H2H, prediction of Duje Ajdukovic vs Matteo Gigante in Manacor Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 1st January 1970

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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. Matteo Gigante

Duje Ajdukovic and Matteo Gigante will face off in the final of the Manacor Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on SundaySunday 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 Duje Ajdukovic who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Duje Ajdukovic is the pick to win this match.
Duje Ajdukovic -> 1.74
Matteo Gigante -> 2.02

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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. Matteo Gigante

This will be the 2nd time that Duje Ajdukovic and Matteo Gigante face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Gigante (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Gigante won 3-6 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger back in January 2024.

Duje Ajdukovic

Duje Ajdukovic
Duje Ajdukovic

30 - 24win/loss

Hard
12-9
I Hard
5-2
Clay
13-10
Grass
0-3
Rank
122
High
105
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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, Ajdukovic got to the final after defeating Martin Landaluce 7-5 6-1, Marin Cilic 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3, Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-3 7-6(2) and Khumoun Sultanov 6-4 6-3.

In the semifinal, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Sultanov (6-4 6-3). During the match, Ajdukovic scored 62 points vs Sultanov’s 44. The Croatian was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ajdukovic scored 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Duje Ajdukovic was pretty effective on serve to win 83% (25/30) of his 1st serve and 79% (11/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ajdukovic broke Sultanov 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Duje has conceded 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.

Ajdukovic has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (253-161). 11-9 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ajdukovic has a composed46-31 match record in the last 7 years on hard.

Duje’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Quimper Challenger.

The Croatian has a compiled 29-24 win-loss record in 2024, 11-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Manacor Challenger

The Croatian has never competed in this tournament before.

Ajdukovic
Manacor Challenger
Ajdukovic's Record

Matteo Gigante

Matteo Gigante
Matteo Gigante

36 - 19win/loss

Hard
24-6
I Hard
0-2
Clay
11-10
Grass
1-1
Rank
143
High
132
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 41-25 27-10 11-10 2-4 1-1 0-0
2023 32-29 10-5 19-18 1-5 2-1 0-0
2022 38-20 9-1 27-15 2-4 0-0 0-0
2021 21-15 2-2 16-7 3-6 0-0 0-0
2020 4-9 1-1 2-5 1-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 175, Matteo got to the final after beating Jurij Rodionov 6-1 7-6(3), Charles Broom 6-3 5-7 6-3, Enzo Couacaud 6-3 6-4 and Jerome Kym 1-6 6-3 7-5.

In the semifinal against Kym, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 7-5). During the match Gigante and Kym scored the same amount of points (78). However, the world no. 134 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Matteo was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Gigante managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Matteo Gigante lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Gigante put 69% of his first serves in, winning 67% (32/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the 2nd serve. Gigante broke Kym 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Gigante has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he overcame Seong Chan Hong in the final 6-4 6-1 and the Tenerife 2 Challenger where he beat Stefano Travaglia in the final 6-2 6-4.

Gigante has a composed 36-18 win-loss record in 2024, 24-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Gigante
Manacor Challenger
Gigante's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

D.Ajdukovic
M.Gigante
6h:05
6h:05
Time on court​
6h:38
6h:38
1h:01
1h:01
Last match​
1h:39
1h:39
4
4
Match played
4
4
92
92
Games Played​
97
97
9
9
Set played​​
10
10
301
301
Total points​
314
314
75.3
75.3
Avg point​
78.5
78.5
129
129
Winners
141
141
32.3
32.3
Avg Winners​
35.3
35.3
43%
43%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
34
34
Aces
22
22
8.5
8.5
Avg Aces
5.5
5.5
5
5
Double Faults
6
6
1.3
1.3
Avg Double Faults
1.5
1.5
129/169
129/169
1st won total​
141/191
141/191
!
76%
76%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
65/112
65/112
2nd won total​
49/88
49/88
58%
58%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
13/22
13/22
BP won
14/24
14/24
3.3/5.5
3.3/5.5
Avg BP won
3.5/6
3.5/6
!
59%
59%
Won
!
58%
58%
15
15
Conceded
17
17
3.8
3.8
Avg Conceded
4.3
4.3
5
5
Broken
8
8
1.3
1.3
Avg Broken
2
2
10
10
Saved
9
9

