Ulises Blanch and Duje Ajdukovic will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Milan Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Duje Ajdukovic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Duje Ajdukovic is the pick to win this match.
Duje Ajdukovic -> 1.61
Ulises Blanch -> 2.32

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Prediction and head to head Ulises Blanch vs. Duje Ajdukovic

There is no head to head record between Ulises Blanch and Duje Ajdukovic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Ulises Blanch

Ranked no. 247, Ulises reached the 2^nd round after defeating Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 3-6 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round against Garcia-Lopez, Blanch recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Blanch scored 95 points vs Garcia-Lopez’s 81. Ulises was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about the service games, Blanch recorded 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Ulises Blanch was extremely effective on serve to win 82% (37/45) of his 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Blanch broke Garcia-Lopez 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).

Blanch has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 54% of his matches (151-127). 2-2 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Blanch has a composed68-57 record in the last 7 years on clay.

The American has a composed 11-11 win-loss record in 2021, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Milan Challenger

Blanch has never competed in this tournament before.

Milan Challenger

Blanch's Record

Duje Ajdukovic

Ranked no. 297 (career-high), the Croatian reached the 2^nd round after defeating Stefano Napolitano 6-4 6-1, Camilo Ugo Carabelli 7-6⁶ 6-2 and Julian Lenz 6-1 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Lenz (6-1 6-2). During the match Ajdukovic scored 62 points vs Lenz’s 35. Duje was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.

About the serving games, Ajdukovic made 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Duje Ajdukovic was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (19/25) of his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Croatian broke Lenz 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

The Croatian has an aggregate 14-13 win-loss record in 2021, 13-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Milan Challenger

Ajdukovic's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Blanch played 1 match while Ajdukovic competed in 3 matches. Ajdukovic started his run from the qualifications while Blanch had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Ulises Blanch conceded 1 set while Duje Ajdukovic hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Blanch has played 3 set(s) less than Ajdukovic (3 vs 6). Therefore, Blanch played 27 games less than Ajdukovic. Blanch scored 37 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Duje scored 74 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Blanch recorded 6 aces . Ajdukovic bagged 12 aces (4 per match). Blanch won 82% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Ajdukovic won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 23% conversion rate. Blanch conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Duje broke his opponents 13 times with a 68% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

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Ulises
Blanch

0:1

Duje
Ajdukovic

Rank

687

High

236

0Clay1

Rank

117

High

105

Win Loss

Blanch

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Ajdukovic

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2024 2023 2022

14 - 9

34 - 26

10-4

Hard

17-12

0-0

I Hard

4-1

4-5

Clay

13-10

Tennis Scores in Milan Challenger

• Pedro CachinCachin – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (3-6 6-3 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pedja KrstinKrstin – Manuel GuinardGuinard (6-4 0-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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• Pedja KrstinKrstin – Hugo GrenierGrenier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni – Orlando LuzLuz (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Ulises BlanchBlanch (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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