H2H, prediction of Frances Tiafoe vs Dusan Lajovic in Indian Wells with odds, preview, pick | 8th March 2024

PREVIEW. Indian Wells. Tiafoe and Lajovic will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Friday the 8th of March

Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Dusan Lajovic

Frances Tiafoe and Dusan Lajovic will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 8:30 pm on STADIUM 2. 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 Frances Tiafoe who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.35
Dusan Lajovic -> 3.22

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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Dusan Lajovic

This will be the 6th time that Frances Tiafoe and Dusan Lajovic clash against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Tiafoe (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Tiafoe won 2-6 7-5 6-0 in the 1st round in Estoril back in 2022.

Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs Dusan Lajovic – Estoril 25-April-2022

Frances Tiafoe

Frances Tiafoe
Frances Tiafoe

7 - 5win/loss

Hard
6-4
I Hard
1-1
Rank
21
High
10
LLLWWWLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 10-10 6-6 3-3 1-1 0-0 0-0
2023 40-21 21-10 8-4 4-5 7-2 0-0
2022 35-25 19-11 8-6 5-5 3-3 0-0
2021 42-27 19-13 4-7 10-4 9-3 0-0
2020 19-15 7-9 6-3 6-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 18, the American will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in Acapulco where he lost 6-4 5-7 6-1 to Koepfer in the 2nd round on the 28th of February.

Francis has an overall 6-5 win-loss record in 2024, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Delray Beach.

Talking about his overall career, Tiafoe has an overall 347-238 record. He has a positive 163-113 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See his history.

Tiafoe
Indian Wells
Tiafoe's Record

Dusan Lajovic

Dusan Lajovic
Dusan Lajovic

7 - 7win/loss

Hard
3-4
I Hard
0-0
Clay
4-3
Rank
65
High
23
LLWWWWLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 11-11 3-5 8-6 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 30-28 9-9 18-13 3-5 0-1 0-0
2022 30-30 4-11 24-15 1-2 1-2 0-0
2021 18-28 8-10 5-9 4-7 1-2 0-0
2020 14-16 7-6 7-7 0-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 56, Dusan got to the 2nd round after beating Emil Ruusuvuori 7-5 6-2.

In the 1st round, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Ruusuvuori (7-5 6-2). During the match Lajovic scored 77 points vs Ruusuvuori’s 61. Lajovic was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.

About the serving games, Lajovic struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dusan Lajovic lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Lajovic put 75% of his first serves in, winning 70% (38/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (7/18) on the 2nd serve. Lajovic broke Ruusuvuori 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Dusan has a composed 7-6 win-loss record in 2024, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2017. See his history.

Lajovic
Indian Wells
Lajovic's Record
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Soccer Tonic Predictions

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Tiafoe
LLLWWWLLWL
Lajovic
LLWWWWLLLW
2024 2023 2022
10 - 10
11 - 10
6-6
Hard
3-5
1-1
I Hard
0-0
3-3
Clay
8-5

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