Pablo Carreno-Busta and Dusan Lajovic will face off in the quarter of the Hamburg European Open for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pablo Carreno-Busta who should win in 2 sets.
Pablo Carreno-Busta -> 1.37
Dusan Lajovic -> 3.32
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Prediction and head to head Pablo Carreno-Busta vs. Dusan Lajovic
This will be the 7th time that Pablo Carreno-Busta and Dusan Lajovic clash against each other. The head to head is 4-2 for Carreno-Busta (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Carreno-Busta won 7-5 6-1 in the 1st round in Cincinnati back in 2020.
Pablo Carreno-Busta
Ranked no. 13, the Spaniard got to the quarter after defeating Carlos Taberner 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Pablo had a good straight sets win against Taberner (7-5 6-3). During the match, Carreno-Busta scored 73 points vs Taberner’s 62. Pablo was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Carreno-Busta struck 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Pablo Carreno-Busta lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Carreno-Busta put 63% of his first serves in, winning 61% (28/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Taberner 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Carreno-Busta has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (360-206). 14-4 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Carreno-Busta has a composed 215-102 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in in Marbella where he defeated Jaume Antoni Munar Clar in the final 6-1 2-6 6-4.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 20-9 win-loss record in 2021, 14-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hamburg
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See his history.
Dusan Lajovic
Ranked no. 43, the Serbian got to the quarter after defeating Lucas Pouille 6-4 6-4 and Alex Molcan 6-4 6-72 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Dusan defeated Molcan (6-4 6-72 6-3). During the match Lajovic scored 126 points vs Molcan’s 118. Lajovic was very aggressive to blast 54 winners.
About the serving games, Lajovic scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Dusan Lajovic lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Lajovic put 68% of his first serves in, winning 66% (54/82) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (19/39) on the 2nd serve. Lajovic broke Molcan 4 times after converting 24% of his break points (4/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dusan started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Lajovic has an aggregate 11-17 win-loss record in 2021, 4-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hamburg
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2014 and 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Carreno-Busta | Lajovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 52 |
| Pts | 73-62 | 185-165 |
| Total Points | 135 | 350 |
| Winners | 28 | 83 |
| %Winners | 38% | 45% |
Carreno-Busta played 1 match while Lajovic competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Dusan Lajovic lost 1 set while Pablo Carreno-Busta hasn’t lost a set so far. Carreno-Busta has played 3 set(s) less than Lajovic (2 vs 5). Therefore, Carreno-Busta played 31 games less than Lajovic. Carreno-Busta scored 28 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Lajovic made 83 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Carreno-Busta | Lajovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 46/73 | 120/178 |
| %1st in | 63% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 28/46 | 83/120 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 33/58 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 57% |
Carreno-Busta recorded 3 aces . Lajovic scored 4 aces (2 per match). Carreno-Busta won 61% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Lajovic won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Carreno-Busta | Lajovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 6/20 |
| % Converted | 71% | 30% |
| Conceded | 9 | 11 |
| Saved | 6 | 9 |
| % Saved | 67% | 82% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
The Spaniard broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Spaniard lost his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Serbian broke his opponents 6 times with a 30% conversion rate. Lajovic conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.
| Carreno-Busta | |||
| R2 Taberner | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 73-62 | 73-62 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 46/73 | 46/73 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 28/46 | 28/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Lajovic | ||||
| R1 Pouille | R2 Molcan | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 6-72 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 32 | 52 | |
| pts | 59-47 | 126-118 | 185-165 | |
| Total points | 106 | 244 | 350 | |
| Winners | 29 | 54 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 43% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 38/57 | 82/121 | 120/178 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 68% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 54/82 | 83/120 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 66% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 19/39 | 33/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 49% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 4/17 | 6/20 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 24% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 6/8 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 75% | 175% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Hamburg
- Tim Puetz/Michael VenusPuetz/Michael Venus – Filip Krajinovic/Dusan LajovicKrajinovic/Dusan Lajovic (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kevin Krawietz/Horia TecauKrawietz/Horia Tecau – Daniel Altmaier/Rudolf MollekerAltmaier/Rudolf Molleker (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Benoit PairePaire – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (2-4) – H2H and prediction
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Laslo DjereDjere (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (2-0) – H2H and prediction