H2H, PREDICTION Rafael Nadal vs Dusan Lajovic | Rome odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Rome. Nadal and Lajovic will square off in the 3rd round of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match

Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Dusan Lajovic

Rafael Nadal and Dusan Lajovic will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 7 pm on Campo Centrale. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rafael Nadal who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Rafael Nadal is the pick to win this match.
Rafael Nadal -> 1.015
Dusan Lajovic -> 22

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Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Dusan Lajovic

This will be the 3rd time that Rafael Nadal and Dusan Lajovic clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

Rafael Nadal

Ranked no. 2, the Spaniard reached the 3rd round after defeating Pablo Carreno-Busta 6-1 6-1.

In the 2nd round, Nadal had a good straight sets win against Carreno-Busta (6-1 6-1). During the match Nadal scored 63 points vs Carreno-Busta’s 32. Nadal was pretty aggressive to blast 15 winners.

Talking about the service games, Nadal recorded 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Rafael Nadal was extremely efficent on serve to win 79% (15/19) of his 1st serve and 80% (16/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Rafael broke Carreno-Busta 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Nadal has a a extraordinary record in the last 10 years having won 84% of his matches (529-103). 1-0 on clay in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nadal has a 234-23 record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the season was conquering the title in Acapulco where he overcame Taylor Harry Fritz in the final 6-3 6-2.

Rafael has a 14-3 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Rome

The Spaniard won the title last year in Rome after defeating Novak Djokovic .

Dusan Lajovic

Ranked no. 25, the Serbian reached the 3rd round after defeating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-4 6-4 and Milos Raonic 7-63 4-6 6-2.

In the 2nd round, The Serbian defeated Raonic (7-63 4-6 6-2). During the match Lajovic scored 102 points vs Raonic’s 95. Lajovic was exceptionally aggressive to blast 52 winners.

Talking about serving, Lajovic fired 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Dusan Lajovic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Lajovic put 71% of his first serves in, winning 69% (52/75) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the 2nd serve. Lajovic broke Raonic 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Serbian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

The Serbian has a 11-9 win-loss record in 2020, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Rome

Dusan surrendered in the qualifications to Daniel Evans.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Nadal Lajovic
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 2 5
Tot Games 14 51
Pts 63-32 173-153
Total Points 95 326
Winners 15 76
%Winners 24% 44%

Nadal played 1 match while Lajovic competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Dusan Lajovic lost 1 set while Rafael Nadal hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Nadal has played 3 set(s) less than Lajovic (2 vs 5). Therefore, Nadal played 37 games less than Lajovic. Rafael scored 15 winners (24% of the total points). On the other side, The Serbian struck 76 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Nadal Lajovic
Aces 2 14
Avg per match 2 7
1st in 19/39 106/164
%1st in 49% 65%
1st pts 15/19 76/106
%1st pts 79% 72%
2nd pts 16/20 32/58
%2nd pts 80% 55%

Nadal bagged 2 aces . Lajovic scored 14 aces (7 per match). Nadal won 79% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 80% of the points. On the other side, Lajovic won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Nadal Lajovic
Won 5 7
Converted 5/9 7/18
% Converted 56% 39%
Conceded 1 10
Saved 1 6
% Saved 100% 60%
Times Broken 0 4

Rafael broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Rafael was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. Dusan broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Dusan conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Nadal
R2
Carreno-Busta
Total
Score 6-1 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 14 14
pts 63-32 63-32
Total points 95 95
Winners 15 15
%Winners 24% 24%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 19/39 19/39
% 1st in 49% 49%
1st pts 15/19 15/19
% 1st pts 79% 79%
2nd pts 16/20 16/20
% 2nd pts 80% 80%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/9 5/9
Converted % 56% 56%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 1/1 1
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Lajovic
R1
Davidovich Fokina
R2
Raonic
Total
Score 6-4 6-4 7-63 4-6 6-2
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 20 31 51
pts 71-58 102-95 173-153
Total points 129 197 326
Winners 24 52 76
%Winners 34% 51% 44%
SERVE
Aces 6 8 14
Double Faults 0 4 4
1st in 31/58 75/106 106/164
% 1st in 53% 71% 65%
1st pts 24/31 52/75 76/106
% 1st pts 77% 69% 72%
2nd pts 16/27 16/31 32/58
% 2nd pts 59% 52% 55%
Breaks
Won 3 4 7
Converted 3/8 4/10 7/18
Converted % 38% 40% 39%
Conceded 3 7 10
Saved 2/3 4/7 6
Saved % 67% 57% 124%
Times Broken 1 3 4

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Nadal
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Lajovic
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2024 2023 2022
12 - 7
17 - 21
2-1
Hard
3-7
0-0
I Hard
1-3
10-6
Clay
13-10

Tennis Scores in Rome

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