Duje Ajdukovic and Marc-Andrea Huesler will square off in the quarter of the Manacor Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7:00 pm on PISTA 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marc-Andrea Huesler who should win in 3 sets.
Marc-Andrea Huesler -> 1.69
Duje Ajdukovic -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
There is no head to head record between Duje Ajdukovic and Marc-Andrea Huesler since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Duje Ajdukovic
28 - 24win/loss
122
105
| 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. 134, the Croatian reached the quarter after defeating Martin Landaluce 7-5 6-1 and Marin Cilic 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Croatian defeated Cilic (7-64 4-6 6-3). During the match, Ajdukovic scored 95 points vs Cilic’s 90. The Croatian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ajdukovic made 17 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Duje Ajdukovic was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (47/62) of his 1st serve and 56% (23/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Duje was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Cilic twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Duje has dropped 1 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Ajdukovic has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (251-161). 9-9 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Ajdukovic has an overall44-31 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Duje’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Quimper Challenger.
Duje has an overall 27-24 win-loss record in 2024, 9-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Manacor Challenger
The Croatian has never competed in this tournament before.
Marc-Andrea Huesler
34 - 23win/loss
158
47
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-28 | 11-6 | 16-10 | 10-9 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-31 | 7-9 | 2-10 | 5-8 | 4-3 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 45-28 | 9-8 | 18-6 | 11-10 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-33 | 3-6 | 14-15 | 9-7 | 1-3 | 3-2 |
| 2020 | 21-7 | 0-0 | 12-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 7-1 |
Ranked no. 168, the Swiss got to the quarter after defeating Aziz Dougaz 6-4 6-4 and Alexander Blockx 7-6(1) 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Huesler had a good straight sets win against Blockx (7-61 6-4). During the match Huesler scored 69 points vs Blockx’s 54. The Swiss was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Huesler struck 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Marc-Andrea Huesler was quite effective on serve to win 89% (32/36) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Swiss broke Blockx twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marc-Andrea hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Grodzisk Mazowiecki Challenger where he beat Vit Kopriva in the final 6-1 6-4.
The Swiss has an aggregate 34-22 win-loss record in 2024, 11-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ajdukovic | Huesler |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 43 |
| Pts | 160-136 | 137-108 |
| Total Points | 296 | 245 |
| Winners | 72 | 62 |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% |
Both Ajdukovic and Huesler played 2 matches. At the moment, Duje Ajdukovic dropped 1 set while Marc-Andrea Huesler hasn’t lost a set so far. Ajdukovic has played 1 set more than Huesler (5 vs 4). Therefore, Ajdukovic played 8 games more than Huesler. The Croatian scored 72 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss scored 62 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ajdukovic | Huesler |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 7.5 |
| 1st in | 93/162 | 72/107 |
| %1st in | 57% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 72/93 | 62/72 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 39/69 | 22/35 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 63% |
Ajdukovic struck 20 aces (10 per match). Huesler recorded 15 aces (7.5 per match). Ajdukovic won 77% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Huesler won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ajdukovic | Huesler |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/7 | 4/14 |
| % Converted | 86% | 29% |
| Conceded | 8 | 1 |
| Saved | 5 | 0 |
| % Saved | 63% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
The Croatian broke his opponents 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. Duje dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Marc-Andrea broke his opponents 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ajdukovic | ||||
| R1 Landaluce | R2 Cilic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | 7-64 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 32 | 51 | |
| pts | 65-46 | 95-90 | 160-136 | |
| Total points | 111 | 185 | 296 | |
| Winners | 25 | 47 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 49% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 17 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 31/59 | 62/103 | 93/162 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 60% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 47/62 | 72/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 76% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 23/41 | 39/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 56% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 2/2 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 100% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 71% | 36% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Huesler | ||||
| R1 Dougaz | R2 Blockx | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 7-61 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 | 43 | |
| pts | 68-54 | 69-54 | 137-108 | |
| Total points | 122 | 123 | 245 | |
| Winners | 30 | 32 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 46% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 7 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 36/52 | 36/55 | 72/107 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 65% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 30/36 | 32/36 | 62/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 89% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 12/19 | 22/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 2/5 | 4/14 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 40% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Richard BerankisBerankis – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction