Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo and Duje Ajdukovic will square off in the 2nd round of the Tampere Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 Duje Ajdukovic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Duje Ajdukovic is the pick to win this match.
Duje Ajdukovic -> 1.82
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo vs. Duje Ajdukovic
This will be the 5th time that Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo and Duje Ajdukovic fight against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Sanchez-Izquierdo and Ajdukovic (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Sanchez-Izquierdo won 6-2 4-6 6-0 in the 1st round in the Toulouse Challenger back in 2022.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-22 | 2-2 | 17-19 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-31 | 4-5 | 41-23 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-29 | 5-0 | 26-25 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-32 | 0-2 | 39-28 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 33-16 | 1-1 | 32-13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 291, the Spaniard got to the 2nd round after beating Edoardo Lavagno 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Nikolas had a good straight sets win against Lavagno (6-4 6-3). During the match, Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 71 points vs Lavagno’s 53. Sanchez-Izquierdo was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sanchez-Izquierdo scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (30/40) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Spaniard broke Lavagno 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Sanchez-Izquierdo has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (247-160). 29-11 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Sanchez-Izquierdo has an aggregate230-137 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
Nikolas’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Valldoreix,M25 Mataro and M25 Esch/Alzette.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 33-18 win-loss record in 2023, 29-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tampere Challenger
Nikolas has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 326, Ajdukovic got to the 2nd round after beating Dragos Nicolae Cazacu 6-4 6-0, Sebastian Gima 7-61 6-4 and Valentin Vacherot 1-6 7-66 6-2.
In the 1st round against Vacherot, Ajdukovic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-66 6-2). During the match Ajdukovic scored 93 points vs Vacherot’s 89. Ajdukovic was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Ajdukovic scored 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Duje Ajdukovic lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ajdukovic put 67% of his first serves in, winning 68% (40/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. Ajdukovic broke Vacherot 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
The Croatian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Dubrovnik,M25 Split,M15 Kursumlijska Banja and M25 Kiseljak.
Duje has an overall 34-13 win-loss record in 2023, 34-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tampere Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sanchez-Izquierdo | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 67 |
| Pts | 71-53 | 243-201 |
| Total Points | 124 | 444 |
| Winners | 30 | 99 |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% |
Sanchez-Izquierdo played 1 match while Ajdukovic competed in 3 matches. Ajdukovic started his run from the qualifications while Sanchez-Izquierdo had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Duje Ajdukovic dropped 1 set while Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo hasn’t conceded a set so far. Sanchez-Izquierdo has played 5 set(s) less than Ajdukovic (2 vs 7). Therefore, Sanchez-Izquierdo played 48 games less than Ajdukovic. The Spaniard scored 30 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Ajdukovic struck 99 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sanchez-Izquierdo | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 40/57 | 142/218 |
| %1st in | 70% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 30/40 | 99/142 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 43/76 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 57% |
Sanchez-Izquierdo made 1 ace . Ajdukovic also fired 6 aces (2 per match). Sanchez-Izquierdo won 75% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Ajdukovic won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sanchez-Izquierdo | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 11 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 11/23 |
| % Converted | 36% | 48% |
| Conceded | 6 | 19 |
| Saved | 5 | 13 |
| % Saved | 83% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
Nikolas broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Nikolas surrendered his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Ajdukovic broke his opponents 11 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sanchez-Izquierdo | |||
| R1 Lavagno |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 71-53 | 71-53 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 40/57 | 40/57 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 30/40 | 30/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 9/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ajdukovic | |||||
| Q1 Nicolae |
Q3 Gima |
R1 Vacherot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | 7-61 6-4 | 1-6 7-66 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 23 | 28 | 67 | |
| pts | 72-48 | 78-64 | 93-89 | 243-201 | |
| Total points | 120 | 142 | 182 | 444 | |
| Winners | 24 | 35 | 40 | 99 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 45% | 43% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 35/60 | 48/70 | 59/88 | 142/218 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 69% | 67% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 24/35 | 35/48 | 40/59 | 99/142 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 73% | 68% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 14/22 | 13/29 | 43/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | 45% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 2/4 | 4/6 | 11/23 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 50% | 67% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 | 8 | 19 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 1/2 | 4/8 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 50% | 50% | 189% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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