Grigor Dimitrov and Dusan Lajovic will face off in the 2nd round of the ATP1000 Master in Monte-Carlo for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 6:30 pm on COURT DES PRINCES. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Grigor Dimitrov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Grigor Dimitrov is the pick to win this match.
Grigor Dimitrov -> 1.56
Dusan Lajovic -> 2.49
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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Dusan Lajovic
This will be the 3rd time that Grigor Dimitrov and Dusan Lajovic square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Dimitrov and Lajovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Lajovic won 6-4 2-6 6-4 in the 2nd round in Beijing back in 2018.
Grigor Dimitrov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-7 | 14-3 | 2-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-21 | 16-10 | 10-5 | 10-4 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-22 | 10-11 | 10-5 | 5-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-18 | 18-10 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-11 | 8-5 | 6-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 29, Dimitrov got to the 2nd round after defeating Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-3 2-0 ret..
In the 1st round, Grigor had a good straight sets win against Basilashvili (6-3 2-0 ret.). During the match, Dimitrov scored 45 points vs Basilashvili’s 24. The Bulgarian was extremely aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Regarding the service games, Dimitrov scored 3 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Grigor Dimitrov was very efficient on serve to win 94% (15/16) of his 1st serve and 82% (9/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Grigor broke Basilashvili twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Dimitrov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (307-183). 1-0 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Dimitrov has a compiled 66-43 record in the last years on clay.
The Bulgarian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Melbourne.
Grigor has a compiled 8-6 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
Dusan Lajovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-11 | 3-5 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 9-9 | 18-13 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-30 | 4-11 | 24-15 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-28 | 8-10 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-16 | 7-6 | 7-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 49, Dusan reached the 2nd round after beating Filip Krajinovic 6-2 7-64.
In the 1st round, Dusan had a good straight sets win against Krajinovic (6-2 7-64). During the match Lajovic scored 80 points vs Krajinovic’s 63. Lajovic was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Lajovic recorded 6 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Dusan Lajovic lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Lajovic put 59% of his first serves in, winning 67% (32/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (18/33) on the 2nd serve. Lajovic broke Krajinovic 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
The Serbian has an aggregate 5-10 win-loss record in 2022, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Dimitrov | Lajovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 11 | 21 |
| Pts | 45-24 | 80-63 |
| Total Points | 69 | 143 |
| Winners | 15 | 32 |
| %Winners | 33% | 40% |
Both Dimitrov and Lajovic played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Dimitrov has played 1 set more than Lajovic (3 vs 2). However, it’s interesting to notice that Dimitrov played 10 games less than Lajovic. Grigor scored 15 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Dusan managed to score 32 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dimitrov | Lajovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 6 |
| 1st in | 16/27 | 48/81 |
| %1st in | 59% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 15/16 | 32/48 |
| %1st pts | 94% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 9/11 | 18/33 |
| %2nd pts | 82% | 55% |
Dimitrov managed to score 3 aces . Lajovic bagged 6 aces . Dimitrov won 94% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 82% of the points. On the other side, Lajovic won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Dimitrov | Lajovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 33% | 80% |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Bulgarian broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The Bulgarian extremely effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Lajovic broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Dusan conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Dimitrov | |||
| R1 Basilashvili |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 2-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 11 | 11 | |
| pts | 45-24 | 45-24 | |
| Total points | 69 | 69 | |
| Winners | 15 | 15 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 16/27 | 16/27 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 15/16 | 15/16 | |
| % 1st pts | 94% | 94% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/11 | 9/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 82% | 82% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Lajovic | |||
| R1 Krajinovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 80-63 | 80-63 | |
| Total points | 143 | 143 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 48/81 | 48/81 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 32/48 | 32/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/33 | 18/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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