Duje Ajdukovic and Benjamin Bonzi will square off in the 2nd round of the Split Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE 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 -> 1.74
Benjamin Bonzi -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. Benjamin Bonzi
There is no head to head record between Duje Ajdukovic and Benjamin Bonzi since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Duje Ajdukovic
12 - 10win/loss
137
115
LLLLWLLWLW | 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. 117, the Croatian reached the 2nd round after defeating Jonas Forejtek 6-77 7-5 6-1.
In the 1st round against Forejtek, Duje recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-77 7-5 6-1). During the match, Ajdukovic scored 110 points vs Forejtek’s 92. The Croatian was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ajdukovic scored 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Duje Ajdukovic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Ajdukovic put 58% of his first serves in, winning 77% (46/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (20/43) on the 2nd serve. Duje broke Forejtek 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Ajdukovic has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (236-147). 1-1 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Ajdukovic has a compiled171-97 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Croatian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Quimper Challenger.
The Croatian has a composed 12-10 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split Challenger
Benjamin Bonzi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-22 | 3-6 | 7-10 | 0-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-26 | 10-8 | 2-4 | 17-11 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-27 | 7-10 | 9-5 | 11-8 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 57-27 | 23-5 | 7-7 | 20-13 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 30-12 | 21-3 | 5-4 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 168, Benjamin reached the 2nd round after beating Santiago Rodriguez Taverna 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Benjamin had a good straight sets win against Rodriguez Taverna (6-2 6-2). During the match Bonzi scored 67 points vs Rodriguez Taverna’s 45. Benjamin was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Bonzi managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Benjamin Bonzi was pretty effective on serve to win 73% (22/30) of his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Benjamin broke Rodriguez Taverna 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Bonzi has a compiled 5-11 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split Challenger
Bonzi has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ajdukovic | Bonzi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 16 |
| Pts | 110-92 | 67-45 |
| Total Points | 202 | 112 |
| Winners | 46 | 22 |
| %Winners | 42% | 33% |
Both Ajdukovic and Bonzi played 1 match. At the moment, Duje Ajdukovic lost 1 set while Benjamin Bonzi hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Ajdukovic has played 1 set more than Bonzi (3 vs 2). Therefore, Ajdukovic played 16 games more than Bonzi. Ajdukovic scored 46 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Benjamin blasted 22 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ajdukovic | Bonzi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 2 |
| 1st in | 60/103 | 30/45 |
| %1st in | 58% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 46/60 | 22/30 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 20/43 | 10/15 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 67% |
Ajdukovic made 7 aces . Bonzi scored 2 aces . Ajdukovic won 77% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Bonzi won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ajdukovic | Bonzi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 50% | 45% |
| Conceded | 10 | 2 |
| Saved | 7 | 1 |
| % Saved | 70% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Duje broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Croatian dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Benjamin broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ajdukovic | |||
| R1 Forejtek |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-77 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 110-92 | 110-92 | |
| Total points | 202 | 202 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 60/103 | 60/103 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 46/60 | 46/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/43 | 20/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Bonzi | |||
| R1 Rodriguez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 67-45 | 67-45 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/45 | 30/45 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 22/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 10/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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