H2H, PREDICTION Dusan Lajovic vs Alexander Bublik | Australian Open odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Dusan Lajovic vs. Alexander Bublik

Dusan Lajovic and Alexander Bublik will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3 pm on Court 8. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Bublik who should win in 4 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Alexander Bublik is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Bublik -> 1.43
Dusan Lajovic -> 2.92

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Prediction and head to head Dusan Lajovic vs. Alexander Bublik

There is no head to head record between Dusan Lajovic and Alexander Bublik since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Dusan Lajovic

Ranked no. 27, Lajovic got to the 2nd round after beating Sergiy Stakhovsky 5-7 6-4 6-3 5-7 6-4.

In the 1st round, Dusan had a tough win against Stakhovsky to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (5-7 6-4 6-3 5-7 6-4). During the match Lajovic scored 160 points vs Stakhovsky’s 156. The Serbian was extremely aggressive to blast 71 winners.

Regarding the service games, Lajovic fired 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Dusan Lajovic lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Lajovic put 72% of his first serves in, winning 67% (71/106) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (25/42) on the 2nd serve. The Serbian broke Stakhovsky 7 times after converting 41% of his break points (7/17).

Lajovic has a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (299-255). 1-2 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Lajovic has a 80-75 record in the last years on hard.

The Serbian has a 1-2 win-loss record in 2021, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open

The Serbian had to surrender in the 3rd round to Diego Sebastian Schwartzman.

Alexander Bublik

Ranked no. 45 (career high), Bublik got to the 2nd round after defeating Aljaz Bedene 6-4 7-5 5-7 6-4.

In the 1st round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Bedene (6-4 7-5 5-7 6-4).-126) than Bedene. In fact, the world no. 27 won 126 points vs Bedene’s. That means that Bublik was more focused during the important points. Alexander was exceptionally aggressive to blast 66 winners.

Talking about serving, Bublik submerged his opponent with 41 aces and he was not very steady on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Overall, Alexander Bublik was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (66/89) of his 1st serve and 51% (24/47) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Alexander broke Bedene 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

The Kazakhstani’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Antalya.

The Kazakhstani has a 6-2 win-loss record in 2021, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open

The Kazakhstani surrendered in the 1st round to Jordan Thompson.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Lajovic Bublik
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 5 4
Tot Games 53 44
Pts 160-156 126-127
Total Points 316 253
Winners 71 66
%Winners 44% 52%

Both Lajovic and Bublik played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Dusan Lajovic conceded 2 sets, while Alexander Bublik surrendered 1 set. Lajovic has played 1 set more than Bublik (5 vs 4). Therefore, Lajovic played 9 games more than Bublik. The Serbian scored 71 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani fired 66 winners (52%).

Serve Performance

Serve Lajovic Bublik
Aces 6 41
Avg per match 6 41
1st in 106/148 89/136
%1st in 72% 65%
1st pts 71/106 66/89
%1st pts 67% 74%
2nd pts 25/42 24/47
%2nd pts 60% 51%

Lajovic recorded 6 aces . Bublik made 41 aces . Lajovic won 67% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Bublik won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Lajovic Bublik
Won 7 5
Converted 7/17 5/9
% Converted 41% 56%
Conceded 11 9
Saved 6 6
% Saved 55% 67%
Times Broken 5 3

Dusan broke his opponent 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Serbian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. Bublik broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Lajovic
R1
Stakhovsky
Total
Score 5-7 6-4 6-3 5-7 6-4
Tot Set 5 5
Tot Games 53 53
pts 160-156 160-156
Total points 316 316
Winners 71 71
%Winners 44% 44%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 106/148 106/148
% 1st in 72% 72%
1st pts 71/106 71/106
% 1st pts 67% 67%
2nd pts 25/42 25/42
% 2nd pts 60% 60%
Breaks
Won 7 7
Converted 7/17 7/17
Converted % 41% 41%
Conceded 11 11
Saved 6/11 6
Saved % 55% 55%
Times Broken 5 5
Bublik
R1
Bedene
Total
Score 6-4 7-5 5-7 6-4
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 44 44
pts 126-127 126-127
Total points 253 253
Winners 66 66
%Winners 52% 52%
SERVE
Aces 41 41
Double Faults 10 10
1st in 89/136 89/136
% 1st in 65% 65%
1st pts 66/89 66/89
% 1st pts 74% 74%
2nd pts 24/47 24/47
% 2nd pts 51% 51%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/9 5/9
Converted % 56% 56%
Conceded 9 9
Saved 6/9 6
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 3 3

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Lajovic
LLLWWWLLWW
Bublik
WWWLWWWWWL
2025 2024 2023
17 - 19
21 - 15
4-8
Hard
5-7
0-0
I Hard
2-3
13-11
Clay
14-5

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