Duje Ajdukovic and Lucas Pouille will face off in the quarter of the St. Tropez Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL TAG HEUER. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lucas Pouille who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lucas Pouille is the pick to win this match.
Lucas Pouille -> 1.63
Duje Ajdukovic -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. Lucas Pouille
There is no head to head record between Duje Ajdukovic and Lucas Pouille since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Duje Ajdukovic
34 - 25win/loss
142
105
LLWLWLLWWL | 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. 106, Duje got to the quarter after defeating Kyrian Jacquet 6-4 2-1 ret. and Martin Damm 6-4 6-0.
In the 2nd round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Damm (6-4 6-0). During the match, Ajdukovic scored 63 points vs Damm’s 38. Ajdukovic was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ajdukovic blasted 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Duje Ajdukovic was very effective on serve to win 83% (25/30) of his 1st serve and 78% (7/9) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Duje broke Damm 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Ajdukovic has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (258-162). 15-10 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ajdukovic has a compiled50-32 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Manacor Challenger where he overcame Matteo Gigante in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4.
Ajdukovic has an aggregate 34-25 win-loss record in 2024, 15-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Tropez Challenger
Ajdukovic has never competed in this tournament before.
Lucas Pouille
32 - 15win/loss
101
10
LWWWWWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-17 | 15-5 | 8-5 | 15-7 | 5-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-10 | 3-2 | 7-5 | 4-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 7-15 | 0-3 | 3-6 | 4-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-24 | 7-3 | 2-7 | 7-10 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 142, Lucas reached the quarter after beating Louis Tessa 6-0 6-3 and Liam Broady 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Lucas had a good straight sets win against Broady (6-3 6-2). During the match Pouille scored 56 points vs Broady’s 37. Lucas was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Pouille managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Lucas Pouille was extremely effective on serve to win 82% (23/28) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Lucas broke Broady 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pouille hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 62% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Mauthausen Challenger where he overcame Jozef Kovalik in the final 6-3 6-3.
Lucas has a composed 32-15 win-loss record in 2024, 13-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ajdukovic | Pouille |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 32 |
| Pts | 109-72 | 121-75 |
| Total Points | 181 | 196 |
| Winners | 44 | 44 |
| %Winners | 40% | 36% |
Both Ajdukovic and Pouille played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Ajdukovic has played 1 set more than Pouille (5 vs 4). However, it’s interesting to notice that Ajdukovic played 3 games less than Pouille. Duje scored 44 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Pouille struck 44 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ajdukovic | Pouille |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 9.5 |
| 1st in | 56/75 | 55/93 |
| %1st in | 75% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 44/56 | 44/55 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 16/19 | 27/38 |
| %2nd pts | 84% | 71% |
Ajdukovic bagged 12 aces (6 per match). Pouille fired 19 aces (9.5 per match). Ajdukovic won 79% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 84% of the points. On the other side, Pouille won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ajdukovic | Pouille |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 7 |
| Converted | 6/15 | 7/13 |
| % Converted | 40% | 54% |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Duje broke his opponents 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Ajdukovic pretty solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Lucas broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Pouille was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Ajdukovic | ||||
| R1 Jacquet |
R2 Damm |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-1 ret. | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 16 | 29 | |
| pts | 46-34 | 63-38 | 109-72 | |
| Total points | 80 | 101 | 181 | |
| Winners | 19 | 25 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 10 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 26/36 | 30/39 | 56/75 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 77% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 19/26 | 25/30 | 44/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 83% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/10 | 7/9 | 16/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 90% | 78% | 84% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 4/10 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pouille | ||||
| R1 Tessa |
R2 Broady |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 17 | 32 | |
| pts | 65-38 | 56-37 | 121-75 | |
| Total points | 103 | 93 | 196 | |
| Winners | 21 | 23 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 41% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 8 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 27/45 | 28/48 | 55/93 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 58% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 23/28 | 44/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 82% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/18 | 13/20 | 27/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 65% | 71% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/4 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 75% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 0/0 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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