Duje Ajdukovic and Pierre-Hugues Herbert will fight against each other in the quarter of the Braunschweig Challenger for the 4^th 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.

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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 4^th 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

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 2^nd 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)

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Previously in the Braunschweig Challenger

The Croatian has never competed in this tournament before.

Pierre-Hugues Herbert

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 2^nd 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 2^nd 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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