Duje Ajdukovic and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo will play each other in the 1st round of the Banja Luka Challenger for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 8:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. 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 Duje Ajdukovic who should win in 3 sets.
Duje Ajdukovic -> 1.57
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 2.29
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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
This will be the 6th time that Duje Ajdukovic and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo face off. The head to head is 3-2 for Ajdukovic (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Ajdukovic won 6-1 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in the Tampere Challenger back in July 2023.
Duje Ajdukovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-29 | 9-9 | 13-16 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-31 | 18-13 | 13-10 | 7-5 | 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 |
Ranked no. 216 (career-high), the Croatian will start his run in the Banja Luka Challenger after he won the title in the Luedenscheid Challenger after beating 7-5 6-4 Dellien in the final.
The Croatian has a compiled 42-15 win-loss record in 2023, 42-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Luedenscheid Challenger where he beat Hugo Dellien in the final 7-5 6-4.
Duje won his last 7 matches.
Talking about his overall career, Ajdukovic has an overall 207-127 record. He has a positive 162-90 record on clay.
Previously in the Banja Luka Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42-30 | 0-3 | 42-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-36 | 2-2 | 30-33 | 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 |
Ranked no. 268, Sanchez-Izquierdo will start his run in the Banja Luka Challenger after he played his last match in the San Marino Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-2 to Munar Clar in the 2nd round on the 2nd of August.
The Spaniard has a composed 34-20 win-loss record in 2023, 30-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Sanchez-Izquierdo’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Valldoreix,M25 Mataro and M25 Esch/Alzette.
In terms of his career, The Spaniard has an overall 248-162 record. He has a positive 231-139 record on clay.
Previously in the Banja Luka Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Banja Luka Challenger
- Marko TopoTopo – Marat Sharipov (RUS)Sharipov (RUS) (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Aldin SetkicSetkic – Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz (4-6 6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Eric VanshelboimVanshelboim – Denys KlokKlok (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Mirza BasicBasic – Kirill KivattsevKivattsev (7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Akira SantillanSantillan – Yanaki MilevMilev (2-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Miljan ZekicZekic – Stefan PopovicPopovic (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Marko TopoTopo – Marat Sharipov (RUS)Sharipov (RUS) (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Akira SantillanSantillan – Yanaki MilevMilev (2-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Eric VanshelboimVanshelboim – Denys KlokKlok (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Aldin SetkicSetkic – Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz (4-6 6-3 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Mirza BasicBasic – Kirill KivattsevKivattsev (7-6(2) 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Aldin SetkicSetkic – Benoit PairePaire (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nerman FaticFatic – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Mirza BasicBasic (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Akira SantillanSantillan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Eric VanshelboimVanshelboim (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Miljan ZekicZekic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Dragos Nicolae MadarasNicolae Madaras – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Clement TaburTabur – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Norbert GombosGombos (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Mariano NavoneNavone (0-0) – H2H and prediction