Carlos Alcaraz and Dusan Lajovic will play each other in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. 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 Carlos Alcaraz who should win in 2 sets.
Carlos Alcaraz -> 1.06
Dusan Lajovic -> 9.1
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Alcaraz vs. Dusan Lajovic
This will be the 5th time that Carlos Alcaraz and Dusan Lajovic play each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Alcaraz won 6-0 7-6(5) in the 3rd round in Miami back in 2023.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs Dusan Lajovic – Miami 26-March-2023
Carlos Alcaraz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71-9 | 28-4 | 22-1 | 10-3 | 11-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 54-13 | 22-5 | 17-4 | 7-3 | 8-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 65-12 | 26-6 | 25-3 | 2-3 | 12-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 57-13 | 21-4 | 27-4 | 6-4 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 48-19 | 15-8 | 22-7 | 10-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 3, Alcaraz will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in Barcelona where he lost 7-6(6) 6-2 to Rune in the final on the 20th of April.
Alcaraz has an overall 24-5 win-loss record in 2025, 9-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title in Rotterdam where he overcame Alex De Minaur in the final 6-4 3-6 6-2 and in Carlo where he beat Lorenzo Musetti in the final 3-6 6-1 6-0.
Talking about his overall career, Carlos has an overall 311-81 record. He has a positive 150-36 record on clay.
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. See his history.
Dusan Lajovic
17 - 16win/loss
119
23
| 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. 131, the Serbian got to the 2nd round after beating Ethan Quinn 7-5 6-7(5) 6-3, Cameron Norrie 6-1 4-6 6-3 and Yoshihito Nishioka 7-5 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Nishioka (7-5 6-1). During the match Lajovic scored 64 points vs Nishioka’s 51. Lajovic was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Lajovic scored 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Dusan Lajovic lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Lajovic put 68% of his first serves in, winning 78% (32/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. Lajovic broke Nishioka 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Dusan’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Girona Challenger.
Dusan has a compiled 17-16 win-loss record in 2025, 13-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2020. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera (4-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (7-62 6-2) – See score progression
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Federico CinaCina (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Hugo GastonGaston (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Joao FonsecaFonseca (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-1 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Laslo DjereDjere – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (4-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (2-6 6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-3 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (3-6 6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Rinky HijikataHijikata (3-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Vilius GaubasGaubas – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (7-63 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-0 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Quentin HalysHalys (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-2 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Federico CinaCina (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Hugo GastonGaston (7-6(4) 6-4) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera (4-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (7-6(2) 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-6(4) 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Joao FonsecaFonseca (6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-1 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Francesco PassaroPassaro (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-4) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Sebastian OfnerOfner (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (2-4) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Casper RuudRuud (1-6) – H2H and prediction
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Sebastian KordaKorda (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (3-3) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Carlos TabernerTaberner (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Corentin MoutetMoutet (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Sebastian BaezBaez (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Mariano NavoneNavone (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Andrey RublevRublev (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Nicolas JarryJarry (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Fabio FogniniFognini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Marcos GironGiron (0-0) – H2H and prediction