Duje Ajdukovic and Khumoun Sultanov will face off in the semifinal of the Manacor Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 7:30 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 Duje Ajdukovic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Duje Ajdukovic is the pick to win this match.
Duje Ajdukovic -> 1.52
Khumoun Sultanov -> 2.42
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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. Khumoun Sultanov
This will be the 2nd time that Duje Ajdukovic and Khumoun Sultanov fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sultanov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Sultanov won 2-6 7-5 6-3 in the quarter in M25 Split back in 2022.
Duje Ajdukovic
29 - 24win/loss
115
105
LWLWLLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-30 | 18-13 | 13-10 | 7-4 | 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, Ajdukovic reached the semifinal after beating Martin Landaluce 7-5 6-1, Marin Cilic 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3 and Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-3 7-6(2).
In the quarter, Duje had a good straight sets win against Huesler (6-3 7-62). During the match, Ajdukovic scored 79 points vs Huesler’s 71. Duje was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ajdukovic made 7 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Duje Ajdukovic lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Ajdukovic put 61% of his first serves in, winning 70% (32/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Huesler 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Croatian has lost 1 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Ajdukovic has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (252-161). 10-9 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ajdukovic has an aggregate45-31 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Ajdukovic’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Quimper Challenger.
The Croatian has a composed 28-24 win-loss record in 2024, 10-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Manacor Challenger
Duje has never competed in this tournament before.
Khumoun Sultanov
59 - 17win/loss
231
231
LLWWWLLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 64-21 | 45-12 | 19-6 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-24 | 28-9 | 7-5 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2022 | 35-22 | 4-3 | 25-13 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 22-19 | 3-5 | 6-7 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-10 | 7-5 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 264 (career-high), the Uzbek reached the semifinal after beating Fabrizio Andaloro 6-3 6-1, Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg 6-4 6-4, Robin Bertrand 6-2 6-7(4) 6-4, Raphael Collignon 6-3 6-4 and Abedallah Shelbayh 2-6 7-5 6-2.
In the quarter against Shelbayh, The Uzbek recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 6-2). During the match Sultanov scored 87 points vs Shelbayh’s 81. Sultanov was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Sultanov made 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Khumoun Sultanov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Sultanov put 62% of his first serves in, winning 70% (37/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the 2nd serve. Khumoun broke Shelbayh 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sultanov started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Sultanov’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Doha,M25 Doha,M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio,M15 Chandigarh,M25 Duffel,M25 Brussels,M25 Kassel,M25 Astana and Nova.
Sultanov has an overall 59-16 win-loss record in 2024, 40-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ajdukovic | Sultanov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 12 |
| Tot Games | 73 | 114 |
| Pts | 239-207 | 376-312 |
| Total Points | 446 | 688 |
| Winners | 104 | 148 |
| %Winners | 44% | 39% |
Ajdukovic played 3 matches while Sultanov competed in 5 matches. Sultanov started his run from the qualifications while Ajdukovic had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Duje Ajdukovic conceded 1 set, while Khumoun Sultanov surrendered 2 sets. Ajdukovic has played 5 set(s) less than Sultanov (7 vs 12). Therefore, Ajdukovic played 41 games less than Sultanov. The Croatian scored 104 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Uzbek struck 148 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ajdukovic | Sultanov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 27 | 35 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 7 |
| 1st in | 139/237 | 202/337 |
| %1st in | 59% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 104/139 | 148/202 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 54/98 | 73/135 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 54% |
Ajdukovic managed to score 27 aces (9 per match). Sultanov made 35 aces (7 per match). Ajdukovic won 75% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Sultanov won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ajdukovic | Sultanov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 22 |
| Converted | 10/18 | 22/49 |
| % Converted | 56% | 45% |
| Conceded | 15 | 22 |
| Saved | 10 | 12 |
| % Saved | 67% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 10 |
The Croatian broke his opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. Ajdukovic dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Khumoun broke his opponents 22 times with a 45% conversion rate. Khumoun conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ajdukovic | |||||
| R1 Landaluce |
R2 Cilic |
1/4 Huesler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | 7-64 4-6 6-3 | 6-3 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 32 | 22 | 73 | |
| pts | 65-46 | 95-90 | 79-71 | 239-207 | |
| Total points | 111 | 185 | 150 | 446 | |
| Winners | 25 | 47 | 32 | 104 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 49% | 41% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 17 | 7 | 27 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 31/59 | 62/103 | 46/75 | 139/237 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 60% | 61% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 47/62 | 32/46 | 104/139 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 76% | 70% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 23/41 | 15/29 | 54/98 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 56% | 52% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 2/2 | 4/11 | 10/18 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 100% | 36% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 5/7 | 5/7 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 71% | 71% | 47% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Sultanov | |||||||
| Q1 Andaloro |
Q3 Gueymard |
R1 Bertrand |
R2 Collignon |
1/4 Shelbayh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 6-74 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | 2-6 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 | 31 | 19 | 28 | 114 | |
| pts | 60-34 | 64-53 | 98-90 | 67-54 | 87-81 | 376-312 | |
| Total points | 94 | 117 | 188 | 121 | 168 | 688 | |
| Winners | 22 | 26 | 39 | 24 | 37 | 148 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 41% | 40% | 36% | 43% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 35 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 24/40 | 34/52 | 57/91 | 34/68 | 53/86 | 202/337 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 65% | 63% | 50% | 62% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 22/24 | 26/34 | 39/57 | 24/34 | 37/53 | 148/202 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 76% | 68% | 71% | 70% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 9/18 | 18/34 | 19/34 | 17/33 | 73/135 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 50% | 53% | 56% | 52% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | 6/14 | 4/9 | 4/6 | 22/49 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | 43% | 44% | 67% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 22 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/3 | 2/5 | 5/7 | 4/7 | 12 | |
| Saved % | – | 33% | 40% | 71% | 57% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
Head 2 Head
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