Duje Ajdukovic and Carlos Sanchez Jover will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Braunschweig Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:30 am on COURT 11. 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 -> 1.57
Carlos Sanchez Jover -> 2.3

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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. Carlos Sanchez Jover

This will be the 3^rd time that Duje Ajdukovic and Carlos Sanchez Jover clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Sanchez (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Sanchez won 6-3 7-5 in the 2^nd round in the Todi Challenger back in 2023.

Duje Ajdukovic

Ranked no. 136, Duje got to the 2^nd round after defeating Stijn Slump 6-4 7-6(11) and Carlos Sanchez Jover .

In the 1^st round, Duje had a good straight sets win against Slump (6-4 7-6¹¹). During the match, Ajdukovic scored 80 points vs Slump’s 77. Ajdukovic was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ajdukovic bagged 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Duje Ajdukovic was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 80% (33/41) of his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Croatian broke Slump twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

Ajdukovic has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (242-156). 7-7 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ajdukovic has an overall177-103 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.

The Croatian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Quimper Challenger.

Ajdukovic has a composed 18-19 win-loss record in 2024, 7-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Braunschweig Challenger

Ajdukovic has never competed in this tournament before.

Carlos Sanchez Jover

Ranked no. 390, Carlos got to the 2^nd round after beating Buvaysar Gadamauri 4-6 6-4 6-2 and Denis Yevseyev 6-1 2-6 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Sanchez defeated Yevseyev (6-1 2-6 6-4). During the match Sanchez scored 86 points vs Yevseyev’s 71. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.

About the serving games, Sanchez was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Carlos Sanchez Jover lost the serve 5 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez put 54% of his first serves in, winning 58% (22/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Yevseyev 7 times after converting 64% of his break points (7/11).

The Spaniard’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.

Sanchez has a compiled 20-18 win-loss record in 2024, 20-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Ajdukovic	Sanchez
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	6
Tot Games	23	53
Pts	80-77	174-150
Total Points	157	324
Winners	33	53
%Winners	41%	30%

Ajdukovic played 1 match while Sanchez competed in 2 matches. Sanchez started his run from the qualifications while Ajdukovic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Carlos Sanchez Jover lost 2 sets while Duje Ajdukovic hasn’t lost a set so far. Ajdukovic has played 4 set(s) less than Sanchez (2 vs 6). Therefore, Ajdukovic played 30 games less than Sanchez. Ajdukovic scored 33 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Carlos recorded 53 winners (30%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Ajdukovic	Sanchez
Aces	9	2
Avg per match	9	1
1st in	41/70	86/152
%1st in	59%	57%
1st pts	33/41	53/86
%1st pts	80%	62%
2nd pts	17/29	35/66
%2nd pts	59%	53%

Ajdukovic blasted 9 aces . Sanchez bagged 2 aces (1 per match). Ajdukovic won 80% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Sanchez won 62% of the points behind 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	Sanchez
Won	2	13
Converted	2/8	13/21
% Converted	25%	62%
Conceded	1	11
Saved	0	2
% Saved	0%	18%
Times Broken	1	9

Ajdukovic broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. The Croatian surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Sanchez broke his opponents 13 times with a 62% conversion rate. Carlos conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 18% of the break points that he conceded.

Ajdukovic
	R1 Slump	Total
Score	6-4 7-611
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	80-77	80-77
Total points	157	157
Winners	33	33
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	41/70	41/70
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	33/41	33/41
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	17/29	17/29
% 2nd pts	59%	59%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/8	2/8
Converted %	25%	25%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Sanchez
	Q1 Gadamauri	Q3 Fanselow	R1 Yevseyev	Total
Score	4-6 6-4 6-2	6-4 6-71 6-2	6-1 2-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	3	9
Tot Games	28	31	25	84
pts	88-79	–	86-71	174-150
Total points	167	0	157	324
Winners	31		22	53
%Winners	35%	0%	26%	30%
SERVE
Aces	2	0	0	2
Double Faults	3		2	5
1st in	48/82	/	38/70	86/152
% 1st in	59%	0%	54%	57%
1st pts	31/48	/	22/38	53/86
% 1st pts	65%	0%	58%	62%
2nd pts	18/34	/	17/32	35/66
% 2nd pts	53%	0%	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	6		7	13
Converted	6/10	/	7/11	13/21
Converted %	60%	0%	64%	62%
Conceded	5		6	11
Saved	1/5	0/	1/6	2
Saved %	20%	–	17%	37%
Times Broken	4		5	9

Tennis Scores in Braunschweig Challenger

• Lukas KleinKlein – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-7³ 7-6³ 6-1) – See score progression
• Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (2-6 7-6¹ 6-3) – See score progression
• Cristian GarinGarin – Matej DodigDodig (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Henri SquireSquire – Daniel MasurMasur (5-7 7-6⁴ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Tom GentzschGentzsch (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Stijn SlumpSlump (6-4 7-6¹¹) – See score progression
• Sumit NagalNagal – Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Matteo MartineauMartineau (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Jurij RodionovRodionov (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-1 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Nicola KuhnKuhn – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-2 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Pedro CachinCachin – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-1 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Lukas KleinKlein – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-7(3) 7-6(3) 6-1) – See score progression
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Jurij RodionovRodionov (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Cristian GarinGarin – Matej DodigDodig (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Nicola KuhnKuhn – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-2 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Tom GentzschGentzsch (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Stijn SlumpSlump (6-4 7-6(11)) – See score progression
• Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-1 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Matteo MartineauMartineau (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Henri SquireSquire – Daniel MasurMasur (5-7 7-6(4) 7-6(5)) – See score progression
• Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (2-6 7-6(1) 6-3) – See score progression
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Marvin MoellerMoeller (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Sumit NagalNagal – Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves (6-1 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Christian GarinGarin (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Lukas KleinKlein (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pedro CachinCachin – Sumit NagalNagal (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Benjamin HassanHassan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicola KuhnKuhn – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Henri SquireSquire – (0-0) – H2H and prediction