Flavio Cobolli and Duje Ajdukovic will fight against each other in the quarter of the Sibiu Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 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 Flavio Cobolli who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Flavio Cobolli is the pick to win this match.
Flavio Cobolli -> 1.49
Duje Ajdukovic -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Flavio Cobolli vs. Duje Ajdukovic
This will be the 2nd time that Flavio Cobolli and Duje Ajdukovic clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cobolli (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Cobolli won 7-5 6-3 in the 1st round in the Napoli 2 Challenger back in 2021.
Flavio Cobolli
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-13 | 14-7 | 5-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-36 | 10-6 | 43-23 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-34 | 6-4 | 24-21 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 46-30 | 5-4 | 39-21 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-8 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 129 (career-high), the Italian reached the quarter after beating Salvatore Caruso 6-75 6-4 6-4 and Edoardo Lavagno 7-5 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Lavagno (7-5 6-2). During the match, Cobolli scored 83 points vs Lavagno’s 68. Flavio was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cobolli struck 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Flavio Cobolli lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Cobolli put 54% of his first serves in, winning 59% (22/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the 2nd serve. Flavio broke Lavagno 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Flavio has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Cobolli has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 56% of his matches (132-105). 37-22 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cobolli has a composed106-72 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
Flavio’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Zadar Challenger,the Rome Challenger,the Milan Challenger and the Tulln Challenger.
Cobolli has an overall 41-28 win-loss record in 2023, 37-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sibiu Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Duje Ajdukovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-15 | 6-7 | 6-6 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 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. 207, Ajdukovic reached the quarter after defeating Francesco Maestrelli 3-6 6-3 6-4 and Giovanni Fonio 4-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Fonio, Ajdukovic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Ajdukovic scored 97 points vs Fonio’s 81. The Croatian was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Ajdukovic couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Duje Ajdukovic lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Ajdukovic put 67% of his first serves in, winning 57% (31/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the 2nd serve. Duje broke Fonio 7 times after converting 47% of his break points (7/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Duje has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Luedenscheid Challenger where he defeated Hugo Dellien in the final 7-5 6-4.
The Croatian has an overall 46-20 win-loss record in 2023, 46-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cobolli | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 53 | 55 |
| Pts | 184-171 | 181-158 |
| Total Points | 355 | 339 |
| Winners | 66 | 67 |
| %Winners | 36% | 37% |
Both Cobolli and Ajdukovic played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Flavio Cobolli lost 1 set, while Duje Ajdukovic lost 2 sets. Cobolli has played 1 set(s) less than Ajdukovic (5 vs 6). Therefore, Cobolli played 2 games less than Ajdukovic. Cobolli scored 66 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Ajdukovic recorded 67 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cobolli | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 2 |
| 1st in | 104/179 | 107/160 |
| %1st in | 58% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 66/104 | 67/107 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 38/75 | 33/53 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 62% |
Cobolli bagged 12 aces (6 per match). Ajdukovic fired 4 aces (2 per match). Cobolli won 63% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Ajdukovic won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cobolli | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 11 |
| Converted | 12/26 | 11/26 |
| % Converted | 46% | 42% |
| Conceded | 18 | 14 |
| Saved | 11 | 7 |
| % Saved | 61% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 |
Flavio broke his opponents 12 times with a 46% conversion rate. Flavio lost his serve 7 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded. The Croatian broke his opponents 11 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cobolli | ||||
| R1 Caruso |
R2 Lavagno |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-4 6-4 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 20 | 53 | |
| pts | 101-103 | 83-68 | 184-171 | |
| Total points | 204 | 151 | 355 | |
| Winners | 44 | 22 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 27% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 67/111 | 37/68 | 104/179 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 54% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 44/67 | 22/37 | 66/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 59% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/44 | 16/31 | 38/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 52% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/14 | 12/26 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 43% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 7 | 18 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 4/7 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 57% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Ajdukovic | ||||
| R1 Maestrelli |
R2 Fonio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | 4-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 27 | 55 | |
| pts | 84-77 | 97-81 | 181-158 | |
| Total points | 161 | 178 | 339 | |
| Winners | 36 | 31 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 32% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 53/79 | 54/81 | 107/160 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 36/53 | 31/54 | 67/107 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 57% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 17/27 | 33/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 63% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 7/15 | 11/26 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 47% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 5/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 56% | 48% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
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