Damir Dzumhur and Duje Ajdukovic will square off in the 2nd round of the Banja Luka Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7:00 pm on CENTRAL COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.86
Damir Dzumhur -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Damir Dzumhur vs. Duje Ajdukovic
There is no head to head record between Damir Dzumhur and Duje Ajdukovic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Damir Dzumhur
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-29 | 11-13 | 22-6 | 6-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-34 | 15-5 | 18-18 | 8-9 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 5-5 | 19-12 | 10-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-32 | 6-6 | 17-17 | 6-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-15 | 4-7 | 6-4 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 172, Damir got to the 2nd round after defeating Marc Polmans 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Bosnian had a good straight sets win against Polmans (6-3 6-1). During the match, Dzumhur scored 60 points vs Polmans’s 38. Dzumhur was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Dzumhur scored just 1 ace in the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Damir Dzumhur lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Dzumhur put 65% of his first serves in, winning 82% (27/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (7/18) on the 2nd serve. The Bosnian broke Polmans 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Dzumhur has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (336-276). 13-15 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Dzumhur has a compiled 156-114 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Damir’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Vilnius Challenger.
The Bosnian has an overall 21-22 win-loss record in 2023, 13-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Banja Luka Challenger
Duje Ajdukovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 30-11 | 4-3 | 22-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 216 (career-high), the Croatian got to the 2nd round after beating Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round, Ajdukovic had a good straight sets win against Sanchez-Izquierdo (6-4 7-5). During the match Ajdukovic scored 80 points vs Sanchez-Izquierdo’s 67. Ajdukovic was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Ajdukovic struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Duje Ajdukovic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Ajdukovic put 63% of his first serves in, winning 76% (31/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (9/24) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Sanchez-Izquierdo 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
His best result of the season was winning the title the Luedenscheid Challenger where he defeated Hugo Dellien in the final 7-5 6-4.
Ajdukovic has a compiled 43-15 win-loss record in 2023, 43-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Banja Luka 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 | Dzumhur | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 22 |
| Pts | 60-38 | 80-67 |
| Total Points | 98 | 147 |
| Winners | 27 | 31 |
| %Winners | 45% | 39% |
Both Dzumhur and Ajdukovic played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Dzumhur and Ajdukovic have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Dzumhur played 6 games less than Ajdukovic. Damir scored 27 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Ajdukovic managed to score 31 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dzumhur | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
| 1st in | 33/51 | 41/65 |
| %1st in | 65% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 31/41 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 7/18 | 9/24 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 38% |
Dzumhur bagged 1 ace . Ajdukovic also bagged 3 aces . Dzumhur won 82% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Ajdukovic won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Dzumhur | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/14 |
| % Converted | 63% | 36% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 80% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Damir broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Bosnian lost his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Ajdukovic broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.
| Dzumhur | |||
| R1 Polmans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 60-38 | 60-38 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 33/51 | 33/51 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 27/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/18 | 7/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ajdukovic | |||
| R1 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 80-67 | 80-67 | |
| Total points | 147 | 147 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 41/65 | 41/65 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 31/41 | 31/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/24 | 9/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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