Dusan Lajovic and Gianluca Mager will face off in the quarter of the Parma Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:30 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dusan Lajovic is the pick to win this match.
Dusan Lajovic -> 1.42
Gianluca Mager -> 2.78
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Prediction and head to head Dusan Lajovic vs. Gianluca Mager
This will be the 3rd time that Dusan Lajovic and Gianluca Mager clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Lajovic (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Lajovic won 6-4 7-6(4) in the 1st round in the Genova Challenger back in September 2022.
Dusan Lajovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-20 | 3-7 | 13-11 | 0-1 | 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. 85, Lajovic reached the quarter after defeating Luca Van Assche 6-2 7-64 and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Sanchez-Izquierdo (6-1 6-3). During the match, Lajovic scored 62 points vs Sanchez-Izquierdo’s 38. Dusan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lajovic scored just 1 ace during the match and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Dusan Lajovic was quite effective on serve to win 78% (29/37) of his 1st serve and 60% (6/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Lajovic broke Sanchez-Izquierdo 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dusan hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Lajovic has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (303-279). 20-13 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Lajovic has a composed 181-129 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Lajovic’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Parma Challenger and the Genova Challenger.
The Serbian has a compiled 26-27 win-loss record in 2022, 20-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Parma Challenger
Lajovic has never competed in this tournament before.
Gianluca Mager
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-23 | 0-0 | 37-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-20 | 3-5 | 15-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 20-28 | 2-5 | 17-21 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-28 | 4-7 | 22-15 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-15 | 1-4 | 10-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 184, Gianluca got to the quarter after defeating Marco Cecchinato 5-7 6-4 6-3 and Federico Arnaboldi 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Gianluca had a good straight sets win against Arnaboldi (6-2 6-3). During the match Mager scored 71 points vs Arnaboldi’s 47. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Mager bagged 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Gianluca Mager was pretty efficient on serve to win 96% (25/26) of his 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mager broke Arnaboldi 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Mager’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Gran Canaria Challenger.
The Italian has an overall 18-25 win-loss record in 2022, 16-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lajovic | Mager |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 48 |
| Pts | 134-98 | 169-140 |
| Total Points | 232 | 309 |
| Winners | 68 | 71 |
| %Winners | 51% | 42% |
Both Lajovic and Mager played 2 matches. At the moment, Gianluca Mager dropped 1 set while Dusan Lajovic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Lajovic has played 1 set(s) less than Mager (4 vs 5). Therefore, Lajovic played 11 games less than Mager. Lajovic scored 68 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian recorded 71 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lajovic | Mager |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 8.5 |
| 1st in | 93/120 | 88/133 |
| %1st in | 78% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 68/93 | 71/88 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 27/45 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 60% |
Lajovic fired 4 aces (2 per match). Mager struck 17 aces (8.5 per match). Lajovic won 73% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Mager won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lajovic | Mager |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 7 |
| Converted | 7/10 | 7/23 |
| % Converted | 70% | 30% |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 75% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Serbian broke his opponents 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. Lajovic dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Mager broke his opponents 7 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lajovic | ||||
| R1 Van |
R2 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-64 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 16 | 37 | |
| pts | 72-60 | 62-38 | 134-98 | |
| Total points | 132 | 100 | 232 | |
| Winners | 39 | 29 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 47% | 51% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 56/73 | 37/47 | 93/120 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 79% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 39/56 | 29/37 | 68/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 78% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 6/10 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 60% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/5 | 7/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 80% | 70% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 1/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mager | ||||
| R1 Cecchinato |
R2 Arnaboldi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-4 6-3 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 17 | 48 | |
| pts | 98-93 | 71-47 | 169-140 | |
| Total points | 191 | 118 | 309 | |
| Winners | 46 | 25 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 35% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 6 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 62/94 | 26/39 | 88/133 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 67% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 46/62 | 25/26 | 71/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 96% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/32 | 7/13 | 27/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 54% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 4/12 | 7/23 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 33% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 0/0 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | – | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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