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ajdukovic Gigante
Match played 4 4
Tot Set 9 10
Tot Games 92 97
Pts 301-251 314-267
Total Points 552 581
Winners 129 141
%Winners 43% 45%

Both Ajdukovic and Gigante played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Duje Ajdukovic surrendered 1 set, while Matteo Gigante conceded 2 sets. Ajdukovic has played 1 set(s) less than Gigante (9 vs 10). Therefore, Ajdukovic played 5 games less than Gigante. The Croatian scored 129 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian struck 141 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ajdukovic Gigante
Aces 34 22
Avg per match 8.5 5.5
1st in 169/281 191/279
%1st in 60% 68%
1st pts 129/169 141/191
%1st pts 76% 74%
2nd pts 65/112 49/88
%2nd pts 58% 56%

Ajdukovic managed to score 34 aces (8.5 per match). Gigante blasted 22 aces (5.5 per match). Ajdukovic won 76% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Gigante won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Ajdukovic Gigante
Won 13 14
Converted 13/22 14/24
% Converted 59% 58%
Conceded 15 17
Saved 10 9
% Saved 67% 53%
Times Broken 5 8

Duje broke his opponents 13 times with a 59% conversion rate. Duje dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Gigante broke his opponents 14 times with a 58% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.

Ajdukovic
R1
Landaluce
R2
Cilic
1/4
Huesler
1/2
Sultanov
Total
Score 7-5 6-1 7-64 4-6 6-3 6-3 7-62 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 2 3 2 2 9
Tot Games 19 32 22 19 92
pts 65-46 95-90 79-71 62-44 301-251
Total points 111 185 150 106 552
Winners 25 47 32 25 129
%Winners 38% 49% 41% 40% 43%
SERVE
Aces 3 17 7 7 34
Double Faults 1 3 0 1 5
1st in 31/59 62/103 46/75 30/44 169/281
% 1st in 53% 60% 61% 68% 60%
1st pts 25/31 47/62 32/46 25/30 129/169
% 1st pts 81% 76% 70% 83% 76%
2nd pts 16/28 23/41 15/29 11/14 65/112
% 2nd pts 57% 56% 52% 79% 58%
Breaks
Won 4 2 4 3 13
Converted 4/5 2/2 4/11 3/4 13/22
Converted % 80% 100% 36% 75% 59%
Conceded 1 7 7 0 15
Saved 0/1 5/7 5/7 0/0 10
Saved % 0% 71% 71% 36%
Times Broken 1 2 2 0 5
Gigante
R1
Rodionov
R2
Broom
1/4
Couacaud
1/2
Kym
Total
Score 6-1 7-63 6-3 5-7 6-3 6-3 6-4 1-6 6-3 7-5
Tot Set 2 3 2 3 10
Tot Games 20 30 19 28 97
pts 68-51 103-90 65-48 78-78 314-267
Total points 119 193 113 156 581
Winners 32 49 28 32 141
%Winners 47% 48% 43% 41% 45%
SERVE
Aces 3 9 6 4 22
Double Faults 1 4 0 1 6
1st in 43/63 66/97 34/49 48/70 191/279
% 1st in 68% 68% 69% 69% 68%
1st pts 32/43 49/66 28/34 32/48 141/191
% 1st pts 74% 74% 82% 67% 74%
2nd pts 10/20 13/31 12/15 14/22 49/88
% 2nd pts 50% 42% 80% 64% 56%
Breaks
Won 4 5 2 3 14
Converted 4/5 5/10 2/3 3/6 14/24
Converted % 80% 50% 67% 50% 58%
Conceded 5 9 0 3 17
Saved 3/5 6/9 0/0 0/3 9
Saved % 60% 67% 0% 32%
Times Broken 2 3 0 3 8

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Ajdukovic
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Gigante
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2024 2023 2022
36 - 30
41 - 25
18-13
Hard
27-10
5-4
I Hard
2-4
13-10
Clay
11-10
0-3
Grass
1-1
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