Dusan Lajovic and Nerman Fatic will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Perugia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on GRAND STAND. 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 -> 1.29
Nerman Fatic -> 3.34

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Prediction and head to head Dusan Lajovic vs. Nerman Fatic

There is no head to head record between Dusan Lajovic and Nerman Fatic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Dusan Lajovic

Dusan Lajovic

18 - 19win/loss

Hard
4-8
I Hard
0-0
Clay
14-11
Rank
119
High
23
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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
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Ranked no. 137, Lajovic reached the 2nd round after defeating Rei Sakamoto 6-0 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Sakamoto (6-0 6-4). During the match, Lajovic scored 58 points vs Sakamoto’s 38. Dusan was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Regarding the service games, Lajovic managed to score 2 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Dusan Lajovic was quite effective on serve to win 72% (23/32) of his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Serbian broke Sakamoto 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Lajovic has a weak record in the last 10 years having won only 49% of his matches (253-265). 14-11 on clay in 2025. . In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Lajovic has a compiled 147-119 match record in the last years on clay.

Lajovic’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Girona Challenger.

The Serbian has an aggregate 18-19 win-loss record in 2025, 14-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Perugia Challenger

Lajovic has never competed in this tournament before.

Perugia Challenger
Lajovic's Record

Nerman Fatic

Nerman Fatic

30 - 7win/loss

Clay
30-7
Rank
212
High
191
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 47-18 2-1 44-15 1-2 0-0 0-0
2024 23-26 3-5 19-20 1-0 0-1 0-0
2023 37-28 0-1 35-25 1-1 0-0 1-1
2022 34-27 0-1 31-19 2-6 0-0 1-1
2021 37-26 1-1 30-22 6-3 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 305, Fatic reached the 2nd

round after beating Francesco Forti 6-4 6-4, Andrea Picchione 6-2 6-2 and Oriol Roca Batalla 2-6 7-6(5) 7-6(1).

In the 1st round against Roca Batalla, The Bosnian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-65 7-61).During the match Fatic scored less points (4) than Roca Batalla. In fact, the world no. 137 won 124 points vs Roca Batalla’s. That means that Fatic was more focused during the important points. Nerman was quite aggressive to blast 55 winners.

Talking about serving, Fatic blasted 5 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Nerman Fatic lost the serve 4 times and he saved 14 break points. Furthermore, Fatic put 64% of his first serves in, winning 60% (55/91) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (30/52) on the 2nd serve. Nerman broke Roca Batalla twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).

Nerman’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Porec,M15 Dubrovnik and the Skopje Challenger.

Nerman has a composed 30-7 win-loss record in 2025, 30-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Perugia Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021 and 2023. See his history.

Perugia Challenger
Fatic's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

D.Lajovic
N.Fatic
1h:08
1h:08
Time on court​
!
5h:59
5h:59
1h:08
1h:08
Last match​
!
3h:27
3h:27
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
16
16
Games Played​
70
70
2
2
Set played​​
7
7
58
58
Total points​
244
244
58
58
Avg point​
81.3
81.3
23
23
Winners
107
107
23
23
Avg Winners​
35.7
35.7
40%
40%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
6
6
2
2
Avg Aces
2
2
0
0
Double Faults
2
2
0
0
Avg Double Faults
0.7
0.7
23/32
23/32
1st won total​
107/158
107/158
!
72%
72%
1st won %
68%
68%
10/15
10/15
2nd won total​
49/86
49/86
!
67%
67%
2nd won %
57%
57%
-- Break Points --
4/7
4/7
BP won
10/26
10/26
4/7
4/7
Avg BP won
3.3/8.7
3.3/8.7
!
57%
57%
Won
38%
38%
0
0
Conceded
23
23
0
0
Avg Conceded
7.7
7.7
0
0
Broken
6
6
!
0
0
Avg Broken
2
2
0
0
Saved
17
17
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Lajovic Fatic
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 2 7
Tot Games 16 70
Pts 58-38 244-217
Total Points 96 461
Winners 23 107
%Winners 40% 44%

Lajovic played 1 match while Fatic competed in 3 matches. Fatic started his run from the qualifications while Lajovic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Nerman Fatic surrendered 1 set while Dusan Lajovic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Lajovic has played 5 set(s) less than Fatic (2 vs 7). Therefore, Lajovic played 54 games less than Fatic. The Serbian scored 23 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Bosnian struck 107 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Lajovic Fatic
Aces 2 6
Avg per match 2 2
1st in 32/47 158/244
%1st in 68% 65%
1st pts 23/32 107/158
%1st pts 72% 68%
2nd pts 10/15 49/86
%2nd pts 67% 57%

Lajovic managed to score 2 aces . Fatic struck 6 aces (2 per match). Lajovic won 72% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Fatic won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Lajovic Fatic
Won 4 10
Converted 4/7 10/26
% Converted 57% 38%
Conceded 0 23
Saved 0 17
% Saved 0% 74%
Times Broken 0 6

Dusan broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Serbian pretty solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Fatic broke his opponents 10 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Bosnian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded.

Lajovic
R1
Sakamoto		 Total
Score 6-0 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 58-38 58-38
Total points 96 96
Winners 23 23
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 32/47 32/47
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 23/32 23/32
% 1st pts 72% 72%
2nd pts 10/15 10/15
% 2nd pts 67% 67%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/7 4/7
Converted % 57% 57%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % – 0%
Times Broken 0 0
Fatic
Q1
Forti		 Q3
Picchione		 R1
Roca Batalla		 Total
Score 6-4 6-4 6-2 6-2 2-6 7-65 7-61
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 20 16 34 70
pts 64-53 56-36 124-128 244-217
Total points 117 92 252 461
Winners 29 23 55 107
%Winners 45% 41% 44% 44%
SERVE
Aces 1 0 5 6
Double Faults 2 0 0 2
1st in 35/54 32/47 91/143 158/244
% 1st in 65% 68% 64% 65%
1st pts 29/35 23/32 55/91 107/158
% 1st pts 83% 72% 60% 68%
2nd pts 10/19 9/15 30/52 49/86
% 2nd pts 53% 60% 58% 57%
Breaks
Won 3 5 2 10
Converted 3/9 5/7 2/10 10/26
Converted % 33% 71% 20% 38%
Conceded 1 4 18 23
Saved 0/1 3/4 14/18 17
Saved % 0% 75% 78% 153%
Times Broken 1 1 4 6

Tennis Scores in Perugia Challenger

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