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.
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
| 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
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. 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.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
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
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-1 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Borna CoricCoric (3-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Cristian GarinGarin – Sebastian BaezBaez (7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-710 7-67 7-66) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Ben SheltonShelton (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-65 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (6-75 7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-75 7-63 7-68) – See score progression
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (7-65 7-68) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-68 7-65) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Richard GasquetGasquet (w/o) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Daniel EvansEvans (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-4 6-75 7-63) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Maxime CressyCressy (6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Laslo DjereDjere (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (5-7 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (4-6 7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Guido PellaPella (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Holger RuneRune – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (4-6 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Taylor FritzFritz – Emilio NavaNava (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Jeff WolfWolf (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Diego SchwartzmanSchwartzman – Yibing WuWu (7-61 6-1) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-7(10) 7-6(7) 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Ben SheltonShelton (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Daniel EvansEvans (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (6-7(5) 7-6(3) 6-4) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-1 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Quentin HalysHalys – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (3-5) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Andrey RublevRublev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Tommy PaulPaul (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Taro DanielDaniel (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Dusan LajovicLajovic (3-0) – H2H and prediction