Roman Safiullin and Dusan Lajovic will clash against each other in the quarter of the Oeiras 4 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on COURT 8. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dusan Lajovic who should win in 3 sets.
Dusan Lajovic -> 1.72
Roman Safiullin -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Roman Safiullin vs. Dusan Lajovic
This will be the 2nd time that Roman Safiullin and Dusan Lajovic square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Lajovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Lajovic won 4-6 7-5 6-4 6-7(6) 6-4 in the 1st round in at the French Open back in 2024.
Roman Safiullin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13-20 | 9-12 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-28 | 18-14 | 5-8 | 6-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 13-12 | 8-4 | 11-5 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-18 | 16-6 | 6-2 | 14-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-21 | 7-5 | 5-7 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 73, the Russian got to the quarter after defeating Alexander Blockx 6-4 6-3 and Alejandro Moro Canas 5-7 7-5 7-6(8).
In the 2nd round against Moro Canas, Safiullin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-5 7-68).During the match, Safiullin scored less points (1) than Moro Canas. In fact, the world no. 73 won 119 points vs Moro Canas’s. That means that Safiullin was more focused during the important points. Roman was exceptionally aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about the service games, Safiullin recorded 2 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Roman Safiullin lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Safiullin put 71% of his first serves in, winning 61% (50/82) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (18/33) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Moro Canas 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 50% of the points he played.
Safiullin has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (348-204). 2-0 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Safiullin has an overall 69-55 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Roman has a composed 8-8 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 4 Challenger
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Dusan Lajovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36-33 | 6-11 | 28-18 | 0-2 | 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. 97, Dusan got to the quarter after beating Tiago Pereira 6-2 7-6(0) and Ugo Blanchet 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Blanchet (6-4 6-2). During the match Lajovic scored 61 points vs Blanchet’s 40. The Serbian was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Lajovic scored 3 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Dusan Lajovic was quite efficient on serve to win 75% (24/32) of his 1st serve and 87% (13/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Dusan broke Blanchet 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Serbian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
Lajovic’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Girona Challenger.
Lajovic has an overall 12-13 win-loss record in 2025, 8-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Safiullin | Lajovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 39 |
| Pts | 184-182 | 137-95 |
| Total Points | 366 | 232 |
| Winners | 76 | 55 |
| %Winners | 41% | 40% |
Both Safiullin and Lajovic played 2 matches. At the moment, Roman Safiullin lost 1 set while Dusan Lajovic hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Safiullin has played 1 set more than Lajovic (5 vs 4). Therefore, Safiullin played 17 games more than Lajovic. Roman scored 76 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Dusan managed to score 55 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Safiullin | Lajovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 126/187 | 73/108 |
| %1st in | 67% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 76/126 | 55/73 |
| %1st pts | 60% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 36/61 | 27/35 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 77% |
Safiullin recorded 6 aces (3 per match). Lajovic fired 3 aces (1.5 per match). Safiullin won 60% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Lajovic won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 77% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Safiullin | Lajovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 6 |
| Converted | 8/21 | 6/18 |
| % Converted | 38% | 33% |
| Conceded | 18 | 2 |
| Saved | 12 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 1 |
The Russian broke his opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. Safiullin surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Lajovic broke his opponents 6 times with a 33% conversion rate. Lajovic conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Safiullin | ||||
| R1 Blockx | R2 Moro | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 5-7 7-5 7-68 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 37 | 56 | |
| pts | 65-62 | 119-120 | 184-182 | |
| Total points | 127 | 239 | 366 | |
| Winners | 26 | 50 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 42% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 44/72 | 82/115 | 126/187 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 71% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 26/44 | 50/82 | 76/126 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 61% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/28 | 18/33 | 36/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 55% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 5/13 | 8/21 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 11 | 18 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6/11 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 55% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Lajovic | ||||
| R1 Pereira | R2 Blanchet | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-60 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 18 | 39 | |
| pts | 76-55 | 61-40 | 137-95 | |
| Total points | 131 | 101 | 232 | |
| Winners | 31 | 24 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 39% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 41/61 | 32/47 | 73/108 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 31/41 | 24/32 | 55/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 13/15 | 27/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 87% | 77% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 3/6 | 6/18 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 50% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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