Ramkumar Ramanathan and Duje Ajdukovic will face off in the 2nd round of the Manama Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ramkumar Ramanathan who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ramkumar Ramanathan is the pick to win this match.
Ramkumar Ramanathan -> 1.57
Duje Ajdukovic -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Ramkumar Ramanathan vs. Duje Ajdukovic
This will be the 2nd time that Ramkumar Ramanathan and Duje Ajdukovic play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ramanathan (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Ramanathan won 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in the Eckental Challenger back in 2020.
Ramkumar Ramanathan
Ranked no. 222, Ramkumar got to the 2nd round after beating Vladyslav Orlov 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Ramanathan had a good straight sets win against Orlov (6-2 6-4). During the match, Ramanathan scored 64 points vs Orlov’s 45. Ramkumar was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ramanathan recorded 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ramkumar Ramanathan was pretty efficient on serve to win 83% (30/36) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Indian broke Orlov 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Ramanathan has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 56% of his matches (348-268). 19-11 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Ramanathan has an aggregate221-144 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Ramkumar’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Cary Challenger.
Ramkumar has an aggregate 39-31 win-loss record in 2021, 19-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Manama Challenger
The Indian has never competed in this tournament before.
Duje Ajdukovic
Ranked no. 247 (career-high), Ajdukovic reached the 2nd round after defeating Sasi Kumar Mukund 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Kumar Mukund (6-4 6-4). During the match Ajdukovic scored 68 points vs Kumar Mukund’s 60. The Croatian was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Ajdukovic fired 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Duje Ajdukovic lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ajdukovic put 57% of his first serves in, winning 75% (30/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. Duje broke Kumar Mukund 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Duje’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Napoli Challenger.
Duje has a composed 29-28 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ramanathan | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 20 |
| Pts | 64-45 | 68-60 |
| Total Points | 109 | 128 |
| Winners | 30 | 30 |
| %Winners | 47% | 44% |
Both Ramanathan and Ajdukovic played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ramanathan and Ajdukovic have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Ramanathan played 2 games less than Ajdukovic. The Indian scored 30 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Duje bagged 30 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ramanathan | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 4 |
| 1st in | 36/54 | 40/70 |
| %1st in | 67% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 30/36 | 30/40 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 14/30 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 47% |
Ramanathan scored 9 aces . Ajdukovic bagged 4 aces . Ramanathan won 83% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Ajdukovic won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ramanathan | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 67% |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Ramkumar broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Ramanathan quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points. Duje broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ramanathan | |||
| R1 Orlov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 64-45 | 64-45 | |
| Total points | 109 | 109 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 36/54 | 36/54 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 30/36 | 30/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Ajdukovic | |||
| R1 Kumar Mukund |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 68-60 | 68-60 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 40/70 | 40/70 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 30/40 | 30/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/30 | 14/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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