Duje Ajdukovic and Matej Dodig will play each other in the 2nd round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on LIMAK COURT. 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 -> 1.46
Matej Dodig -> 2.59

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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. Matej Dodig

There is no head to head record between Duje Ajdukovic and Matej Dodig since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Duje Ajdukovic

Duje Ajdukovic

31 - 24win/loss

Hard
13-9
I Hard
5-2
Clay
13-10
Grass
0-3
Rank
117
High
105
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 37-29 18-13 13-10 6-3 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
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Ranked no. 134, Ajdukovic got to the 2nd round after beating Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-4 6-3.

In the 1st round, Ajdukovic had a good straight sets win against Ramanathan (6-4 6-3). During the match, Ajdukovic scored 60 points vs Ramanathan’s 50. Ajdukovic was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ajdukovic bagged 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Duje Ajdukovic conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Ajdukovic put 60% of his first serves in, winning 88% (28/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. Duje broke Ramanathan 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Ajdukovic has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (255-161). 13-9 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ajdukovic has an overall48-31 record in the last 7 years on hard.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Manacor Challenger where he defeated Matteo Gigante in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4.

The Croatian has an overall 31-24 win-loss record in 2024, 13-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Istanbul Challenger

Istanbul Challenger
Ajdukovic's Record

Matej Dodig

Matej Dodig

38 - 18win/loss

Hard
13-2
I Hard
0-0
Clay
25-16
Rank
266
High
264
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 45-23 14-3 30-20 1-0 0-0 0-0
2023 43-16 1-2 38-12 2-1 0-0 2-1
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Ranked no. 303, the Croatian reached the 2nd round after defeating Tuncay Duran 6-3 6-4.

In the 1st round, Matej had a good straight sets win against Duran (6-3 6-4). During the match Dodig scored 68 points vs Duran’s 56. Dodig was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Dodig made 4 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Matej Dodig conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Dodig put 71% of his first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Duran twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Dodig’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Rovinj.

Dodig has a composed 38-18 win-loss record in 2024, 13-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Istanbul Challenger
Dodig's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

D.Ajdukovic
M.Dodig
1h:12
1h:12
Time on court​
1h:27
1h:27
1h:12
1h:12
Last match​
1h:27
1h:27
1
1
Match played
1
1
19
19
Games Played​
19
19
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
60
60
Total points​
68
68
60
60
Avg point​
68
68
28
28
Winners
31
31
28
28
Avg Winners​
31
31
47%
47%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
4
4
6
6
Avg Aces
4
4
2
2
Double Faults
0
0
2
2
Avg Double Faults
0
0
28/32
28/32
1st won total​
31/44
31/44
!
88%
88%
1st won %
70%
70%
9/21
9/21
2nd won total​
12/18
12/18
43%
43%
2nd won %
!
67%
67%
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
BP won
2/5
2/5
3/6
3/6
Avg BP won
2/5
2/5
50%
50%
Won
40%
40%
1
1
Conceded
2
2
1
1
Avg Conceded
2
2
0
0
Broken
0
0
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
0
0
1
1
Saved
2
2
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ajdukovic Dodig
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
Pts 60-50 68-56
Total Points 110 124
Winners 28 31
%Winners 47% 46%

Both Ajdukovic and Dodig played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ajdukovic and Dodig have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (19). Duje scored 28 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Matej managed to score 31 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ajdukovic Dodig
Aces 6 4
Avg per match 6 4
1st in 32/53 44/62
%1st in 60% 71%
1st pts 28/32 31/44
%1st pts 88% 70%
2nd pts 9/21 12/18
%2nd pts 43% 67%

Ajdukovic managed to score 6 aces . Dodig fired 4 aces . Ajdukovic won 88% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Dodig won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Ajdukovic Dodig
Won 3 2
Converted 3/6 2/5
% Converted 50% 40%
Conceded 1 2
Saved 1 2
% Saved 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Ajdukovic broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Duje very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. Dodig broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. The Croatian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

Ajdukovic
R1
Ramanathan		 Total
Score 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 60-50 60-50
Total points 110 110
Winners 28 28
%Winners 47% 47%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 32/53 32/53
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 28/32 28/32
% 1st pts 88% 88%
2nd pts 9/21 9/21
% 2nd pts 43% 43%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/6 3/6
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 1/1 1
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Dodig
R1
Duran		 Total
Score 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 68-56 68-56
Total points 124 124
Winners 31 31
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 44/62 44/62
% 1st in 71% 71%
1st pts 31/44 31/44
% 1st pts 70% 70%
2nd pts 12/18 12/18
% 2nd pts 67% 67%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/5 2/5
Converted % 40% 40%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 2/2 2
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Tennis Scores in Istanbul Challenger

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