Duje Ajdukovic and August Holmgren will square off in the quarter of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:30 pm on COURT 6. 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 Duje Ajdukovic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Duje Ajdukovic is the pick to win this match.
Duje Ajdukovic -> 1.61
August Holmgren -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. August Holmgren
There is no head to head record between Duje Ajdukovic and August Holmgren since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Duje Ajdukovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-19 | 6-7 | 6-7 | 5-2 | 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. 179, Ajdukovic reached the quarter after defeating Kaichi Uchida 6-4 6-4 and Sho Shimabukuro 7-63 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Shimabukuro (7-63 6-3). During the match, Ajdukovic scored 77 points vs Shimabukuro’s 66. Duje was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ajdukovic bagged 13 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Duje Ajdukovic was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (41/58) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ajdukovic was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Shimabukuro twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Duje hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 53% of the points he played.
Ajdukovic has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 62% of his matches (219-136). 2-0 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ajdukovic has a composed35-21 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Luedenscheid Challenger where he beat Hugo Dellien in the final 7-5 6-4.
Duje has a compiled 54-24 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
The Croatian has never competed in this tournament before.
August Holmgren
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-14 | 9-8 | 5-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-26 | 33-14 | 9-6 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-12 | 18-4 | 10-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-8 | 12-6 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 392, the Dane got to the quarter after beating Kentaro Otsuka 6-4 6-1, Egor Gerasimov 6-4 7-63, Marc Polmans 6-0 6-4 and Yasutaka Uchiyama 7-68 7-65.
In the 2nd round, August had a good straight sets win against Uchiyama (7-68 7-65). During the match Holmgren scored 86 points vs Uchiyama’s 85. Holmgren was quite aggressive to blast 50 winners.
About the serving games, Holmgren made 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. August Holmgren was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (50/65) of his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Holmgren started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
August’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Nottingham and M25 Harlingen.
The Dane has an aggregate 36-22 win-loss record in 2023, 26-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ajdukovic | Holmgren |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 82 |
| Pts | 146-127 | 299-239 |
| Total Points | 273 | 538 |
| Winners | 71 | 126 |
| %Winners | 49% | 42% |
Ajdukovic played 2 matches while Holmgren competed in 4 matches. Holmgren started his run from the qualifications while Ajdukovic had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Ajdukovic has played 4 set(s) less than Holmgren (4 vs 8). Therefore, Ajdukovic played 40 games less than Holmgren. The Croatian scored 71 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Holmgren bagged 126 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ajdukovic | Holmgren |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 22 | 26 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 97/145 | 160/258 |
| %1st in | 67% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 71/97 | 126/160 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 28/48 | 58/98 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 59% |
Ajdukovic made 22 aces (11 per match). Holmgren struck 26 aces (6.5 per match). Ajdukovic won 73% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Holmgren won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ajdukovic | Holmgren |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 12 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 12/36 |
| % Converted | 57% | 33% |
| Conceded | 7 | 12 |
| Saved | 6 | 9 |
| % Saved | 86% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Ajdukovic broke his opponents 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Ajdukovic dropped his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. The Dane broke his opponents 12 times with a 33% conversion rate. August conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ajdukovic | ||||
| R1 Uchida |
R2 Shimabukuro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 22 | 42 | |
| pts | 69-61 | 77-66 | 146-127 | |
| Total points | 130 | 143 | 273 | |
| Winners | 30 | 41 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 53% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 13 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 39/63 | 58/82 | 97/145 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 71% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 30/39 | 41/58 | 71/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 71% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 13/24 | 28/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 54% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/2 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 100% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 4/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 80% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Holmgren | ||||||
| Q1 Otsuka |
Q3 Gerasimov |
R1 Polmans |
R2 Uchiyama |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-4 7-63 | 6-0 6-4 | 7-68 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 23 | 16 | 26 | 82 | |
| pts | 65-41 | 82-68 | 66-45 | 86-85 | 299-239 | |
| Total points | 106 | 150 | 111 | 171 | 538 | |
| Winners | 20 | 35 | 21 | 50 | 126 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 43% | 32% | 58% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 24/45 | 44/76 | 27/47 | 65/90 | 160/258 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 58% | 57% | 72% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 20/24 | 35/44 | 21/27 | 50/65 | 126/160 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 80% | 78% | 77% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 17/32 | 13/20 | 17/25 | 58/98 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 53% | 65% | 68% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/16 | 3/7 | 4/11 | 0/2 | 12/36 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 43% | 36% | 0% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 12 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 4/6 | 0/0 | 4/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | – | 100% | 109% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
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