Dusan Lajovic and Rei Sakamoto will square off in the 1st round of the Perugia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dusan Lajovic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dusan Lajovic is the pick to win this match.
Dusan Lajovic -> 1.136
Rei Sakamoto -> 5.15
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Prediction and head to head Dusan Lajovic vs. Rei Sakamoto
There is no head to head record between Dusan Lajovic and Rei Sakamoto since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Dusan Lajovic
17 - 19win/loss
118
23
LWWWWLWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22-21 | 4-8 | 18-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 137, Lajovic will start his run in the Perugia Challenger after he played his last match at the Roland Garros where he lost 6-2 6-4 7-6(4) to Shevchenko in the 1st round on the 27th of May.
Dusan has a compiled 17-19 win-loss record in 2025, 13-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Dusan’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Girona Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Dusan has an overall 527-449 record. He has a positive 336-228 record on clay.
Previously in the Perugia Challenger
The Serbian has never competed in this tournament before.
Rei Sakamoto
15 - 11win/loss
288
278
LWLWWLLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-13 | 11-8 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 20-16 | 12-11 | 6-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 7-11 | 1-4 | 5-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-6 | 5-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 291, will start his run in the Perugia Challenger after he played his last match in the Heilbronn Challenger where he overcame 7-6(5) 6-3 to Rosenkranz in the qualifications on the 2nd of June.
Sakamoto has a compiled 15-11 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Rei’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger.
In terms of his career, Sakamoto has an overall 47-44 record. He has a positive 13-12 record on clay.
Head 2 Head
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