Dusan Lajovic and Marco Cecchinato will square off in the quarter of the Genova Challenger for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 9:30 pm on CENTRALE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.56
Marco Cecchinato -> 2.36
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Prediction and head to head Dusan Lajovic vs. Marco Cecchinato
This will be the 6th time that Dusan Lajovic and Marco Cecchinato face off. The head to head is 3-2 for Lajovic (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Lajovic won 6-4 6-7(4) 6-1 in the 1st round in Rio de janiero back in 2020.
Highlights Dusan Lajovic vs Marco Cecchinato – Rio de janiero 18-February-2020
Dusan Lajovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36-33 | 6-11 | 28-18 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 93, Lajovic reached the quarter after beating Gianluca Mager 6-4 7-64 and Gabriele Piraino 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Lajovic had a good straight sets win against Piraino (6-3 6-2). During the match, Lajovic scored 65 points vs Piraino’s 48. Dusan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lajovic was unable to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Dusan Lajovic lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Lajovic put 67% of his first serves in, winning 79% (27/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. The Serbian broke Piraino 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Serbian hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Lajovic has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (300-277). 17-12 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Lajovic has a composed 178-128 record in the last years on clay.
Dusan’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Parma Challenger.
The Serbian has an overall 23-25 win-loss record in 2022, 17-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Genova Challenger
Dusan has never competed in this tournament before.
Marco Cecchinato
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-34 | 0-0 | 39-34 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-25 | 0-2 | 26-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-23 | 1-4 | 12-17 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-33 | 0-3 | 43-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-27 | 1-5 | 31-19 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 147, Marco reached the quarter after defeating Lukas Neumayer 6-4 6-3 and Matteo Arnaldi 6-4 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Marco had a good straight sets win against Arnaldi (6-4 7-5). During the match Cecchinato scored 81 points vs Arnaldi’s 74. Cecchinato was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Cecchinato scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Marco Cecchinato lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Cecchinato put 58% of his first serves in, winning 64% (30/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. Cecchinato broke Arnaldi 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Cecchinato’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Parma Challenger,the Verona Challenger and the San Marino Challenger.
Cecchinato has a composed 25-27 win-loss record in 2022, 25-24 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lajovic | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 41 |
| Pts | 144-114 | 139-116 |
| Total Points | 258 | 255 |
| Winners | 59 | 52 |
| %Winners | 41% | 37% |
Both Lajovic and Cecchinato played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Lajovic and Cecchinato have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Lajovic played 1 game less than Cecchinato. Dusan scored 59 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Cecchinato made 52 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lajovic | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 74/113 | 79/136 |
| %1st in | 65% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 59/74 | 52/79 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 20/39 | 30/57 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 53% |
Lajovic blasted 1 ace (0.5 per match). Cecchinato also scored 1 ace (0.5 per match). Lajovic won 80% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Cecchinato won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lajovic | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 9 |
| Converted | 7/19 | 9/15 |
| % Converted | 37% | 60% |
| Conceded | 6 | 11 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Lajovic broke his opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. Dusan conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Cecchinato broke his opponents 9 times with a 60% conversion rate. Marco conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lajovic | ||||
| R1 Mager |
R2 Piraino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-64 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 17 | 40 | |
| pts | 79-66 | 65-48 | 144-114 | |
| Total points | 145 | 113 | 258 | |
| Winners | 32 | 27 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 42% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 40/62 | 34/51 | 74/113 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 67% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 32/40 | 27/34 | 59/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 79% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 8/17 | 20/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 47% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 4/10 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 40% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 1/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Cecchinato | ||||
| R1 Neumayer |
R2 Arnaldi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 | 41 | |
| pts | 58-42 | 81-74 | 139-116 | |
| Total points | 100 | 155 | 255 | |
| Winners | 22 | 30 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 32/55 | 47/81 | 79/136 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 22/32 | 30/47 | 52/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 64% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 16/34 | 30/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 47% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 5/10 | 9/15 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 50% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 9 | 11 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 67% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
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