Duje Ajdukovic and Alexey Zakharov will clash against each other in the quarter of the Pune Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 -> 1.53
Alexey Zakharov -> 2.36
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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. Alexey Zakharov
There is no head to head record between Duje Ajdukovic and Alexey Zakharov since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Duje Ajdukovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-29 | 18-13 | 13-10 | 7-3 | 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. 130, Duje got to the quarter after beating Sebastian Fanselow 5-7 7-61 6-3 and Tristan Boyer 6-1 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Ajdukovic had a good straight sets win against Boyer (6-1 6-2). During the match, Ajdukovic scored 54 points vs Boyer’s 30. Duje was pretty aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ajdukovic managed to score 4 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Duje Ajdukovic was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (18/23) of his 1st serve and 77% (10/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Duje broke Boyer 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ajdukovic has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Ajdukovic has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (234-143). 5-4 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ajdukovic has a compiled40-26 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Duje’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Quimper Challenger.
The Croatian has an aggregate 10-6 win-loss record in 2024, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pune Challenger
Ajdukovic has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexey Zakharov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-23 | 23-14 | 15-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-8 | 21-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 610, the Russian got to the quarter after beating Moez Echargui 5-7 6-4 6-3, Yunseong Chung 6-3 5-7 6-4, Oliver Crawford 7-64 6-3 and Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Ramanathan (6-4 6-4). During the match Zakharov scored 68 points vs Ramanathan’s 56. Alexey was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Zakharov blasted 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alexey Zakharov lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Zakharov put 68% of his first serves in, winning 82% (37/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (8/21) on the 2nd serve. Alexey broke Ramanathan 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zakharov started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Alexey has an overall 14-5 win-loss record in 2024, 14-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ajdukovic | Zakharov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 104 |
| Pts | 172-134 | 351-317 |
| Total Points | 306 | 668 |
| Winners | 74 | 173 |
| %Winners | 43% | 49% |
Ajdukovic played 2 matches while Zakharov competed in 4 matches. Zakharov started his run from the qualifications while Ajdukovic had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Duje Ajdukovic lost 1 set, while Alexey Zakharov lost 2 sets. Ajdukovic has played 5 set(s) less than Zakharov (5 vs 10). Therefore, Ajdukovic played 55 games less than Zakharov. The Croatian scored 74 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Zakharov recorded 173 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ajdukovic | Zakharov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 38 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 9.5 |
| 1st in | 94/151 | 234/347 |
| %1st in | 62% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 74/94 | 173/234 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 30/57 | 60/113 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 53% |
Ajdukovic blasted 13 aces (6.5 per match). Zakharov managed to score 38 aces (9.5 per match). Ajdukovic won 79% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Zakharov won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ajdukovic | Zakharov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 11 |
| Converted | 8/16 | 11/34 |
| % Converted | 50% | 32% |
| Conceded | 13 | 32 |
| Saved | 10 | 26 |
| % Saved | 77% | 81% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 |
The Croatian broke his opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Croatian surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Zakharov broke his opponents 11 times with a 32% conversion rate. Zakharov conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ajdukovic | ||||
| R1 Fanselow |
R2 Boyer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 7-61 6-3 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 15 | 49 | |
| pts | 118-104 | 54-30 | 172-134 | |
| Total points | 222 | 84 | 306 | |
| Winners | 56 | 18 | 74 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 33% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 4 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 71/115 | 23/36 | 94/151 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 64% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 56/71 | 18/23 | 74/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 78% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/44 | 10/13 | 30/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 77% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 5/6 | 8/16 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 83% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 0 | 13 | |
| Saved | 10/13 | 0/0 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 77% | – | 39% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Zakharov | ||||||
| Q1 Echargui |
Q3 Chung |
R1 Crawford |
R2 Ramanathan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 5-7 6-4 | 7-64 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | 22 | 20 | 104 | |
| pts | 118-110 | 92-88 | 73-63 | 68-56 | 351-317 | |
| Total points | 228 | 180 | 136 | 124 | 668 | |
| Winners | 48 | 51 | 37 | 37 | 173 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 55% | 51% | 54% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 8 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 38 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 72/113 | 67/97 | 50/71 | 45/66 | 234/347 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 69% | 70% | 68% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 48/72 | 51/67 | 37/50 | 37/45 | 173/234 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 76% | 74% | 82% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/41 | 16/30 | 14/21 | 8/21 | 60/113 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 53% | 67% | 38% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/15 | 2/6 | 2/8 | 3/5 | 11/34 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 33% | 25% | 60% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 32 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 7/8 | 8/9 | 2/3 | 26 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 88% | 89% | 67% | 160% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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