Andrey Rublev and Dusan Lajovic will face off in the final of the Srpska Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2:00 pm on Centre Court. 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 Andrey Rublev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andrey Rublev is the pick to win this match.
Andrey Rublev -> 1.38
Dusan Lajovic -> 3.05
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Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Dusan Lajovic
This will be the 3rd time that Andrey Rublev and Dusan Lajovic square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Lajovic (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Lajovic won 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in Umag back in 2019.
Andrey Rublev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-26 | 26-11 | 11-6 | 6-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-26 | 23-12 | 19-5 | 6-7 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-20 | 19-7 | 14-6 | 18-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-23 | 25-10 | 9-5 | 12-6 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 41-10 | 17-4 | 10-2 | 14-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 6, Andrey reached the final after beating Juan Pablo Varillas 6-2 6-2, Damir Dzumhur 7-5 6-3 and Alex Molcan 6-2 6-4.
In the semifinal, Andrey had a good straight sets win against Molcan (6-2 6-4). During the match, Rublev scored 74 points vs Molcan’s 54. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rublev bagged 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Andrey Rublev was exceptionally effective on serve to win 77% (23/30) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Russian broke Molcan 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 58% of the points he played.
Rublev has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (383-213). 8-0 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Rublev has a compiled 91-58 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title in Carlo where he overcame Holger Rune in the final 5-7 6-2 7-5.
Andrey has a composed 21-8 win-loss record in 2023, 8-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Banja Luka
Rublev has never competed in this tournament before.
Dusan Lajovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 14-16 | 7-6 | 7-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 70, Lajovic got to the final after beating Filip Krajinovic 6-2 4-6 6-4, Gregoire Barrere 6-3 6-0, Novak Djokovic 6-4 7-66 and Miomir Kecmanovic 4-6 7-65 6-4.
In the semifinal against Kecmanovic, Dusan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-65 6-4). During the match Lajovic scored 115 points vs Kecmanovic’s 111. The Serbian was extremely aggressive to blast 51 winners.
About the serving games, Lajovic scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Dusan Lajovic lost the serve 6 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Lajovic put 65% of his first serves in, winning 64% (51/80) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (19/43) on the 2nd serve. Lajovic broke Kecmanovic 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Serbian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Serbian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Banja Luka.
Dusan has an aggregate 16-10 win-loss record in 2023, 14-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rublev | Lajovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 55 | 99 |
| Pts | 221-162 | 363-313 |
| Total Points | 383 | 676 |
| Winners | 87 | 165 |
| %Winners | 39% | 45% |
Rublev played 3 matches while Lajovic competed in 4 matches. At the moment, Dusan Lajovic dropped 2 sets while Andrey Rublev hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Rublev has played 4 set(s) less than Lajovic (6 vs 10). Therefore, Rublev played 44 games less than Lajovic. Andrey scored 87 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Serbian recorded 165 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rublev | Lajovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 118/189 | 244/353 |
| %1st in | 62% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 87/118 | 165/244 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 37/71 | 53/109 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 49% |
Rublev struck 9 aces (3 per match). Lajovic scored 12 aces (3 per match). Rublev won 74% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Lajovic won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rublev | Lajovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 18 |
| Converted | 13/25 | 18/39 |
| % Converted | 52% | 46% |
| Conceded | 19 | 39 |
| Saved | 16 | 28 |
| % Saved | 84% | 72% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 11 |
Andrey broke his opponents 13 times with a 52% conversion rate. Rublev lost his serve 3 times and he saved 84% of the break points that he conceded. The Serbian broke his opponents 18 times with a 46% conversion rate. Lajovic conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rublev | |||||
| R2 Pablo Patino-Samudio |
1/4 Dzumhur |
1/2 Molcan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 7-5 6-3 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 21 | 18 | 55 | |
| pts | 65-38 | 82-70 | 74-54 | 221-162 | |
| Total points | 103 | 152 | 128 | 383 | |
| Winners | 31 | 33 | 23 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 40% | 31% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 37/51 | 51/81 | 30/57 | 118/189 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 63% | 53% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 31/37 | 33/51 | 23/30 | 87/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 65% | 77% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/14 | 17/30 | 14/27 | 37/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 57% | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | 5/11 | 13/25 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | 45% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 5/6 | 9/11 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 83% | 82% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Lajovic | ||||||
| R1 Krajinovic |
R2 Barrere |
1/4 Djokovic |
1/2 Kecmanovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 6-4 | 6-3 6-0 | 6-4 7-66 | 4-6 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 15 | 23 | 33 | 99 | |
| pts | 85-76 | 65-37 | 98-89 | 115-111 | 363-313 | |
| Total points | 161 | 102 | 187 | 226 | 676 | |
| Winners | 40 | 26 | 48 | 51 | 165 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 40% | 49% | 44% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 57/79 | 36/49 | 71/102 | 80/123 | 244/353 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 73% | 70% | 65% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 40/57 | 26/36 | 48/71 | 51/80 | 165/244 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 72% | 68% | 64% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 8/13 | 16/31 | 19/43 | 53/109 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 62% | 52% | 44% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/10 | 2/7 | 6/13 | 18/39 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 50% | 29% | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 39 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 4/5 | 15/16 | 6/12 | 28 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 80% | 94% | 50% | 91% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | |
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