Alex De Minaur and Dusan Lajovic will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Rolex Paris Masters for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex De Minaur who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alex De Minaur is the pick to win this match.
Alex De Minaur -> 1.31
Dusan Lajovic -> 3.46

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Prediction and head to head Alex De Minaur vs. Dusan Lajovic

This will be the 3^rd time that Alex De Minaur and Dusan Lajovic square off. The head to head is 2-0 for De Minaur (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, De Minaur won 6-4 6-1 in the 1^st round in Rome back in 2022.

Alex De Minaur

Ranked no. 13, De Minaur got to the 2^nd round after defeating Andy Murray 7-6⁵ 4-6 7-5.

In the 1^st round, The Australian defeated Murray (7-6⁵ 4-6 7-5).During the match, De Minaur scored less points (5) than Murray. In fact, the world no. 13 won 107 points vs Murray’s. That means that De Minaur was more focused during the important points. Alex was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Regarding the service games, De Minaur scored 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alex De Minaur lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, De Minaur put 57% of his first serves in, winning 69% (44/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (21/48) on the 2nd serve. De Minaur broke Murray 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

De Minaur has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (315-185). 7-4 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, De Minaur has a composed53-33 record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the year was winning the title in Acapulco where he defeated Tommy Paul in the final 3-6 6-4 6-1.

The Australian has an overall 43-24 win-loss record in 2023, 7-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Paris

Dusan Lajovic

Ranked no. 48, Lajovic got to the 2^nd round after beating Quentin Halys 3-6 7-5 7-6⁰ and Benjamin Bonzi 7-5 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Dusan had a good straight sets win against Bonzi (7-5 6-3). During the match Lajovic scored 76 points vs Bonzi’s 61. The Serbian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, Lajovic struck 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Dusan Lajovic lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Lajovic put 67% of his first serves in, winning 73% (35/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. Dusan broke Bonzi 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Banja Luka where he defeated Andrey Rublev in the final 6-3 4-6 6-4.

Dusan has a composed 30-27 win-loss record in 2023, 3-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Paris

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2015 and 2021. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	De Minaur	Lajovic
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	3	5
Tot Games	35	55
Pts	107-112	181-163
Total Points	219	344
Winners	44	93
%Winners	41%	51%

De Minaur played 1 match while Lajovic competed in 2 matches. Lajovic started his run from the qualifications while De Minaur had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Alex De Minaur surrendered 1 set, while Dusan Lajovic conceded 1 set. De Minaur has played 2 set(s) less than Lajovic (3 vs 5). Therefore, De Minaur played 20 games less than Lajovic. The Australian scored 44 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Lajovic fired 93 winners (51%).

Serve Performance

Serve	De Minaur	Lajovic
Aces	7	11
Avg per match	7	5.5
1st in	64/112	126/173
%1st in	57%	73%
1st pts	44/64	93/126
%1st pts	69%	74%
2nd pts	21/48	21/47
%2nd pts	44%	45%

De Minaur recorded 7 aces . Lajovic recorded 11 aces (5.5 per match). De Minaur won 69% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Lajovic won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	De Minaur	Lajovic
Won	5	6
Converted	5/6	6/17
% Converted	83%	35%
Conceded	11	12
Saved	6	8
% Saved	55%	67%
Times Broken	5	4

De Minaur broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. Dusan broke his opponents 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. Dusan conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

De Minaur
	R1 Murray	Total
Score	7-65 4-6 7-5
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	35	35
pts	107-112	107-112
Total points	219	219
Winners	44	44
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	64/112	64/112
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	44/64	44/64
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	21/48	21/48
% 2nd pts	44%	44%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/6	5/6
Converted %	83%	83%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	6/11	6
Saved %	55%	55%
Times Broken	5	5

Lajovic
	Q1 Halys	Q3 Giron	R1 Bonzi	Total
Score	3-6 7-5 7-60	7-5 5-7 7-64	7-5 6-3
Tot Set	3	3	2	8
Tot Games	34	37	21	92
pts	105-102	–	76-61	181-163
Total points	207	0	137	344
Winners	58		35	93
%Winners	55%	0%	46%	51%
SERVE
Aces	5	0	6	11
Double Faults	2		1	3
1st in	78/101	/	48/72	126/173
% 1st in	77%	0%	67%	73%
1st pts	58/78	/	35/48	93/126
% 1st pts	74%	0%	73%	74%
2nd pts	10/23	/	11/24	21/47
% 2nd pts	43%	0%	46%	45%
Breaks
Won	2		4	6
Converted	2/9	/	4/8	6/17
Converted %	22%	0%	50%	35%
Conceded	5		7	12
Saved	3/5	0/	5/7	8
Saved %	60%	–	71%	131%
Times Broken	2		2	4

Tennis Scores in Paris

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• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Taylor FritzFritz (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexander BublikBublik – Nicolas JarryJarry (7-6³ 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Laslo DjereDjere (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Andrey RublevRublev – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

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