Dusan Lajovic and Thiago Moura Monteiro will face off in the quarter of the Salzburg Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dusan Lajovic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dusan Lajovic is the pick to win this match.
Dusan Lajovic -> 1.57
Thiago Moura Monteiro -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Dusan Lajovic vs. Thiago Moura Monteiro
This will be the 5th time that Dusan Lajovic and Thiago Moura Monteiro clash against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Lajovic (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Lajovic won 6-3 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in at the French Open back in 2019.
Dusan Lajovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-23 | 3-7 | 13-11 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 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. 64, Lajovic reached the quarter after beating Dalibor Svrcina 7-5 6-1 and Dennis Novak 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Dusan had a good straight sets win against Novak (6-4 6-4). During the match, Lajovic scored 72 points vs Novak’s 60. Lajovic was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lajovic fired 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dusan Lajovic conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Lajovic put 70% of his first serves in, winning 87% (34/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (7/17) on the 2nd serve. Lajovic broke Novak twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lajovic hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
Lajovic has a good record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (294-271). 13-9 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lajovic has an overall 174-125 match record in the last years on clay.
Lajovic’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Parma Challenger.
The Serbian has a compiled 17-19 win-loss record in 2022, 13-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Salzburg Challenger
Dusan has never competed in this tournament before.
Thiago Moura Monteiro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-28 | 1-3 | 33-17 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-30 | 3-7 | 30-22 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-33 | 8-8 | 28-16 | 4-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-27 | 8-8 | 25-18 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 27-18 | 7-9 | 20-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 89, Moura Monteiro got to the quarter after beating Jurij Rodionov 3-6 6-3 6-2 and Alexander Shevchenko 6-4 7-64.
In the 2nd round, Thiago had a good straight sets win against Shevchenko (6-4 7-64). During the match Moura Monteiro scored 71 points vs Shevchenko’s 59. Moura Monteiro was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Moura Monteiro fired 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Thiago Moura Monteiro was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 83% (33/40) of his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Moura Monteiro broke Shevchenko twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brazilian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Brazilian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Madrid Challenger.
The Brazilian has a compiled 27-21 win-loss record in 2022, 20-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lajovic | Moura Monteiro |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 49 |
| Pts | 135-110 | 158-130 |
| Total Points | 245 | 288 |
| Winners | 60 | 67 |
| %Winners | 44% | 42% |
Both Lajovic and Moura Monteiro played 2 matches. At the moment, Thiago Moura Monteiro surrendered 1 set while Dusan Lajovic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Lajovic has played 1 set(s) less than Moura Monteiro (4 vs 5). Therefore, Lajovic played 10 games less than Moura Monteiro. The Serbian scored 60 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Moura Monteiro struck 67 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lajovic | Moura Monteiro |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 73/118 | 83/129 |
| %1st in | 62% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 60/73 | 67/83 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 19/45 | 32/46 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 70% |
Lajovic made 7 aces (3.5 per match). Moura Monteiro blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Lajovic won 82% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Moura Monteiro won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lajovic | Moura Monteiro |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/15 | 5/15 |
| % Converted | 47% | 33% |
| Conceded | 10 | 3 |
| Saved | 8 | 1 |
| % Saved | 80% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Dusan broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Lajovic dropped his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Thiago broke his opponents 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Brazilian conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lajovic | ||||
| R1 Svrcina |
R2 Novak |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 39 | |
| pts | 63-50 | 72-60 | 135-110 | |
| Total points | 113 | 132 | 245 | |
| Winners | 26 | 34 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 47% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 34/62 | 39/56 | 73/118 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 70% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 34/39 | 60/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 87% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/28 | 7/17 | 19/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 41% | 42% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 2/6 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 33% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 1 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 1/1 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 100% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Moura Monteiro | ||||
| R1 Rodionov |
R2 Shevchenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 23 | 49 | |
| pts | 87-71 | 71-59 | 158-130 | |
| Total points | 158 | 130 | 288 | |
| Winners | 34 | 33 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 46% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 43/66 | 40/63 | 83/129 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 63% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 34/43 | 33/40 | 67/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 83% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/23 | 15/23 | 32/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 65% | 70% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 2/3 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 67% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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