasurMasur (3-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Juncheng ShangShang – Filip HoranskyHoransky (7-65 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Maximilian MartererMarterer (4-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Yibing WuWu – Jordan ThompsonThompson (1-6 7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Dino PrizmicPrizmic (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (5-7 6-1 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Federico GaioGaio – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (7-62 6-73 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Mirza BasicBasic – Kalin IvanovskiIvanovski (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mirza BasicBasic – Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Federico GaioGaio – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nerman FaticFatic – Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yibing WuWu – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
