Duje Ajdukovic and Joao Fonseca will play each other in the 2nd round of the Canberra Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joao Fonseca who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Joao Fonseca is the pick to win this match.
Joao Fonseca -> 1.23
Duje Ajdukovic -> 3.82
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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. Joao Fonseca
There is no head to head record between Duje Ajdukovic and Joao Fonseca since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Duje Ajdukovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 142, the Croatian reached the 2nd round after defeating Facundo Diaz Acosta 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Diaz Acosta (6-4 6-4). During the match, Ajdukovic scored 64 points vs Diaz Acosta’s 53. Duje was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ajdukovic scored just 1 ace during the match and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Duje Ajdukovic was very efficient on serve to win 75% (33/44) 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. Duje broke Diaz Acosta twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Ajdukovic has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (262-168). 18-13 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ajdukovic has a compiled53-35 record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Manacor Challenger where he overcame Matteo Gigante in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4.
The Croatian has an aggregate 38-31 win-loss record in 2024, 18-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Canberra Challenger
Joao Fonseca
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-23 | 8-3 | 14-11 | 13-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-6 | 1-1 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 145, the Brazilian reached the 2nd round after beating Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st round, Fonseca had a good straight sets win against Mcdonald (6-1 6-3). During the match Fonseca scored 54 points vs Mcdonald’s 31. Fonseca was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Fonseca fired 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Joao Fonseca was pretty effective on serve to win 86% (24/28) of his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brazilian broke Mcdonald 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Lexington Challenger where he beat Li Tu in the final 6-1 6-4 and in Next Gen ATP Finals where he overcame Learner Tien in the final 2-4 4-3(8) 4-0 4-2.
Fonseca has a compiled 37-23 win-loss record in 2024, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ajdukovic | Fonseca |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 16 |
| Pts | 64-53 | 54-31 |
| Total Points | 117 | 85 |
| Winners | 33 | 24 |
| %Winners | 52% | 44% |
Both Ajdukovic and Fonseca played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ajdukovic and Fonseca have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Ajdukovic played 4 games more than Fonseca. Duje scored 33 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Fonseca struck 24 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ajdukovic | Fonseca |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 8 |
| 1st in | 44/64 | 28/42 |
| %1st in | 69% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 33/44 | 24/28 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 9/14 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 64% |
Ajdukovic blasted 1 ace . Fonseca also scored 8 aces . Ajdukovic won 75% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Fonseca won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ajdukovic | Fonseca |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 67% |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The Croatian broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Croatian very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Brazilian broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Joao was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Ajdukovic | |||
| R1 Diaz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 64-53 | 64-53 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 44/64 | 44/64 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 33/44 | 33/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 13/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Fonseca | |||
| R1 Mcdonald |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 54-31 | 54-31 | |
| Total points | 85 | 85 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 28/42 | 28/42 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 24/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 9/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
WWWWWLWWWL Tennis Scores in Canberra Challenger
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Hugo GastonGaston (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Blake EllisEllis (7-64 7-65) – See score progression
- Patrick KypsonKypson – Sumit NagalNagal (6-2 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Jaime FariaFaria (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Taro DanielDaniel (7-62 6-2) – See score progression
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Jerome KymKym (7-66 7-64) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Hady HabibHabib (7-65 6-75 6-2) – See score progression
- Joao FonsecaFonseca – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Hayden Jones/Pavle MarinkovJones/Pavle Marinkov – Hugo Gaston/Gauthier OnclinGaston/Gauthier Onclin (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Matthew DellavedovaDellavedova (3-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (7-65 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Dane SweenySweeny – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Harold MayotMayot – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Raphael CollignonCollignon (6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Vit KoprivaKopriva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dane SweenySweeny – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Harold MayotMayot – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jacob FearnleyFearnley – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
