Duje Ajdukovic and Oriol Roca Batalla will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 12:15 pm on PISTA RAFA NADAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Oriol Roca Batalla who should win in 3 sets.
Oriol Roca Batalla -> 1.77
Duje Ajdukovic -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. Oriol Roca Batalla
This will be the 3rd time that Duje Ajdukovic and Oriol Roca Batalla square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Ajdukovic and Roca Batalla (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Roca Batalla won 4-6 6-1 6-1 in the final in the Braga Challenger back in 2023.
Duje Ajdukovic
13 - 11win/loss
143
105
| 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. 117, Ajdukovic reached the qualifications after beating Max Alcala Gurri 6-77 6-2 6-0.
In the qualifications against Alcala Gurri, Duje recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-77 6-2 6-0). During the match, Ajdukovic scored 98 points vs Alcala Gurri’s 68. Ajdukovic was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ajdukovic scored 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Duje Ajdukovic lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ajdukovic put 73% of his first serves in, winning 75% (44/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 32% (7/22) on the 2nd serve. Duje broke Alcala Gurri 9 times after converting 82% of his break points (9/11).
Ajdukovic has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (237-148). 2-2 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ajdukovic has a compiled172-98 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
Ajdukovic’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Quimper Challenger.
Ajdukovic has a composed 13-11 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Barcelona
Duje has never competed in this tournament before.
Oriol Roca Batalla
7 - 11win/loss
221
150
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-34 | 5-7 | 27-25 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-38 | 8-4 | 42-34 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-26 | 0-0 | 50-25 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-21 | 0-1 | 25-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-10 | 0-1 | 11-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 218, Oriol got to the qualifications after defeating Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Herbert (6-4 6-1). During the match Roca Batalla scored 66 points vs Herbert’s 43. Oriol was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Roca Batalla recorded 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Oriol Roca Batalla was quite efficient on serve to win 84% (27/32) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Spaniard broke Herbert 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Roca Batalla’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Bengaluru Challenger.
Oriol has an overall 7-11 win-loss record in 2024, 2-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Barcelona
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2015. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ajdukovic | Roca Batalla |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 17 |
| Pts | 98-68 | 66-43 |
| Total Points | 166 | 109 |
| Winners | 44 | 27 |
| %Winners | 45% | 41% |
Both Ajdukovic and Roca Batalla played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Duje Ajdukovic conceded 1 set while Oriol Roca Batalla hasn’t conceded a set so far. Ajdukovic has played 1 set more than Roca Batalla (3 vs 2). Therefore, Ajdukovic played 10 games more than Roca Batalla. The Croatian scored 44 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Oriol fired 27 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ajdukovic | Roca Batalla |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 59/81 | 32/49 |
| %1st in | 73% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 44/59 | 27/32 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 7/22 | 11/17 |
| %2nd pts | 32% | 65% |
Ajdukovic recorded 2 aces . Roca Batalla fired 3 aces . Ajdukovic won 75% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 32% of the points. On the other side, Roca Batalla won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ajdukovic | Roca Batalla |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 3 |
| Converted | 9/11 | 3/11 |
| % Converted | 82% | 27% |
| Conceded | 8 | 0 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 50% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
Duje broke his opponent 9 times with a 82% conversion rate. Ajdukovic conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Roca Batalla broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Roca Batalla was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Ajdukovic | |||
| Q1 Alcala | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-77 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 98-68 | 98-68 | |
| Total points | 166 | 166 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 59/81 | 59/81 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 44/59 | 44/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/22 | 7/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 32% | 32% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 9 | 9 | |
| Converted | 9/11 | 9/11 | |
| Converted % | 82% | 82% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Roca Batalla | |||
| Q1 Herbert | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 66-43 | 66-43 | |
| Total points | 109 | 109 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 32/49 | 32/49 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 27/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 11/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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