Lorenzo Musetti and Dusan Lajovic will square off in the qualifications of the Western & Southern Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2:30 pm on COURT 7. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lorenzo Musetti who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lorenzo Musetti is the pick to win this match.
Lorenzo Musetti -> 1.53
Dusan Lajovic -> 2.44
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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Musetti vs. Dusan Lajovic
This will be the 2nd time that Lorenzo Musetti and Dusan Lajovic clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Musetti (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Musetti won 6-7(4) 7-6(4) 6-3 in the 1st round in Hamburg back in July 2022.
Highlights Lorenzo Musetti vs Dusan Lajovic – Hamburg 18-July-2022
Lorenzo Musetti
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45-22 | 18-11 | 19-4 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-30 | 13-12 | 18-10 | 3-5 | 12-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-29 | 10-10 | 16-11 | 0-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-30 | 11-10 | 21-7 | 12-10 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-31 | 9-8 | 17-12 | 10-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 30 (career-high), Lorenzo reached the qualifications after defeating Daniel Altmaier 6-75 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications against Altmaier, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-4 6-3). During the match, Musetti scored 110 points vs Altmaier’s 98. Lorenzo was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about the service games, Musetti recorded 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Lorenzo Musetti was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (46/65) of his 1st serve and 55% (22/40) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Musetti broke Altmaier 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Musetti has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 58% of his matches (126-90). 4-7 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Musetti has an aggregate20-21 record in the last 5 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title in in Hamburg where he beat Carlos Alcaraz in the final 6-4 6-7(6) 6-4.
Musetti has an overall 28-18 win-loss record in 2022, 4-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Dusan Lajovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36-33 | 6-11 | 28-18 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 17-23 | 3-7 | 13-11 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 9-9 | 18-13 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-30 | 4-11 | 24-15 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-28 | 8-10 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 68, the Serbian got to the qualifications after defeating Stefan Kozlov 6-3 7-5.
In the qualifications, Dusan had a good straight sets win against Kozlov (6-3 7-5). During the match Lajovic scored 64 points vs Kozlov’s 55. Dusan was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Lajovic recorded 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Dusan Lajovic lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Lajovic put 55% of his first serves in, winning 75% (27/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. Lajovic broke Kozlov 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Dusan’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Parma Challenger.
Dusan has a compiled 20-22 win-loss record in 2022, 4-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Musetti | Lajovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 21 |
| Pts | 110-98 | 64-55 |
| Total Points | 208 | 119 |
| Winners | 46 | 27 |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% |
Both Musetti and Lajovic played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Lorenzo Musetti dropped 1 set while Dusan Lajovic hasn’t lost a set so far. Musetti has played 1 set more than Lajovic (3 vs 2). Therefore, Musetti played 11 games more than Lajovic. Lorenzo scored 46 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Dusan managed to score 27 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Musetti | Lajovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 65/105 | 36/65 |
| %1st in | 62% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 46/65 | 27/36 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 22/40 | 14/29 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 48% |
Musetti struck 3 aces . Lajovic made 2 aces . Musetti won 71% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Lajovic won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Musetti | Lajovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 42% | 80% |
| Conceded | 11 | 3 |
| Saved | 8 | 1 |
| % Saved | 73% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
The Italian broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Musetti conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. The Serbian broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Dusan conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Musetti | |||
| Q1 Altmaier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 110-98 | 110-98 | |
| Total points | 208 | 208 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 65/105 | 65/105 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 46/65 | 46/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/40 | 22/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Lajovic | |||
| Q1 Kozlov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 64-55 | 64-55 | |
| Total points | 119 | 119 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 36/65 | 36/65 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 27/36 | 27/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/29 | 14/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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