Stefanos Tsitsipas and Dusan Lajovic will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:00 pm on PISTA RAFA NADAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.192
Dusan Lajovic -> 4.7

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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Dusan Lajovic

This will be the 5^th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Dusan Lajovic square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Tsitsipas won 7-6(5) 6-2 in the quarter in Hamburg back in 2020.

Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Dusan Lajovic – Hamburg 25-September-2020

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Ranked no. 7, Tsitsipas reached the semifinal after beating Sebastian Ofner 6-4 7-5, Roberto Carballes Baena 7-5 6-3 and Facundo Diaz Acosta 4-6 6-3 7-6⁸.

In the quarter against Diaz Acosta, Stefanos recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-6⁸).During the match, Tsitsipas scored less points (3) than Diaz Acosta. In fact, the world no. 7 won 93 points vs Diaz Acosta’s. That means that Tsitsipas was more focused during the important points. Stefanos was very aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Talking about the service games, Tsitsipas made 3 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Stefanos Tsitsipas lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Tsitsipas put 64% of his first serves in, winning 73% (49/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (17/37) on the 2nd serve. The Greek broke Diaz Acosta 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Tsitsipas has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 51% of the points he played.

Tsitsipas has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 69% of his matches (464-209). 9-0 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tsitsipas has an overall 171-50 record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Carlo where he defeated Casper Ruud in the final 6-1 6-4.

Tsitsipas has a composed 20-6 win-loss record in 2024, 9-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Barcelona

Dusan Lajovic

Ranked no. 59, the Serbian reached the semifinal after defeating Diego Schwartzman 6-1 6-2, Ugo Humbert 6-4 6-4, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-6¹⁰ 3-6 6-1 and Arthur Fils 6-4 3-6 6-2.

In the quarter, The Serbian defeated Fils (6-4 3-6 6-2). During the match Lajovic scored 89 points vs Fils’s 86. Lajovic was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.

About the serving games, Lajovic scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Dusan Lajovic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Lajovic put 78% of his first serves in, winning 57% (37/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the 2nd serve. Dusan broke Fils 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Serbian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

The Serbian has a composed 11-9 win-loss record in 2024, 8-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Barcelona

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2018. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tsitsipas	Lajovic
Match played	3	4
Tot Set	7	10
Tot Games	75	91
Pts	242-231	315-275
Total Points	473	590
Winners	119	144
%Winners	49%	46%

Tsitsipas played 3 matches while Lajovic competed in 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Stefanos Tsitsipas conceded 1 set, while Dusan Lajovic dropped 2 sets. Tsitsipas has played 3 set(s) less than Lajovic (7 vs 10). Therefore, Tsitsipas played 16 games less than Lajovic. Stefanos scored 119 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Serbian recorded 144 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tsitsipas	Lajovic
Aces	13	7
Avg per match	4.3	1.8
1st in	167/256	219/302
%1st in	65%	73%
1st pts	119/167	144/219
%1st pts	71%	66%
2nd pts	42/89	41/83
%2nd pts	47%	49%

Tsitsipas bagged 13 aces (4.3 per match). Lajovic managed to score 7 aces (1.8 per match). Tsitsipas won 71% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Lajovic won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Tsitsipas	Lajovic
Won	12	19
Converted	12/26	19/31
% Converted	46%	61%
Conceded	22	30
Saved	14	20
% Saved	64%	67%
Times Broken	8	10

The Greek broke his opponents 12 times with a 46% conversion rate. Tsitsipas lost his serve 8 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Dusan broke his opponents 19 times with a 61% conversion rate. The Serbian conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Tsitsipas
	R2 Ofner	R3 Carballes Baena	1/4 Diaz	Total
Score	6-4 7-5	7-5 6-3	4-6 6-3 7-68
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	22	21	32	75
pts	71-66	78-69	93-96	242-231
Total points	137	147	189	473
Winners	36	34	49	119
%Winners	51%	44%	53%	49%
SERVE
Aces	3	7	3	13
Double Faults	2	2	7	11
1st in	52/72	48/80	67/104	167/256
% 1st in	72%	60%	64%	65%
1st pts	36/52	34/48	49/67	119/167
% 1st pts	69%	71%	73%	71%
2nd pts	7/20	18/32	17/37	42/89
% 2nd pts	35%	56%	46%	47%
Breaks
Won	5	3	4	12
Converted	5/8	3/11	4/7	12/26
Converted %	63%	27%	57%	46%
Conceded	8	6	8	22
Saved	5/8	5/6	4/8	14
Saved %	63%	83%	50%	65%
Times Broken	3	1	4	8

Lajovic
	R1 Schwartzman	R2 Humbert	R3 Davidovich Fokina	1/4 Fils	Total
Score	6-1 6-2	6-4 6-4	7-610 3-6 6-1	6-4 3-6 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	3	3	10
Tot Games	15	20	29	27	91
pts	61-38	58-49	107-102	89-86	315-275
Total points	99	107	209	175	590
Winners	23	28	56	37	144
%Winners	38%	48%	52%	42%	46%
SERVE
Aces	1	3	2	1	7
Double Faults	1	2	3	0	6
1st in	31/49	37/53	86/117	65/83	219/302
% 1st in	63%	70%	74%	78%	73%
1st pts	23/31	28/37	56/86	37/65	144/219
% 1st pts	74%	76%	65%	57%	66%
2nd pts	12/18	7/16	10/31	12/18	41/83
% 2nd pts	67%	44%	32%	67%	49%
Breaks
Won	4	4	6	5	19
Converted	4/8	4/5	6/10	5/8	19/31
Converted %	50%	80%	60%	63%	61%
Conceded	4	5	15	6	30
Saved	4/4	3/5	10/15	3/6	20
Saved %	100%	60%	67%	50%	92%
Times Broken	0	2	5	3	10

Tennis Scores in Barcelona

• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Cameron NorrieNorrie (7-6⁴ 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (4-6 6-3 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Arthur FilsFils (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Marcelo Arevalo/Mate PavicArevalo/Mate Pavic – Ivan Dodig/Neal SkupskiDodig/Neal Skupski (6-2 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Casper RuudRuud – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Hugo Nys/Jan ZielinskiNys/Jan Zielinski – Santiago Gonzalez/Edouard Roger-VasselinGonzalez/Edouard Roger-Vasselin (6-3 3-6 10-3) – See score progression
• Maximo Gonzalez/Andres MolteniGonzalez/Andres Molteni – Wesley Koolhof/Nikola MekticKoolhof/Nikola Mektic (6-3 7-6¹) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Dusan LajovicLajovic (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Casper RuudRuud – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (1-0) – H2H and prediction