Duje Ajdukovic and Rio Noguchi will face off in the 2nd round of the Kobe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTRAL COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.48
Rio Noguchi -> 2.51
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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. Rio Noguchi
There is no head to head record between Duje Ajdukovic and Rio Noguchi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. 172 (career-high), Duje got to the 2nd round after defeating Menelaos Efstathiou 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Efstathiou (6-2 6-2). During the match, Ajdukovic scored 57 points vs Efstathiou’s 39. Duje was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ajdukovic made 2 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Duje Ajdukovic lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Ajdukovic put 65% of his first serves in, winning 67% (22/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the 2nd serve. Ajdukovic broke Efstathiou 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Ajdukovic has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 62% of his matches (220-137). 3-3 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Ajdukovic has an overall11-15 win-loss record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Luedenscheid Challenger where he overcame Hugo Dellien in the final 7-5 6-4.
Duje has a composed 55-25 win-loss record in 2023, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Duje has never competed in this tournament before.
Rio Noguchi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-18 | 17-11 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-31 | 12-18 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-22 | 41-10 | 9-9 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-26 | 18-18 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 5-6 | 0-3 | 3-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 396, Rio got to the 2nd round after beating Mathys Erhard 6-4 6-0 and Yu Hsiou Hsu 6-4 6-3.
The Japanese has an overall 18-28 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ajdukovic | Noguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 35 |
| Pts | 57-39 | 133-95 |
| Total Points | 96 | 228 |
| Winners | 22 | 45 |
| %Winners | 39% | 34% |
Ajdukovic played 1 match while Noguchi competed in 2 matches. Noguchi started his run from the qualifications while Ajdukovic had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Ajdukovic has played 2 set(s) less than Noguchi (2 vs 4). Therefore, Ajdukovic played 19 games less than Noguchi. Ajdukovic scored 22 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Rio recorded 45 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ajdukovic | Noguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 33/51 | 56/100 |
| %1st in | 65% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 22/33 | 45/56 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 25/44 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 57% |
Ajdukovic struck 2 aces . Noguchi made 2 aces (1 per match). Ajdukovic won 67% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Noguchi won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ajdukovic | Noguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 8 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 8/20 |
| % Converted | 83% | 40% |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 |
| Saved | 1 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Ajdukovic broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Duje conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. Rio conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ajdukovic | |||
| R1 Efstathiou |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 57-39 | 57-39 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 33/51 | 33/51 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 22/33 | 22/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Noguchi | ||||
| Q1 Erhard |
Q3 Chung |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 33 | |
| pts | 58-35 | – | 58-35 | |
| Total points | 93 | 0 | 93 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | ||
| %Winners | 41% | 0% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | ||
| 1st in | 32/51 | / | 32/51 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 0% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | / | 24/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 0% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | / | 10/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 0% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | ||
| Converted | 5/6 | / | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 0% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | ||
| Saved | 5/6 | 0/ | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | – | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | ||
Head 2 Head
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