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

Pavel Kotov

15 - 13win/loss

Hard
4-6
I Hard
0-0
Clay
11-6
Grass
0-1
Rank
60
High
50
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 15-13 4-6 11-6 0-0 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
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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

Bastad
Kotov's Record

Duje Ajdukovic

Duje Ajdukovic

22 - 20win/loss

Hard
6-7
I Hard
5-2
Clay
11-8
Grass
0-3
Rank
130
High
115
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 22-20 6-7 11-8 5-2 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
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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.

Bastad
Ajdukovic's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

P.Kotov
D.Ajdukovic1
2h:33
2h:33
Time on court​
!
4h:21
4h:21
!
2h:33
2h:33
Last match​
1h:14
1h:14
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
30
30
Games Played​
58
58
3
3
Set played​​
6
6
103
103
Total points​
207
207
103
103
Avg point​
69
69
42
42
Winners
91
91
42
42
Avg Winners​
30.3
30.3
41%
41%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
8
8
5
5
Avg Aces
2.7
2.7
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
1
1
Avg Double Faults
0.7
0.7
42/66
42/66
1st won total​
91/115
91/115
64%
64%
1st won %
!
79%
79%
25/36
25/36
2nd won total​
32/61
32/61
!
69%
69%
2nd won %
52%
52%
-- Break Points --
4/7
4/7
BP won
9/24
9/24
4/7
4/7
Avg BP won
3/8
3/8
!
57%
57%
Won
38%
38%
5
5
Conceded
6
6
5
5
Avg Conceded
2
2
1
1
Broken
2
2
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0.7
0.7
4
4
Saved
4
4
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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

Tennis Scores in Bastad

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