Duje Ajdukovic and Matej Dodig will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1^st 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
142

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

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Ranked no. 134, Ajdukovic got to the 2^nd round after beating Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-4 6-3.

In the 1^st 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
265

High
264

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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

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Ranked no. 303, the Croatian reached the 2^nd round after defeating Tuncay Duran 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st 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

Matches, sets, games and points

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

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

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.

Head 2 Head

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Duje
Ajdukovic

0:1

Matej
Dodig

Rank

142

High

105

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Rank

265

High

264

Win Loss

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2024 2023 2022

36 - 30

45 - 26

18-13

Hard

14-5

5-4

I Hard

1-1

13-10

Clay

30-20

Tennis Scores in Istanbul Challenger

• Benjamin LockLock – August HolmgrenHolmgren (7-6³ 6-1) – See score progression
• Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Maxim ZhukovZhukov (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (2-2 ret.) – See score progression
• Egor AgafonovAgafonov – Yanki ErelErel (3-6 6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-4 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Gabi Adrian BoitanAdrian Boitan (3-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze – Martin DammDamm (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Cem IlkelIlkel (6-7² 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Ilia SimakinSimakin – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones – Aziz DougazDougaz (4-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Elias YmerYmer – Cezar CretuCretu (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Elmer MollerMoller – Koray KirciKirci (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Matej DodigDodig – Tuncay DuranDuran (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (2-2 ret.) – See score progression
• Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Cem IlkelIlkel (6-7(2) 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones – Aziz DougazDougaz (4-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Benjamin LockLock – August HolmgrenHolmgren (7-6(3) 6-1) – See score progression
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Gabi Adrian BoitanAdrian Boitan (3-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Egor AgafonovAgafonov – Yanki ErelErel (3-6 6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Ilia SimakinSimakin – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-4 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze – Martin DammDamm (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Maxim ZhukovZhukov (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze – (0-0) – H2H and prediction

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