Duje Ajdukovic and Menelaos Efstathiou will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Kobe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:30 am on COURT B. 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 2 sets.
Duje Ajdukovic -> 1.044
Menelaos Efstathiou -> 8.7
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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. Menelaos Efstathiou
There is no head to head record between Duje Ajdukovic and Menelaos Efstathiou 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 | 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. 172 (career-high), the Croatian will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Matsuyama Challenger where he lost 7-5 3-6 7-6(5) to Holmgren in the quarter on the 11th of November.
Duje has an overall 54-25 win-loss record in 2023, 2-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Luedenscheid Challenger where he beat Hugo Dellien in the final 7-5 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, The Croatian has an overall 219-137 record. He has a negative 10-15 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
The Croatian has never competed in this tournament before.
Menelaos Efstathiou
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-17 | 14-12 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 8-13 | 6-9 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-7 | 5-3 | 0-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-12 | 24-8 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 889, the Cypriot will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Matsuyama Challenger where he lost 6-7(4) 6-2 6-2
to Yunchaokete in the 1st round on the 7th of November.Efstathiou has a composed 7-10 win-loss record in 2023, 0-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Menelaos has an overall 59-40 record. He has a flat 5-5 record on indoor hard courts.
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Upcoming matches in the draw
- Tatsuma ItoIto – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jason JungJung – Zdenek KolarKolar (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Andrew FentyFenty (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Renta TokudaTokuda – Yunseong ChungChung (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin HassanHassan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Giovanni FonioFonio – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Kaichi UchidaUchida (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- August HolmgrenHolmgren – Moez EcharguiEchargui (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Menelaos EfstathiouEfstathiou (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Yunseong ChungChung (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Taisei IchikawaIchikawa – (0-0) – H2H and prediction