
Learner Tien and Dusan Lajovic will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 6:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. 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 Learner Tien who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Learner Tien is the pick to win this match.
Learner Tien -> 1.36
Dusan Lajovic -> 2.94
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Prediction and head to head Learner Tien vs. Dusan Lajovic
There is no head to head record between Learner Tien and Dusan Lajovic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Learner Tien
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 19-17 | 12-6 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
2024 | 63-14 | 53-8 | 0-1 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 30-10 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 10-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 12-11 | 8-5 | 3-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 80 (career-high), Tien reached the qualifications after defeating Federico Agustin Gomez 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Agustin Gomez (6-1 6-3). During the match, Tien scored 62 points vs Agustin Gomez’s 39. Tien was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tien made 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Learner Tien conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Tien put 62% of his first serves in, winning 81% (29/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Tien broke Agustin Gomez 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Tien has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 75% of his matches (113-38). 8-3 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tien has an aggregate89-26 match record in the last 4 years on hard.
Learner has an aggregate 8-3 win-loss record in 2025, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Acapulco
Learner has never competed in this tournament before.
Dusan Lajovic
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 24-24 | 4-8 | 18-14 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
2024 | 17-23 | 3-7 | 13-11 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2023 | 30-28 | 9-9 | 18-13 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2022 | 30-30 | 4-11 | 24-15 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
2021 | 18-28 | 8-10 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 83, Lajovic got to the qualifications after beating Dmitry Popko 6-2 1-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Lajovic defeated Popko (6-2 1-6 6-4). During the match Lajovic scored 82 points vs Popko’s 76. Dusan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Lajovic fired 4 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Dusan Lajovic lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Lajovic put 72% of his first serves in, winning 63% (33/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the 2nd serve. The Serbian broke Popko 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
The Serbian has a compiled 4-6 win-loss record in 2025, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Acapulco
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2015, 2020, 2022 and 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Tien | Lajovic |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
Tot Games | 16 | 25 |
Pts | 62-39 | 82-76 |
Total Points | 101 | 158 |
Winners | 29 | 33 |
%Winners | 47% | 40% |
Both Tien and Lajovic played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Dusan Lajovic dropped 1 set while Learner Tien hasn’t lost a set so far. Tien has played 1 set(s) less than Lajovic (2 vs 3). Therefore, Tien played 9 games less than Lajovic. Learner scored 29 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Lajovic managed to score 33 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Tien | Lajovic |
---|---|---|
Aces | 3 | 4 |
Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
1st in | 36/58 | 52/72 |
%1st in | 62% | 72% |
1st pts | 29/36 | 33/52 |
%1st pts | 81% | 63% |
2nd pts | 10/22 | 14/20 |
%2nd pts | 45% | 70% |
Tien bagged 3 aces . Lajovic fired 4 aces . Tien won 81% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Lajovic won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Tien | Lajovic |
---|---|---|
Won | 4 | 4 |
Converted | 4/5 | 4/12 |
% Converted | 80% | 33% |
Conceded | 2 | 3 |
Saved | 2 | 0 |
% Saved | 100% | 0% |
Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The American extremely effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. Lajovic broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Lajovic conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
Tien | |||
Q1 Agustin |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
pts | 62-39 | 62-39 | |
Total points | 101 | 101 | |
Winners | 29 | 29 | |
%Winners | 47% | 47% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 3 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
1st in | 36/58 | 36/58 | |
% 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
1st pts | 29/36 | 29/36 | |
% 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
2nd pts | 10/22 | 10/22 | |
% 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Lajovic | |||
Q1 Popko |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 1-6 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
pts | 82-76 | 82-76 | |
Total points | 158 | 158 | |
Winners | 33 | 33 | |
%Winners | 40% | 40% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 4 | 4 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
1st in | 52/72 | 52/72 | |
% 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
1st pts | 33/52 | 33/52 | |
% 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
2nd pts | 14/20 | 14/20 | |
% 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
Saved | 0/3 | 0 | |
Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
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