Duje Ajdukovic and Pierre-Hugues Herbert will fight against each other in the quarter of the Braunschweig Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 11. 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 Pierre-Hugues Herbert who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pierre-Hugues Herbert is the pick to win this match.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 1.86
Duje Ajdukovic -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert
This will be the 4th time that Duje Ajdukovic and Pierre-Hugues Herbert square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Ajdukovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Ajdukovic won 7-5 7-5 in the qualifications in Madrid back in April 2024.
Duje Ajdukovic
19 - 19win/loss
142
105
LLWLWLLWWL | 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. 136, Duje got to the quarter after beating Stijn Slump 6-4 7-6(11) and Carlos Sanchez Jover 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Ajdukovic had a good straight sets win against Sanchez Jover (6-4 6-4). During the match, Ajdukovic scored 69 points vs Sanchez Jover’s 66. Ajdukovic was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ajdukovic bagged 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Duje Ajdukovic lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Ajdukovic put 67% of his first serves in, winning 70% (35/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. Duje broke Sanchez Jover 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Duje hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 51% of the points he played.
Ajdukovic has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (243-156). 8-7 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Ajdukovic has a composed178-103 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
Ajdukovic’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Quimper Challenger.
The Croatian has an aggregate 19-19 win-loss record in 2024, 8-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braunschweig Challenger
The Croatian has never competed in this tournament before.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
23 - 18win/loss
148
36
LLWLWLWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-31 | 3-5 | 8-11 | 19-12 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 2-4 | 5-4 | 16-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 10-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-21 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 9-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-13 | 4-3 | 7-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 138, Herbert reached the quarter after beating Tom Gentzsch 2-6 6-4 6-4, Nicola Kuhn 6-1 7-5 and Duje Ajdukovic .
In the 2nd round, Pierre-Hugues had a good straight sets win against Kuhn (6-1 7-5). During the match Herbert scored 60 points vs Kuhn’s 40. Pierre-Hugues was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Herbert struck 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Pierre-Hugues Herbert was pretty effective on serve to win 93% (26/28) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Pierre-Hugues broke Kuhn 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Quimper Challenger where he defeated Duje Ajdukovic in the final 6-3 6-2.
Herbert has a composed 23-18 win-loss record in 2024, 7-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braunschweig Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ajdukovic | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 47 |
| Pts | 149-143 | 151-129 |
| Total Points | 292 | 280 |
| Winners | 68 | 69 |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% |
Both Ajdukovic and Herbert played 2 matches. At the moment, Pierre-Hugues Herbert conceded 1 set while Duje Ajdukovic hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Ajdukovic has played 1 set(s) less than Herbert (4 vs 5). Therefore, Ajdukovic played 4 games less than Herbert. Ajdukovic scored 68 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The French player recorded 69 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ajdukovic | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 9.5 |
| 1st in | 91/145 | 86/143 |
| %1st in | 63% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 68/91 | 69/86 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 28/54 | 29/57 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 51% |
Ajdukovic blasted 14 aces (7 per match). Herbert blasted 19 aces (9.5 per match). Ajdukovic won 75% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Herbert won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ajdukovic | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 38% | 50% |
| Conceded | 8 | 5 |
| Saved | 6 | 2 |
| % Saved | 75% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Ajdukovic broke his opponents 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Herbert broke his opponents 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ajdukovic | ||||
| R1 Slump |
R2 Sanchez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-611 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 20 | 43 | |
| pts | 80-77 | 69-66 | 149-143 | |
| Total points | 157 | 135 | 292 | |
| Winners | 33 | 35 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 51% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 5 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 41/70 | 50/75 | 91/145 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 67% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 33/41 | 35/50 | 68/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 70% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 11/25 | 28/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 44% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 3/5 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 60% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 86% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Herbert | ||||
| R1 Gentzsch |
R2 Kuhn |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-4 6-4 | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 19 | 47 | |
| pts | 91-89 | 60-40 | 151-129 | |
| Total points | 180 | 100 | 280 | |
| Winners | 43 | 26 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 43% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 8 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 58/95 | 28/48 | 86/143 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 58% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 43/58 | 26/28 | 69/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 93% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/37 | 11/20 | 29/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 55% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 4/6 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 67% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 0/1 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 0% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
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