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

Antalya 3 Challenger
Ajdukovic's Record

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).

Antalya 3 Challenger
Cacao's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

D.Ajdukovic
T.Cacao
3h:27
3h:27
Time on court​
4h:16
4h:16
!
3h:27
3h:27
Last match​
1h:16
1h:16
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
34
34
Games Played​
58
58
3
3
Set played​​
7
7
128
128
Total points​
213
213
128
128
Avg point​
71
71
39
39
Winners
86
86
39
39
Avg Winners​
28.7
28.7
30%
30%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
2
2
0
0
Avg Aces
0.7
0.7
2
2
Double Faults
6
6
2
2
Avg Double Faults
2
2
39/66
39/66
1st won total​
86/129
86/129
59%
59%
1st won %
67%
67%
18/36
18/36
2nd won total​
34/61
34/61
50%
50%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
8/28
8/28
BP won
15/28
15/28
8/28
8/28
Avg BP won
5/9.3
5/9.3
!
29%
29%
Won
!
54%
54%
11
11
Conceded
19
19
11
11
Avg Conceded
6.3
6.3
7
7
Broken
6
6
!
7
7
Avg Broken
2
2
4
4
Saved
13
13
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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

Tennis Scores in Antalya 3 Challenger

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