H2H, PREDICTION Duje Ajdukovic vs Cezar Cretu (ROU) | Antalya 4 Challenger odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Antalya 4 Challenger. Ajdukovic and Cretu will play each other in the 2nd round of the Antalya 4 Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match

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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. Cezar Cretu (ROU)

Duje Ajdukovic and Cezar Cretu (ROU) will play each other in the 2nd round of the Antalya 4 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 11. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Duje Ajdukovic who should win in 2 sets.

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Duje Ajdukovic -> 1.25
Cezar Cretu (ROU) -> 3.95

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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. Cezar Cretu (ROU)

This will be the 2nd time that Duje Ajdukovic and Cezar Cretu (ROU) square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ajdukovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Ajdukovic won 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in the Iasi Challenger back in July 2021.

Duje Ajdukovic

Ranked no. 272, Duje reached the 2nd round after defeating Yshai Oliel 6-4 1-6 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Croatian defeated Oliel (6-4 1-6 6-4).During the match, Ajdukovic scored less points (10) than Oliel. In fact, the world no. 272 won 81 points vs Oliel’s. That means that Ajdukovic was more focused during the important points. The Croatian was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ajdukovic managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Duje Ajdukovic lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Ajdukovic put 57% of his first serves in, winning 62% (32/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (17/39) on the 2nd serve. Duje broke Oliel 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Ajdukovic has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 63% of his matches (137-80). 28-22 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ajdukovic has an aggregate97-51 match record in the last 4 years on clay.

The Croatian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Napoli Challenger.

The Croatian has a composed 32-30 win-loss record in 2021, 28-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Antalya 4 Challenger

Ajdukovic
Antalya 4 Challenger
Ajdukovic's Record

Cezar Cretu (ROU)

Ranked no. 686 (career-high), the Romanian reached the 2nd round after defeating Yanki Erel 4-1 ret., Oleg Prihodko 6-2 6-4 and Khumoun Sultanov 6-3 6-3.

In the 1st round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Sultanov (6-3 6-3). During the match Cretu scored 69 points vs Sultanov’s 51. Cretu was exceptionally aggressive to blast 17 winners.

Talking about serving, Cretu scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Cezar Cretu (ROU) lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Cretu put 48% of his first serves in, winning 55% (17/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the 2nd serve. Cretu broke Sultanov 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

The Romanian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Pirot and M15 Antalya.

Cretu has an overall 41-18 win-loss record in 2021, 41-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Cretu
Antalya 4 Challenger
Cretu's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

D.Ajdukovic1
C.Cretu
2h:10
2h:10
Time on court​
3h:09
3h:09
!
2h:10
2h:10
Last match​
1h:31
1h:31
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
27
27
Games Played​
41
41
3
3
Set played​​
6
6
81
81
Total points​
157
157
81
81
Avg point​
52.3
52.3
32
32
Winners
49
49
32
32
Avg Winners​
16.3
16.3
40%
40%
Ratio winners
31%
31%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
4
4
3
3
Avg Aces
1.3
1.3
4
4
Double Faults
7
7
4
4
Avg Double Faults
2.3
2.3
32/52
32/52
1st won total​
49/77
49/77
62%
62%
1st won %
64%
64%
17/39
17/39
2nd won total​
38/71
38/71
44%
44%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
5/8
5/8
BP won
12/20
12/20
5/8
5/8
Avg BP won
4/6.7
4/6.7
!
63%
63%
Won
!
60%
60%
10
10
Conceded
14
14
10
10
Avg Conceded
4.7
4.7
5
5
Broken
5
5
!
5
5
Avg Broken
1.7
1.7
5
5
Saved
9
9
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ajdukovic Cretu
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 3 6
Tot Games 27 41
Pts 81-91 157-116
Total Points 172 273
Winners 32 49
%Winners 40% 31%

Ajdukovic played 1 match while Cretu competed in 3 matches. Cretu started his run from the qualifications while Ajdukovic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Duje Ajdukovic lost 1 set while Cezar Cretu (ROU) hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ajdukovic has played 3 set(s) less than Cretu (3 vs 6). Therefore, Ajdukovic played 14 games less than Cretu. Duje scored 32 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian recorded 49 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ajdukovic Cretu
Aces 3 4
Avg per match 3 1.3
1st in 52/91 77/148
%1st in 57% 52%
1st pts 32/52 49/77
%1st pts 62% 64%
2nd pts 17/39 38/71
%2nd pts 44% 54%

Ajdukovic blasted 3 aces . Cretu scored 4 aces (1.3 per match). Ajdukovic won 62% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Cretu won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Ajdukovic Cretu
Won 5 12
Converted 5/8 12/20
% Converted 63% 60%
Conceded 10 14
Saved 5 9
% Saved 50% 64%
Times Broken 5 5

The Croatian broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Croatian lost his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Romanian broke his opponents 12 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.

Ajdukovic
R1
Oliel		 Total
Score 6-4 1-6 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 27 27
pts 81-91 81-91
Total points 172 172
Winners 32 32
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 52/91 52/91
% 1st in 57% 57%
1st pts 32/52 32/52
% 1st pts 62% 62%
2nd pts 17/39 17/39
% 2nd pts 44% 44%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/8 5/8
Converted % 63% 63%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 5/10 5
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 5 5
Cretu
Q1
Erel 		Q3
Prihodko 		R1
Sultanov		 Total
Score 4-1 ret. 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 1 2 2 5
Tot Games 5 18 18 41
pts 21-13 67-52 69-51 157-116
Total points 34 119 120 273
Winners 8 24 17 49
%Winners 38% 36% 25% 31%
SERVE
Aces 2 1 1 4
Double Faults 0 6 1 7
1st in 13/22 33/62 31/64 77/148
% 1st in 59% 53% 48% 52%
1st pts 8/13 24/33 17/31 49/77
% 1st pts 62% 73% 55% 64%
2nd pts 7/9 12/29 19/33 38/71
% 2nd pts 78% 41% 58% 54%
Breaks
Won 1 5 6 12
Converted 1/1 5/9 6/10 12/20
Converted % 100% 56% 60% 60%
Conceded 2 7 5 14
Saved 2/2 5/7 2/5 9
Saved % 100% 71% 40% 211%
Times Broken 0 2 3 5

Head 2 Head

Duje Ajdukovic
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 2Chall
  • 7Minor
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 0Chall
  • 0Minor

Duje
Ajdukovic

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Rank

136

High

115

Rank
High
Win Loss
Ajdukovic
LLWLLWLWLW
Cretu (ROU)
2024 2023 2022
16 - 16
0 - 0
6-7
Hard
0-0
4-1
I Hard
0-0
6-7
Clay
0-0

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