Dusan Lajovic and Albert Ramos-Vinolas will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Sassuolo Challenger for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Dusan Lajovic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dusan Lajovic is the pick to win this match.
Dusan Lajovic -> 1.4
Albert Ramos-Vinolas -> 2.77
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Prediction and head to head Dusan Lajovic vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
This will be the 6th time that Dusan Lajovic and Albert Ramos-Vinolas play each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Ramos-Vinolas (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Ramos-Vinolas won 6-4 2-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in Cordoba back in 2023.
Dusan Lajovic
20 - 20win/loss
120
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LLLWWLWLWL | 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. 137, the Serbian got to the 2nd round after defeating Ryan Nijboer 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Nijboer (6-3 6-2). During the match, Lajovic scored 57 points vs Nijboer’s 40. Lajovic was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lajovic couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Dusan Lajovic was extremely efficient on serve to win 82% (27/33) 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 Nijboer 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Lajovic has a unfavourable match record in the last 10 years having won only 49% of his matches (254-266). 15-12 on clay in 2025. . Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Lajovic has an overall 148-120 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Dusan’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Girona Challenger.
Dusan has a compiled 19-20 win-loss record in 2025, 15-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sassuolo Challenger
The Serbian has never competed in this tournament before.
Albert Ramos-Vinolas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-16 | 0-1 | 14-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-32 | 0-2 | 28-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-37 | 1-8 | 30-24 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-28 | 4-7 | 21-15 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-26 | 5-8 | 19-12 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 212, the Spaniard got to the 2nd round after beating Santiago Rodriguez Taverna 7-6(5) 5-7 6-2.
In the 1st round, Ramos-Vinolas defeated Rodriguez Taverna (7-65 5-7 6-2). During the match Ramos-Vinolas scored 113 points vs Rodriguez Taverna’s 106. Ramos-Vinolas was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Ramos-Vinolas managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Albert Ramos-Vinolas lost the serve 5 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Ramos-Vinolas put 66% of his first serves in, winning 66% (43/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. Ramos-Vinolas broke Rodriguez Taverna 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).
Albert has a composed 12-10 win-loss record in 2025, 12-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lajovic | Ramos-Vinolas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 33 |
| Pts | 57-40 | 113-106 |
| Total Points | 97 | 219 |
| Winners | 27 | 43 |
| %Winners | 47% | 38% |
Both Lajovic and Ramos-Vinolas played 1 match. At the moment, Albert Ramos-Vinolas lost 1 set while Dusan Lajovic hasn’t lost a set so far. Lajovic has played 1 set(s) less than Ramos-Vinolas (2 vs 3). Therefore, Lajovic played 16 games less than Ramos-Vinolas. The Serbian scored 27 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Albert struck 43 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lajovic | Ramos-Vinolas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 3 |
| 1st in | 33/48 | 65/98 |
| %1st in | 69% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 43/65 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 16/33 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 48% |
Lajovic didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Ramos-Vinolas scored 3 aces . Lajovic won 82% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Ramos-Vinolas won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lajovic | Ramos-Vinolas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 6/16 |
| % Converted | 60% | 38% |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 29% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Lajovic broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Lajovic quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Ramos-Vinolas broke his opponent 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Ramos-Vinolas conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 29% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lajovic | |||
| R1 Nijboer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 57-40 | 57-40 | |
| Total points | 97 | 97 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 33/48 | 33/48 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 27/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 10/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Ramos-Vinolas | |||
| R1 Rodriguez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 5-7 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 113-106 | 113-106 | |
| Total points | 219 | 219 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 65/98 | 65/98 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 43/65 | 43/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/33 | 16/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/16 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/7 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 29% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLLLLLWL Tennis Scores in Sassuolo Challenger
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Michael GeertsGeerts (7-63 6-75 6-1) – See score progression
- Federico BondioliBondioli – Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg (6-4 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (7-65 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Taro DanielDaniel (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Giovanni FonioFonio (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez – Vilius GaubasGaubas (6-0 7-5) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Ryan NijboerNijboer (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel RinconRincon – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (7-5 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (6-3 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Dusan LajovicLajovic (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Elias YmerYmer (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (0-0) – H2H and prediction
