Marc Polmans and Duje Ajdukovic will face off in the 2nd round of the Split Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on CENTRE 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 Marc Polmans who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marc Polmans is the pick to win this match.
Marc Polmans -> 1.68
Duje Ajdukovic -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Marc Polmans vs. Duje Ajdukovic
There is no head to head record between Marc Polmans and Duje Ajdukovic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Marc Polmans
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-14 | 3-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-35 | 32-23 | 14-9 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-13 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-28 | 1-6 | 8-13 | 2-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-16 | 2-6 | 5-4 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 232, Marc got to the 2nd round after defeating Jurij Rodionov 6-4 4-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Marc defeated Rodionov (6-4 4-6 6-3). During the match, Polmans scored 86 points vs Rodionov’s 85. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Polmans bagged 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Marc Polmans lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Polmans put 72% of his first serves in, winning 65% (40/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the 2nd serve. Polmans broke Rodionov 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Polmans has good match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (275-210). 11-2 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Polmans has an aggregate 85-59 record in the last years on clay.
The Australian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Canberra.
Marc has an aggregate 18-8 win-loss record in 2023, 11-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split Challenger
Duje Ajdukovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-19 | 6-7 | 6-7 | 5-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-25 | 2-1 | 50-21 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-31 | 0-1 | 22-23 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-31 | 1-1 | 29-23 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 30-11 | 4-3 | 22-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 523, Ajdukovic got to the 2nd round after beating Kalin Ivanovski 6-73 6-1 6-1.
In the 1st round against Ivanovski, Duje recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-1 6-1). During the match Ajdukovic scored 97 points vs Ivanovski’s 76. The Croatian was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Ajdukovic managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Duje Ajdukovic was exceptionally effective on serve to win 72% (42/58) of his 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Croatian broke Ivanovski 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Ajdukovic’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Dubrovnik.
Duje has a compiled 8-6 win-loss record in 2023, 8-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Polmans | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 27 |
| Pts | 86-85 | 97-76 |
| Total Points | 171 | 173 |
| Winners | 40 | 42 |
| %Winners | 47% | 43% |
Both Polmans and Ajdukovic played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Marc Polmans conceded 1 set, while Duje Ajdukovic surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Polmans and Ajdukovic have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Polmans played 2 games more than Ajdukovic. Marc scored 40 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Ajdukovic fired 42 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Polmans | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 5 |
| 1st in | 62/86 | 58/93 |
| %1st in | 72% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 40/62 | 42/58 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 18/35 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 51% |
Polmans recorded 7 aces . Ajdukovic made 5 aces . Polmans won 65% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Ajdukovic won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Polmans | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/14 | 6/8 |
| % Converted | 29% | 75% |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
The Australian broke his opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. Polmans surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Duje broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Duje conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Polmans | |||
| R1 Rodionov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 86-85 | 86-85 | |
| Total points | 171 | 171 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 62/86 | 62/86 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 40/62 | 40/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 14/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/14 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Ajdukovic | |||
| R1 Ivanovski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 97-76 | 97-76 | |
| Total points | 173 | 173 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 58/93 | 58/93 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 42/58 | 42/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/35 | 18/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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