Dusan Lajovic and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Parma Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dusan Lajovic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dusan Lajovic is the pick to win this match.
Dusan Lajovic -> 1.32
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Dusan Lajovic vs. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
There is no head to head record between Dusan Lajovic and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
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. 85, the Serbian got to the 2nd round after beating Luca Van Assche 6-2 7-64.
In the 1st round, Dusan had a good straight sets win against Van Assche (6-2 7-64). During the match, Lajovic scored 72 points vs Van Assche’s 60. Lajovic was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Lajovic made 3 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Dusan Lajovic lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Lajovic put 77% of his first serves in, winning 70% (39/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the 2nd serve. Lajovic broke Van Assche 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Lajovic has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (302-279). 19-13 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lajovic has an overall 180-129 record in the last years on clay.
The Serbian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Parma Challenger and the Genova Challenger.
Dusan has an overall 25-27 win-loss record in 2022, 19-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Parma Challenger
Dusan has never competed in this tournament before.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42-32 | 0-3 | 42-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-36 | 2-2 | 30-33 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-31 | 4-5 | 41-23 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-29 | 5-0 | 26-25 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-32 | 0-2 | 39-28 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 275, the Spaniard got to the 2nd round after beating Nicholas David Ionel 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against David Ionel (6-3 6-1). During the match Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 57 points vs David Ionel’s 31. Nikolas was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Sanchez-Izquierdo recorded 2 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo was very efficient on serve to win 86% (24/28) of his 1st serve and 80% (8/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sanchez-Izquierdo broke David Ionel 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Nikolas’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Villena.
Sanchez-Izquierdo has a compiled 30-23 win-loss record in 2022, 25-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lajovic | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 16 |
| Pts | 72-60 | 57-31 |
| Total Points | 132 | 88 |
| Winners | 39 | 24 |
| %Winners | 54% | 42% |
Both Lajovic and Sanchez-Izquierdo played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Lajovic and Sanchez-Izquierdo have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Lajovic played 5 games more than Sanchez-Izquierdo. Dusan scored 39 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, Nikolas scored 24 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lajovic | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 56/73 | 28/38 |
| %1st in | 77% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 39/56 | 24/28 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 8/10 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 80% |
Lajovic struck 3 aces . Sanchez-Izquierdo managed to score 2 aces . Lajovic won 70% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Sanchez-Izquierdo won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 80% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lajovic | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 60% | 50% |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 67% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Dusan broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Lajovic conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Sanchez-Izquierdo broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Sanchez-Izquierdo was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Lajovic | |||
| R1 Van |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 72-60 | 72-60 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 56/73 | 56/73 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 39/56 | 39/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Sanchez-Izquierdo | |||
| R1 David |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 57-31 | 57-31 | |
| Total points | 88 | 88 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 28/38 | 28/38 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 24/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/10 | 8/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 80% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-3 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
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Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gianluca MagerMager – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Miljan ZekicZekic (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni – Pablo AndujarAndujar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Timofey SkatovSkatov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Zdenek KolarKolar (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Jozef KovalikKovalik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
