Andrea Pellegrino and Duje Ajdukovic will face off in the semifinal of the Napoli Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:00 pm on CAMPO D’AVALOS. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
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 -> 1.85
Andrea Pellegrino -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Andrea Pellegrino vs. Duje Ajdukovic
There is no head to head record between Andrea Pellegrino and Duje Ajdukovic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Andrea Pellegrino
Ranked no. 228 (career-high), the Italian reached the semifinal after defeating Jacopo Berrettini 6-2 6-4, Yannick Hanfmann 6-3 6-3 and Raul Brancaccio 7-5 7-66.
In the quarter, Andrea had a good straight sets win against Brancaccio (7-5 7-66). During the match, Pellegrino scored 87 points vs Brancaccio’s 81. Pellegrino was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Pellegrino made 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Andrea Pellegrino lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Pellegrino put 67% of his first serves in, winning 61% (34/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Andrea broke Brancaccio 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pellegrino started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Pellegrino has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 54% of his matches (192-166). 21-21 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pellegrino has a composed156-116 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the year was conquering the title in the Rome 1 Challenger where he overcame Hugo Gaston in the final 3-6 6-2 6-1.
Pellegrino has a compiled 22-25 win-loss record in 2021, 21-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Napoli Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2016. See his history.
Duje Ajdukovic
Ranked no. 261, Ajdukovic got to the semifinal after beating Evan Furness 6-4 6-4, Andrej Martin 4-6 6-3 6-3 and Mirza Basic 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, Duje had a good straight sets win against Basic (6-4 6-4). During the match Ajdukovic scored 71 points vs Basic’s 63. Duje was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Ajdukovic scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Duje Ajdukovic lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ajdukovic put 60% of his first serves in, winning 74% (26/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Ajdukovic broke Basic 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Duje 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.
Ajdukovic has an overall 26-21 win-loss record in 2021, 25-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pellegrino | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 61 | 68 |
| Pts | 213-173 | 230-207 |
| Total Points | 386 | 437 |
| Winners | 88 | 89 |
| %Winners | 41% | 39% |
Both Pellegrino and Ajdukovic played 3 matches. At the moment, Duje Ajdukovic surrendered 1 set while Andrea Pellegrino hasn’t conceded a set so far. Pellegrino has played 1 set(s) less than Ajdukovic (6 vs 7). Therefore, Pellegrino played 7 games less than Ajdukovic. Pellegrino scored 88 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian blasted 89 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pellegrino | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 1.3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 128/189 | 123/209 |
| %1st in | 68% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 88/128 | 89/123 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 34/61 | 38/86 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 44% |
Pellegrino made 4 aces (1.3 per match). Ajdukovic fired 12 aces (4 per match). Pellegrino won 69% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 56% 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 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pellegrino | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 14 |
| Converted | 12/23 | 14/26 |
| % Converted | 52% | 54% |
| Conceded | 11 | 19 |
| Saved | 6 | 11 |
| % Saved | 55% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 8 |
Pellegrino broke his opponents 12 times with a 52% conversion rate. Pellegrino surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. Ajdukovic broke his opponents 14 times with a 54% conversion rate. Duje conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pellegrino | |||||
| R1 Berrettini |
R2 Hanfmann |
1/4 Brancaccio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 6-3 | 7-5 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 25 | 61 | |
| pts | 68-49 | 58-43 | 87-81 | 213-173 | |
| Total points | 117 | 101 | 168 | 386 | |
| Winners | 22 | 32 | 34 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 55% | 39% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 33/52 | 39/53 | 56/84 | 128/189 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 74% | 67% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 22/33 | 32/39 | 34/56 | 88/128 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 82% | 61% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 7/14 | 14/28 | 34/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 50% | 50% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 12/23 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 60% | 50% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/2 | 3/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 43% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| Ajdukovic | |||||
| R1 Furness |
R2 Martin |
1/4 Basic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 4-6 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 28 | 20 | 68 | |
| pts | 64-57 | 95-87 | 71-63 | 230-207 | |
| Total points | 121 | 182 | 134 | 437 | |
| Winners | 25 | 38 | 26 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 40% | 37% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 34/62 | 54/89 | 35/58 | 123/209 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 61% | 60% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 25/34 | 38/54 | 26/35 | 89/123 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 70% | 74% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/28 | 19/35 | 10/23 | 38/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 32% | 54% | 43% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 4/7 | 4/11 | 14/26 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 57% | 36% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 4 | 6 | 19 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 2/4 | 4/6 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 50% | 67% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWLLWWL Tennis Scores in Napoli Challenger
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Mirza BasicBasic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (7-5 7-66) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (7-68 7-5) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (6-3 7-61) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
