Matej Dodig and Tuncay Duran will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:00 pm on LIMAK COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matej Dodig who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matej Dodig is the pick to win this match.
Matej Dodig -> 1.109
Tuncay Duran -> 5.9
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Prediction and head to head Matej Dodig vs. Tuncay Duran
There is no head to head record between Matej Dodig and Tuncay Duran since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Matej Dodig
37 - 18win/loss
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LLWLLLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 46-26 | 14-5 | 30-20 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-16 | 1-2 | 38-12 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 303, Dodig will start his run in the Istanbul Challenger after he played his last match in the Todi Challenger where he lost 4-6 7-6(4) 6-1 to Giustino in the 2nd round on the 14th of August.
The Croatian has a compiled 37-18 win-loss record in 2024, 12-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Dodig’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Rovinj.
Talking about his overall career, The Croatian has an overall 80-34 record. He has a positive 13-4 record on hard.
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Dodig has never competed in this tournament before.
Tuncay Duran
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-9 | 7-5 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-21 | 20-11 | 7-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-12 | 6-4 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 900, Tuncay will start his run in the Istanbul Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Antalya where he lost 3-6 6-0 6-1 to Alexandru in the 1st round on the 15th of November.
This will be the first match of the season on hard.
In terms of his career, The Turk has an overall 48-36 record. He has a positive 26-15 record on hard.
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
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