Duje Ajdukovic and Geoffrey Blancaneaux will fight against each other in the quarter of the Braga Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:30 pm on COURT 1. 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.
Duje Ajdukovic -> 1.63
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. Geoffrey Blancaneaux
There is no head to head record between Duje Ajdukovic and Geoffrey Blancaneaux since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
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. 199 (career-high), the Croatian got to the quarter after defeating Jan Choinski 1-6 6-3 6-3 and Alessandro Giannessi 7-5 5-7 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Croatian defeated Giannessi (7-5 5-7 6-2). During the match, Ajdukovic scored 103 points vs Giannessi’s 93. Ajdukovic was pretty aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ajdukovic blasted 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Duje Ajdukovic lost the serve 5 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Ajdukovic put 63% of his first serves in, winning 69% (43/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (16/36) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Giannessi 7 times after converting 44% of his break points (7/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ajdukovic has surrendered 2 set in this tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Ajdukovic has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 62% of his matches (213-133). 48-20 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ajdukovic has an aggregate168-95 record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Luedenscheid Challenger where he overcame Hugo Dellien in the final 7-5 6-4.
Ajdukovic has an overall 48-21 win-loss record in 2023, 48-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braga Challenger
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30-35 | 0-5 | 23-22 | 7-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-33 | 6-5 | 13-19 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-37 | 7-10 | 14-18 | 8-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-38 | 17-10 | 14-15 | 8-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-31 | 8-6 | 17-19 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 239, the French player got to the quarter after defeating Zdenek Kolar 7-5 3-6 6-3 and Javier Barranco Cosano 7-64 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Blancaneaux had a good straight sets win against Barranco Cosano (7-64 6-2). During the match Blancaneaux scored 79 points vs Barranco Cosano’s 63. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Blancaneaux blasted 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Geoffrey Blancaneaux lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Blancaneaux put 60% of his first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Barranco Cosano 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Blancaneaux has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The French player best result of the season was getting to the final in the Tunis Challenger.
Blancaneaux has an aggregate 22-29 win-loss record in 2023, 14-16 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the Braga Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ajdukovic | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 57 | 51 |
| Pts | 198-182 | 180-161 |
| Total Points | 380 | 341 |
| Winners | 76 | 69 |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% |
Both Ajdukovic and Blancaneaux played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Duje Ajdukovic lost 2 sets, while Geoffrey Blancaneaux lost 1 set. Ajdukovic has played 1 set more than Blancaneaux (6 vs 5). Therefore, Ajdukovic played 6 games more than Blancaneaux. Duje scored 76 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The French player recorded 69 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ajdukovic | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 119/198 | 105/177 |
| %1st in | 60% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 76/119 | 69/105 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 42/79 | 37/72 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 51% |
Ajdukovic managed to score 9 aces (4.5 per match). Blancaneaux managed to score 4 aces (2 per match). Ajdukovic won 64% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Blancaneaux won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ajdukovic | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 10 |
| Converted | 11/24 | 10/16 |
| % Converted | 46% | 63% |
| Conceded | 19 | 21 |
| Saved | 11 | 14 |
| % Saved | 58% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 7 |
Ajdukovic broke his opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Croatian dropped his serve 8 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. Geoffrey conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ajdukovic | ||||
| R1 Choinski | R2 Giannessi | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-3 6-3 | 7-5 5-7 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 32 | 57 | |
| pts | 95-89 | 103-93 | 198-182 | |
| Total points | 184 | 196 | 380 | |
| Winners | 33 | 43 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 42% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 57/100 | 62/98 | 119/198 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 63% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 33/57 | 43/62 | 76/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 69% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/43 | 16/36 | 42/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 44% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 7/16 | 11/24 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 44% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 12 | 19 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 7/12 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 58% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Blancaneaux | ||||
| R1 Kolar | R2 Barranco | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 3-6 6-3 | 7-64 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 21 | 51 | |
| pts | 101-98 | 79-63 | 180-161 | |
| Total points | 199 | 142 | 341 | |
| Winners | 39 | 30 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 62/105 | 43/72 | 105/177 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 60% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 39/62 | 30/43 | 69/105 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 70% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/43 | 19/29 | 37/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 66% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 3/5 | 10/16 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 60% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 17 | 4 | 21 | |
| Saved | 11/17 | 3/4 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 65% | 75% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
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