Blaz Rola and Duje Ajdukovic will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Split 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Blaz Rola who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Blaz Rola is the pick to win this match.
Blaz Rola -> 1.73
Duje Ajdukovic -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Blaz Rola vs. Duje Ajdukovic
There is no head to head record between Blaz Rola and Duje Ajdukovic since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Blaz Rola
Ranked no. 165, Rola got to the 2nd round after beating Dmitry Popko 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Rola had a good straight sets win against Popko (6-3 6-4). During the match Rola scored 73 points vs Popko’s 57. Blaz was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rola made 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Blaz Rola was quite effective on serve to win 85% (33/39) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Slovenian broke Popko twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Rola has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (330-216). 1-1 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rola has a 211-109 record in the last years on clay.
Blaz has a 6-9 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split 1 Challenger
Rola has never competed in this tournament before.
Duje Ajdukovic
Ranked no. 308, the Croatian reached the 2nd round after beating Dustin Brown 2-6 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round against Brown, Duje recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 7-5). During the match Ajdukovic scored 91 points vs Brown’s 85. The Croatian was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Ajdukovic fired 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Duje Ajdukovic lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ajdukovic put 55% of his first serves in, winning 75% (38/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (20/41) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Brown 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
The Croatian has a 8-5 win-loss record in 2021, 7-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Rola | Ajdukovic |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
Tot Games | 19 | 30 |
Pts | 73-57 | 91-85 |
Total Points | 130 | 176 |
Winners | 33 | 38 |
%Winners | 45% | 42% |
Both Rola and Ajdukovic played 1 match. At the moment, Duje Ajdukovic lost 1 set while Blaz Rola hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Rola has played 1 set(s) less than Ajdukovic (2 vs 3). Therefore, Rola played 11 games less than Ajdukovic. Blaz scored 33 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian blasted 38 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Rola | Ajdukovic |
---|---|---|
Aces | 2 | 7 |
Avg per match | 2 | 7 |
1st in | 39/66 | 51/92 |
%1st in | 59% | 55% |
1st pts | 33/39 | 38/51 |
%1st pts | 85% | 75% |
2nd pts | 14/27 | 20/41 |
%2nd pts | 52% | 49% |
Rola bagged 2 aces . Ajdukovic scored 7 aces . Rola won 85% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Ajdukovic won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Rola | Ajdukovic |
---|---|---|
Won | 2 | 4 |
Converted | 2/5 | 4/6 |
% Converted | 40% | 67% |
Conceded | 3 | 8 |
Saved | 3 | 4 |
% Saved | 100% | 50% |
Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Blaz broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Blaz was rock solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Croatian broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Ajdukovic conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
Rola | |||
R1 Popko |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
pts | 73-57 | 73-57 | |
Total points | 130 | 130 | |
Winners | 33 | 33 | |
%Winners | 45% | 45% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 2 | 2 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
1st in | 39/66 | 39/66 | |
% 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
1st pts | 33/39 | 33/39 | |
% 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
2nd pts | 14/27 | 14/27 | |
% 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 2 | 2 | |
Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Ajdukovic | |||
R1 Brown |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 2-6 6-4 7-5 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
pts | 91-85 | 91-85 | |
Total points | 176 | 176 | |
Winners | 38 | 38 | |
%Winners | 42% | 42% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 7 | 7 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
1st in | 51/92 | 51/92 | |
% 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
1st pts | 38/51 | 38/51 | |
% 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
2nd pts | 20/41 | 20/41 | |
% 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
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