Denis Shapovalov and Dusan Lajovic will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:00 pm on 1573 Arena. 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 Denis Shapovalov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Denis Shapovalov is the pick to win this match.
Denis Shapovalov -> 1.099
Dusan Lajovic -> 7

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Prediction and head to head Denis Shapovalov vs. Dusan Lajovic

This will be the 2nd time that Denis Shapovalov and Dusan Lajovic face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shapovalov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Shapovalov won 6-1 6-3 in the 1st round in Madrid back in 2021.

Highlights Denis Shapovalov vs Dusan Lajovic – Madrid 02-May-2021

Denis Shapovalov

Denis Shapovalov

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Rank
23
High
10
LLWWLWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-22 14-11 2-5 9-3 1-3 0-0
2024 33-25 9-10 5-6 16-6 3-3 0-0
2023 13-13 6-6 3-3 0-1 4-3 0-0
2022 34-26 22-12 4-4 7-6 1-4 0-0
2021 30-23 11-11 7-6 4-3 8-3 0-0

Ranked no. 22, Shapovalov will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in Adelaide where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Djokovic in the quarter on the 6th of January.

The Canadian has an overall 2-1 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Denis has an overall 265-170 record. He has a positive 120-74 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.

Australian Open
Shapovalov's Record

Dusan Lajovic

Dusan Lajovic

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
120
High
23
LLLWWLWLWL
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. 81, the Serbian will start his run at the Melbourne after he played his last match in Auckland where he lost 2-6 6-3 6-4 to Eubanks in the qualifications on the 7th of January.

Dusan has an overall 0-1 win-loss record in 2023, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, Lajovic has an overall 463-380 record. He has a positive 100-97 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2021. See his history.

Australian Open
Lajovic's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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