Duje Ajdukovic and Marsel Ilhan will square off in the 1st round of the Antalya Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 10:30 am on COURT 14. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Duje Ajdukovic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Duje Ajdukovic is the pick to win this match.
Duje Ajdukovic -> 1.2
Marsel Ilhan -> 4.333
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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. Marsel Ilhan
There is no head to head record between Duje Ajdukovic and Marsel Ilhan since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Duje Ajdukovic
Ranked no. 321, the Croatian reached the 1st round after beating Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves 6-2 6-0 and Chun Hsin Tseng 6-4 5-7 6-2.
In the qualifications, Ajdukovic defeated Hsin Tseng (6-4 5-7 6-2). During the match Ajdukovic scored 103 points vs Hsin Tseng’s 91. Ajdukovic was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ajdukovic recorded 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Duje Ajdukovic lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Ajdukovic put 54% of his first serves in, winning 65% (36/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (25/47) on the 2nd serve. Ajdukovic broke Hsin Tseng 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Croatian has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.
Ajdukovic has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 68% of his matches (107-50). 2-0 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ajdukovic has a 71-29 win-loss record in the last 4 years on clay.
The Croatian has a 2-0 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Antalya Challenger
Duje didn’t compete in the Antalya Challenger in 2020.
Marsel Ilhan
Ranked no. 572, Marsel will start his run in the Antalya Challenger after he played his last match in the Istanbul Challenger where he lost 7-6(2) 6-4 to Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes in the qualifications on the 17th of January.
Marsel has a 0-2 win-loss record in 2021, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on clay.
In terms of his career, The Turk has an overall 316-254 record. He has a positive 131-95 record on clay.
Head 2 Head
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