Duje Ajdukovic and Marat Sharipov will fight against each other in the quarter of the Manama Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.42
Marat Sharipov -> 2.69

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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. Marat Sharipov

This will be the 2^nd time that Duje Ajdukovic and Marat Sharipov face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ajdukovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Ajdukovic won 6-3 6-4 in the qualifications in Belgrade back in 2024.

Duje Ajdukovic

Ranked no. 162, the Croatian got to the quarter after defeating Constant Lestienne 4-6 6-4 7-6(4) and Filip Cristian Jianu 6-1 2-6 7-5.

In the 2^nd round, Duje defeated Cristian Jianu (6-1 2-6 7-5). During the match, Ajdukovic scored 84 points vs Cristian Jianu’s 72. The Croatian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ajdukovic made 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Duje Ajdukovic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Ajdukovic put 53% of his first serves in, winning 86% (32/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. Ajdukovic broke Cristian Jianu 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Croatian has lost 2 set in this event to conquer 51% of the points he played.

Ajdukovic has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (267-171). 4-3 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ajdukovic has a compiled57-38 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

Duje has an aggregate 5-3 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Manama Challenger

Marat Sharipov

Ranked no. 324, Marat reached the quarter after defeating Karim-Mohamed Maamoun 7-5 6-2, Colin Sinclair 7-6(1) 6-4, Beibit Zhukayev 6-4 7-6(4) and Jesper De Jong 6-3 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Marat had a good straight sets win against De Jong (6-3 6-4). During the match Sharipov scored 56 points vs De Jong’s 46. Sharipov was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Sharipov struck 10 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Marat Sharipov was pretty efficient on serve to win 79% (27/34) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Sharipov broke De Jong 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Marat started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Marat’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger and M25 Doha.

Sharipov has a composed 12-3 win-loss record in 2025, 12-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Manama Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Ajdukovic	Sharipov
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	6	8
Tot Games	60	85
Pts	194-183	285-236
Total Points	377	521
Winners	84	125
%Winners	43%	44%

Ajdukovic played 2 matches while Sharipov competed in 4 matches. Sharipov started his run from the qualifications while Ajdukovic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Duje Ajdukovic conceded 2 sets while Marat Sharipov hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ajdukovic has played 2 set(s) less than Sharipov (6 vs 8). Therefore, Ajdukovic played 25 games less than Sharipov. Ajdukovic scored 84 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian scored 125 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Ajdukovic	Sharipov
Aces	13	41
Avg per match	6.5	10.3
1st in	118/184	162/252
%1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	84/118	125/162
%1st pts	71%	77%
2nd pts	34/66	53/90
%2nd pts	52%	59%

Ajdukovic recorded 13 aces (6.5 per match). Sharipov managed to score 41 aces (10.3 per match). Ajdukovic won 71% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Sharipov won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Ajdukovic	Sharipov
Won	8	11
Converted	8/19	11/33
% Converted	42%	33%
Conceded	19	7
Saved	12	3
% Saved	63%	43%
Times Broken	7	4

Ajdukovic broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Duje conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Marat broke his opponents 11 times with a 33% conversion rate. Sharipov conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.

Ajdukovic
	R1 Lestienne	R2 Cristian	Total
Score	4-6 6-4 7-64	6-1 2-6 7-5
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	33	27	60
pts	110-111	84-72	194-183
Total points	221	156	377
Winners	52	32	84
%Winners	47%	38%	43%
SERVE
Aces	6	7	13
Double Faults	3	4	7
1st in	81/114	37/70	118/184
% 1st in	71%	53%	64%
1st pts	52/81	32/37	84/118
% 1st pts	64%	86%	71%
2nd pts	18/33	16/33	34/66
% 2nd pts	55%	48%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	4	8
Converted	4/7	4/12	8/19
Converted %	57%	33%	42%
Conceded	15	4	19
Saved	11/15	1/4	12
Saved %	73%	25%	49%
Times Broken	4	3	7

Sharipov
	Q1 Maamoun	Q3 Sinclair	R1 Zhukayev	R2 De	Total
Score	7-5 6-2	7-61 6-4	6-4 7-64	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	8
Tot Games	20	23	23	19	85
pts	78-59	76-64	75-67	56-46	285-236
Total points	137	140	142	102	521
Winners	28	36	34	27	125
%Winners	36%	47%	45%	48%	44%
SERVE
Aces	8	14	9	10	41
Double Faults	3	1	1	0	5
1st in	40/69	46/65	42/66	34/52	162/252
% 1st in	58%	71%	64%	65%	64%
1st pts	28/40	36/46	34/42	27/34	125/162
% 1st pts	70%	78%	81%	79%	77%
2nd pts	12/29	13/19	17/24	11/18	53/90
% 2nd pts	41%	68%	71%	61%	59%
Breaks
Won	6	1	1	3	11
Converted	6/16	1/5	1/5	3/7	11/33
Converted %	38%	20%	20%	43%	33%
Conceded	5	0	0	2	7
Saved	2/5	0/0	0/0	1/2	3
Saved %	40%	–	–	50%	45%
Times Broken	3	0	0	1	4

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