Fernando Verdasco and Aleksandar Vukic will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Sofia Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 8:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aleksandar Vukic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Vukic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Vukic -> 1.78
Fernando Verdasco -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Fernando Verdasco vs. Aleksandar Vukic
There is no head to head record between Fernando Verdasco and Aleksandar Vukic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Fernando Verdasco
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6-16 | 3-6 | 1-8 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-32 | 17-12 | 12-13 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-20 | 7-6 | 3-7 | 0-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-8 | 4-2 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 26-27 | 6-8 | 8-9 | 7-6 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 116, the Spaniard got to the 2nd round after defeating Nikoloz Basilashvili 7-61 7-5.
In the 1st round, Fernando had a good straight sets win against Basilashvili (7-61 7-5). During the match, Verdasco scored 80 points vs Basilashvili’s 65. Verdasco was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Verdasco blasted 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Fernando Verdasco lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Verdasco put 74% of his first serves in, winning 82% (41/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Basilashvili 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Verdasco has winning record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (243-230). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Verdasco has a compiled 33-38 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Fernando’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Monterrey Challenger.
The Spaniard has a compiled 31-27 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Sofia
Aleksandar Vukic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-13 | 3-8 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-36 | 13-18 | 5-9 | 6-2 | 10-7 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-33 | 34-20 | 9-4 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-25 | 14-15 | 4-5 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-26 | 8-5 | 10-11 | 11-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 144, the Australian reached the 2nd round after defeating Fabio Fognini 7-611 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Fognini (7-611 7-5). During the match Vukic scored 99 points vs Fognini’s 81. Vukic was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Vukic blasted 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Aleksandar Vukic was pretty effective on serve to win 84% (38/45) of his 1st serve and 55% (21/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Australian broke Fognini 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Vukic’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Bengalaru 2 Challenger.
Aleksandar has an aggregate 16-16 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Verdasco | Vukic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 |
| Pts | 80-65 | 99-81 |
| Total Points | 145 | 180 |
| Winners | 41 | 38 |
| %Winners | 51% | 38% |
Both Verdasco and Vukic played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Verdasco and Vukic have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (25). Verdasco scored 41 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian blasted 38 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Verdasco | Vukic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 50/68 | 45/83 |
| %1st in | 74% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 41/50 | 38/45 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 21/38 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 55% |
Verdasco recorded 5 aces . Vukic recorded 6 aces . Verdasco won 82% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Vukic won 84% 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 | Verdasco | Vukic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/11 |
| % Converted | 60% | 27% |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 |
| Saved | 2 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The Spaniard broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Verdasco lost his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Vukic broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Vukic conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Verdasco | |||
| R1 Basilashvili |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 80-65 | 80-65 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 50/68 | 50/68 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 41/50 | 41/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 8/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Vukic | |||
| R1 Fognini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-611 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 99-81 | 99-81 | |
| Total points | 180 | 180 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 45/83 | 45/83 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 38/45 | 38/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/38 | 21/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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