Carlos Alcaraz and Dusan Lajovic will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Miami Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 5:00 pm on STADIUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Alcaraz who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Carlos Alcaraz is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Alcaraz -> 1.003
Dusan Lajovic -> 18

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Prediction and head to head Carlos Alcaraz vs. Dusan Lajovic

This will be the 4th time that Carlos Alcaraz and Dusan Lajovic play each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Alcaraz won 6-4 7-6(0) in the quarter in Rio de janiero back in February 2023.

Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs Dusan Lajovic – Rio de janiero 24-February-2023

Carlos Alcaraz

Carlos Alcaraz

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
1
High
1
LWWWWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 71-9 28-4 22-1 10-3 11-1 0-0
2024 54-13 22-5 17-4 7-3 8-1 0-0
2023 65-12 26-6 25-3 2-3 12-0 0-0
2022 57-13 21-4 27-4 6-4 3-1 0-0
2021 48-19 15-8 22-7 10-3 1-1 0-0

Currently world no. 1 the Spaniard got to the 3rd round after defeating Facundo Bagnis 6-0 6-2.

In the 2nd round, Alcaraz had a good straight sets win against Bagnis (6-0 6-2). During the match, Alcaraz scored 58 points vs Bagnis’s 30. Carlos was quite aggressive to blast 17 winners.

Talking about the service games, Alcaraz fired 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Carlos Alcaraz was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (17/21) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alcaraz broke Bagnis 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Alcaraz has a fantastic record in the last 6 years having won 78% of his matches (183-52). 7-0 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Alcaraz has a composed56-14 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.

His best result of the current season was winning the title in Buenos Aires where he defeated Cameron Norrie in the final 6-3 7-5 and in Indian Wells where he defeated Daniil Medvedev in the final 6-3 6-2.

The Spaniard has an aggregate 15-1 win-loss record in 2023, 7-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Miami

Miami
Alcaraz's Record

Dusan Lajovic

Dusan Lajovic

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
119
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. 76, Lajovic reached the 3rd round after defeating Andy Murray 6-4 7-5 and Maxime Cressy 6-4 7-62.

In the 2nd round, Lajovic had a good straight sets win against Cressy (6-4 7-62). During the match Lajovic scored 70 points vs Cressy’s 53. Dusan was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Lajovic made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Dusan Lajovic was very efficient on serve to win 82% (37/45) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Lajovic was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Cressy twice.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Dusan hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Dusan has a compiled 11-7 win-loss record in 2023, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Miami

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2014, 2019 and 2021. See his history.

Miami
Lajovic's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

C.Alcaraz
D.Lajovic
1h:04
1h:04
Time on court​
!
3h:04
3h:04
1h:04
1h:04
Last match​
1h:28
1h:28
1
1
Match played
!
2
2
14
14
Games Played​
45
45
2
2
Set played​​
4
4
58
58
Total points​
133
133
58
58
Avg point​
66.5
66.5
17
17
Winners
71
71
17
17
Avg Winners​
35.5
35.5
29%
29%
Ratio winners
53%
53%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
7
7
3
3
Avg Aces
3.5
3.5
2
2
Double Faults
3
3
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1.5
1.5
17/21
17/21
1st won total​
71/92
71/92
!
81%
81%
1st won %
!
77%
77%
10/19
10/19
2nd won total​
21/35
21/35
53%
53%
2nd won %
60%
60%
-- Break Points --
6/11
6/11
BP won
5/5
5/5
6/11
6/11
Avg BP won
2.5/2.5
2.5/2.5
!
55%
55%
Won
!
100%
100%
2
2
Conceded
8
8
2
2
Avg Conceded
4
4
1
1
Broken
2
2
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
1
1
Saved
6
6

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Alcaraz Lajovic
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 2 4
Tot Games 14 45
Pts 58-30 133-110
Total Points 88 243
Winners 17 71
%Winners 29% 53%

Alcaraz played 1 match while Lajovic competed in 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Alcaraz has played 2 set(s) less than Lajovic (2 vs 4). Therefore, Alcaraz played 31 games less than Lajovic. The Spaniard scored 17 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, The Serbian recorded 71 winners (53%).

Serve Performance

Serve Alcaraz Lajovic
Aces 3 7
Avg per match 3 3.5
1st in 21/40 92/127
%1st in 53% 72%
1st pts 17/21 71/92
%1st pts 81% 77%
2nd pts 10/19 21/35
%2nd pts 53% 60%

Alcaraz blasted 3 aces . Lajovic bagged 7 aces (3.5 per match). Alcaraz won 81% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Lajovic won 77% 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 Alcaraz Lajovic
Won 6 5
Converted 6/11 5/5
% Converted 55% 100%
Conceded 2 8
Saved 1 6
% Saved 50% 75%
Times Broken 1 2

Carlos broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Spaniard surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Serbian broke his opponents 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Dusan conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Alcaraz
R2
Bagnis
Total
Score 6-0 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 14 14
pts 58-30 58-30
Total points 88 88
Winners 17 17
%Winners 29% 29%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 21/40 21/40
% 1st in 53% 53%
1st pts 17/21 17/21
% 1st pts 81% 81%
2nd pts 10/19 10/19
% 2nd pts 53% 53%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/11 6/11
Converted % 55% 55%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1
Lajovic
R1
Murray
R2
Cressy
Total
Score 6-4 7-5 6-4 7-62
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 22 23 45
pts 63-57 70-53 133-110
Total points 120 123 243
Winners 34 37 71
%Winners 54% 53% 53%
SERVE
Aces 4 3 7
Double Faults 2 1 3
1st in 47/66 45/61 92/127
% 1st in 71% 74% 72%
1st pts 34/47 37/45 71/92
% 1st pts 72% 82% 77%
2nd pts 12/19 9/16 21/35
% 2nd pts 63% 56% 60%
Breaks
Won 3 2 5
Converted 3/3 2/2 5/5
Converted % 100% 100% 100%
Conceded 3 5 8
Saved 2/3 4/5 6
Saved % 67% 80% 147%
Times Broken 1 1 2

Tennis Scores in Miami

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