Duje Ajdukovic and Tiago Cacao will face off in the 2nd round of the Antalya 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Duje Ajdukovic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Duje Ajdukovic is the pick to win this match.
Duje Ajdukovic -> 1.39
Tiago Cacao -> 3
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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. Tiago Cacao
There is no head to head record between Duje Ajdukovic and Tiago Cacao since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Duje Ajdukovic
Ranked no. 251, the Croatian got to the 2nd round after beating Nick Chappell 6-4 5-7 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Croatian defeated Chappell (6-4 5-7 7-5). During the match, Ajdukovic scored 128 points vs Chappell’s 121. The Croatian was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ajdukovic was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Duje Ajdukovic lost the serve 7 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ajdukovic put 65% of his first serves in, winning 59% (39/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (18/36) on the 2nd serve. Duje broke Chappell 8 times after converting 29% of his break points (8/28).
Ajdukovic has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 63% of his matches (135-79). 26-21 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Ajdukovic has a composed95-50 match record in the last 4 years on clay.
The Croatian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Napoli Challenger.
The Croatian has an aggregate 30-29 win-loss record in 2021, 26-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Antalya 3 Challenger
Tiago Cacao
Ranked no. 507, Tiago got to the 2nd round after beating Lucas Gerch 6-1 3-6 6-2, Jakub Paul 6-1 6-4 and Aleksandre Metreveli 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Portuguese had a good straight sets win against Metreveli (6-3 6-2). During the match Cacao scored 62 points vs Metreveli’s 41. Tiago was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Cacao wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Tiago Cacao lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Cacao put 68% of his first serves in, winning 66% (21/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the 2nd serve. Cacao broke Metreveli 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Cacao’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Valldoreix,M15 Monastir and M15 Curtea de Arges.
Cacao has an aggregate 24-28 win-loss record in 2021, 18-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ajdukovic | Cacao |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 58 |
| Pts | 128-121 | 213-158 |
| Total Points | 249 | 371 |
| Winners | 39 | 86 |
| %Winners | 30% | 40% |
Ajdukovic played 1 match while Cacao competed in 3 matches. Cacao started his run from the qualifications while Ajdukovic had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Duje Ajdukovic conceded 1 set, while Tiago Cacao dropped 1 set. Ajdukovic has played 4 set(s) less than Cacao (3 vs 7). Therefore, Ajdukovic played 24 games less than Cacao. Ajdukovic scored 39 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, The Portuguese bagged 86 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ajdukovic | Cacao |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 0.7 |
| 1st in | 66/102 | 129/190 |
| %1st in | 65% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 39/66 | 86/129 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 18/36 | 34/61 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 56% |
Ajdukovic didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Cacao recorded 2 aces (0.7 per match). Ajdukovic won 59% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Cacao won 67% 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 | Ajdukovic | Cacao |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 15 |
| Converted | 8/28 | 15/28 |
| % Converted | 29% | 54% |
| Conceded | 11 | 19 |
| Saved | 4 | 13 |
| % Saved | 36% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 6 |
The Croatian broke his opponent 8 times with a 29% conversion rate. The Croatian dropped his serve 7 times and he saved 36% of the break points that he conceded. Tiago broke his opponents 15 times with a 54% conversion rate. Tiago conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ajdukovic | |||
| R1 Chappell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 5-7 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 128-121 | 128-121 | |
| Total points | 249 | 249 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 66/102 | 66/102 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 39/66 | 39/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/36 | 18/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/28 | 8/28 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 4/11 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 36% | 36% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 | |
| Cacao | |||||
| Q1 Gerch |
Q3 Paul |
R1 Metreveli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-6 6-2 | 6-1 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 17 | 17 | 58 | |
| pts | 83-66 | 68-51 | 62-41 | 213-158 | |
| Total points | 149 | 119 | 103 | 371 | |
| Winners | 35 | 30 | 21 | 86 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 44% | 34% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 58/79 | 39/64 | 32/47 | 129/190 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 61% | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 35/58 | 30/39 | 21/32 | 86/129 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 77% | 66% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 11/25 | 10/15 | 34/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 44% | 67% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 4/10 | 5/9 | 15/28 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 40% | 56% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | 5 | 19 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 6/7 | 3/5 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 86% | 60% | 203% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Antalya 3 Challenger
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Nerman FaticFatic (2-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-2 5-7 7-67) – See score progression
- Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Eduard Esteve LobatoEsteve Lobato – Duckhee LeeLee (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Tiago CacaoCacao – Aleksandre MetreveliMetreveli (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Miljan ZekicZekic (7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Joao DominguesDomingues – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (7-64 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan – Louis WesselsWessels (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Nick HardtHardt – Aziz DougazDougaz (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Nick ChappellChappell (6-4 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Mick VeldheerVeldheer (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Ergi KirkinKirkin (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (6-4 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Yanki ErelErel – Evgeny TyurnevTyurnev (7-65 5-7 3-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Yanki ErelErel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nick HardtHardt – Joao DominguesDomingues (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Tiago CacaoCacao (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Eduard Esteve LobatoEsteve Lobato (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-1) – H2H and prediction
