Gian Marco Moroni and Duje Ajdukovic will play each other in the quarter of the Milan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gian Marco Moroni who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gian Marco Moroni is the pick to win this match.
Gian Marco Moroni -> 1.78
Duje Ajdukovic -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Gian Marco Moroni vs. Duje Ajdukovic
There is no head to head record between Gian Marco Moroni and Duje Ajdukovic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Gian Marco Moroni
Ranked no. 257, Marco Moroni got to the quarter after beating Viktor Galovic 6-2 6-3 and Orlando Luz 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Gian had a good straight sets win against Luz (6-3 6-4). During the match, Marco Moroni scored 60 points vs Luz’s 42. Marco Moroni was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Marco Moroni managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Gian Marco Moroni was very efficient on serve to win 86% (24/28) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Luz 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Marco Moroni has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 56% of his matches (170-135). 10-11 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Marco Moroni has a compiled145-107 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
Gian has a compiled 12-14 win-loss record in 2021, 10-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Milan Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
Duje Ajdukovic
Ranked no. 297 (career-high), the Croatian got to the quarter after beating Stefano Napolitano 6-4 6-1, Camilo Ugo Carabelli 7-66 6-2, Julian Lenz 6-1 6-2 and Ulises Blanch 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Blanch (6-3 6-1). During the match Ajdukovic scored 61 points vs Blanch’s 36. Duje was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Ajdukovic bagged 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Duje Ajdukovic was very effective on serve to win 88% (22/25) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Duje broke Blanch 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Croatian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 59% of the points he played.
Duje has a compiled 15-13 win-loss record in 2021, 14-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Marco Moroni | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 69 |
| Pts | 131-93 | 264-187 |
| Total Points | 224 | 451 |
| Winners | 50 | 96 |
| %Winners | 38% | 36% |
Marco Moroni played 2 matches while Ajdukovic competed in 4 matches. Ajdukovic started his run from the qualifications while Marco Moroni had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Marco Moroni has played 4 set(s) less than Ajdukovic (4 vs 8). Therefore, Marco Moroni played 33 games less than Ajdukovic. The Italian scored 50 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Duje fired 96 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Marco Moroni | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 61/109 | 128/234 |
| %1st in | 56% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 50/61 | 96/128 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 27/48 | 59/106 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 56% |
Marco Moroni made 7 aces (3.5 per match). Ajdukovic managed to score 18 aces (4.5 per match). Marco Moroni won 82% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 56% 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 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Marco Moroni | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 17 |
| Converted | 7/13 | 17/27 |
| % Converted | 54% | 63% |
| Conceded | 3 | 18 |
| Saved | 2 | 15 |
| % Saved | 67% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Italian broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Ajdukovic broke his opponents 17 times with a 63% conversion rate. Duje conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Marco Moroni | ||||
| R1 Galovic |
R2 Luz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 | 36 | |
| pts | 71-51 | 60-42 | 131-93 | |
| Total points | 122 | 102 | 224 | |
| Winners | 26 | 24 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 40% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 33/56 | 28/53 | 61/109 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 53% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 24/28 | 50/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 86% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 14/25 | 27/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 3/3 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 100% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/1 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ajdukovic | ||||||
| Q1 Napolitano |
Q3 Ugo |
R1 Lenz |
R2 Blanch |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 7-66 6-2 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 69 | |
| pts | 62-50 | 79-66 | 62-35 | 61-36 | 264-187 | |
| Total points | 112 | 145 | 97 | 97 | 451 | |
| Winners | 23 | 32 | 19 | 22 | 96 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 41% | 31% | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 35/66 | 43/76 | 25/47 | 25/45 | 128/234 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 57% | 53% | 56% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 23/35 | 32/43 | 19/25 | 22/25 | 96/128 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 74% | 76% | 88% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 16/33 | 13/22 | 12/20 | 59/106 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 48% | 59% | 60% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/6 | 5/8 | 4/8 | 17/27 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 67% | 63% | 50% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5/7 | 4/4 | 1/1 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 71% | 100% | 100% | 177% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
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