Duje Ajdukovic and Matteo Gigante will face off in the final of the Manacor Challenger for the 2^nd 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.

As 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 2^nd 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

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.

Matteo Gigante

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).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

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

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