Pavel Kotov and Duje Ajdukovic will face off in the 2nd round of the Nordea Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pavel Kotov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pavel Kotov is the pick to win this match.
Pavel Kotov -> 1.56
Duje Ajdukovic -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Pavel Kotov vs. Duje Ajdukovic
There is no head to head record between Pavel Kotov and Duje Ajdukovic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Pavel Kotov
15 - 13win/loss
85
50
LLLLLLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-25 | 9-11 | 11-9 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-32 | 13-14 | 20-12 | 9-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-20 | 5-3 | 20-9 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-25 | 5-5 | 7-11 | 17-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 60, Kotov got to the 2nd round after beating Cristian Garin 6-4 6-7(6) 6-1 and Duje Ajdukovic .
In the 1st round, The Russian defeated Garin (6-4 6-76 6-1). During the match, Kotov scored 103 points vs Garin’s 93. Kotov was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kotov managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Pavel Kotov lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kotov put 65% of his first serves in, winning 64% (42/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 69% (25/36) on the 2nd serve. Pavel broke Garin 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Kotov has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (267-173). 11-6 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Kotov has a compiled121-77 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
Kotov’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Marrakech.
Kotov has a compiled 15-13 win-loss record in 2024, 11-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Bastad
Duje Ajdukovic
22 - 20win/loss
122
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. 130, Ajdukovic got to the 2nd round after beating Dmitry Popko 6-2 6-4, Alejandro Moro Canas 7-6(4) 6-3 and Luca Van Assche 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Van Assche (6-3 6-3). During the match Ajdukovic scored 61 points vs Van Assche’s 47. Duje was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Ajdukovic struck 3 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Duje Ajdukovic was very effective on serve to win 80% (20/25) of his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ajdukovic broke Van Assche 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
The Croatian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Quimper Challenger.
Duje has an overall 22-20 win-loss record in 2024, 11-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Bastad
The Croatian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kotov | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 58 |
| Pts | 103-93 | 207-169 |
| Total Points | 196 | 376 |
| Winners | 42 | 91 |
| %Winners | 41% | 44% |
Kotov played 1 match while Ajdukovic competed in 3 matches. Ajdukovic started his run from the qualifications while Kotov had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Pavel Kotov surrendered 1 set while Duje Ajdukovic hasn’t lost a set so far. Kotov has played 3 set(s) less than Ajdukovic (3 vs 6). Therefore, Kotov played 28 games less than Ajdukovic. The Russian scored 42 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Duje made 91 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kotov | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 66/102 | 115/176 |
| %1st in | 65% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 42/66 | 91/115 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 25/36 | 32/61 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 52% |
Kotov recorded 5 aces . Ajdukovic struck 8 aces (2.7 per match). Kotov won 64% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Ajdukovic won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kotov | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 9 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 9/24 |
| % Converted | 57% | 38% |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 80% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Kotov broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Kotov surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Ajdukovic broke his opponents 9 times with a 38% conversion rate. Duje conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kotov | |||
| R1 Garin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-76 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 103-93 | 103-93 | |
| Total points | 196 | 196 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 66/102 | 66/102 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 42/66 | 42/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/36 | 25/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ajdukovic | |||||
| Q1 Popko |
Q3 Moro |
R1 Van |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 7-64 6-3 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 22 | 18 | 58 | |
| pts | 70-55 | 76-67 | 61-47 | 207-169 | |
| Total points | 125 | 143 | 108 | 376 | |
| Winners | 35 | 36 | 20 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 47% | 33% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 42/56 | 48/73 | 25/47 | 115/176 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 66% | 53% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 35/42 | 36/48 | 20/25 | 91/115 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 75% | 80% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/14 | 14/25 | 13/22 | 32/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 56% | 59% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 2/6 | 4/9 | 9/24 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | 44% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 3/4 | 0/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 75% | 0% | 175% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWLLWWL Tennis Scores in Bastad
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Taro DanielDaniel (6-77 6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (5-7 7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Federico CoriaCoria (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Alexandre MullerMuller (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Elias YmerYmer (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Jaime FariaFaria (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Jozef KovalikKovalik (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Orlando Luz/Rafael MatosLuz/Rafael Matos – Ji Sung Nam/Patrik Niklas-SalminenSung Nam/Patrik Niklas-Salminen (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Cristian GarinGarin (6-4 6-76 6-1) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Jaime FariaFaria (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Alexandre MullerMuller (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (5-7 7-6(3) 6-3) – See score progression
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Taro DanielDaniel (6-7(7) 6-2 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Henrique RochaRocha – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (4-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Elias YmerYmer (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Federico CoriaCoria (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
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