Duje Ajdukovic and Luca Preda will play each other in the 2nd round of the Iasi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:30 am on COURT 5. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Duje Ajdukovic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Duje Ajdukovic is the pick to win this match.
Duje Ajdukovic -> 1.198
Luca Preda -> 4.15
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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. Luca Preda
There is no head to head record between Duje Ajdukovic and Luca Preda since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Duje Ajdukovic
8 - 16win/loss
258
105
WWLLWWLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-21 | 4-6 | 9-12 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-31 | 18-13 | 13-10 | 7-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-25 | 2-1 | 50-21 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-31 | 0-1 | 22-23 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-31 | 1-1 | 29-23 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 183, Duje got to the 2nd round after defeating Harold Mayot 4-6 7-6(5) 6-2.
In the 1st round against Mayot, The Croatian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-65 6-2). During the match, Ajdukovic scored 105 points vs Mayot’s 99. Ajdukovic was quite aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ajdukovic blasted 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Duje Ajdukovic was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (47/66) of his 1st serve and 56% (22/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Duje broke Mayot 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Ajdukovic has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (270-184). 3-9 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ajdukovic has a compiled186-115 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Ajdukovic has an overall 8-16 win-loss record in 2025, 3-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Iasi Challenger
Luca Preda
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-16 | 4-2 | 12-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 5-6 | 2-3 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 861, Luca reached the 2nd round after beating Marko Topo 6-2 0-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Luca defeated Topo (6-2 0-6 6-4). During the match Preda scored 88 points vs Topo’s 81. The Romanian was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Preda recorded 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Luca Preda lost the serve 5 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Preda put 65% of his first serves in, winning 66% (35/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (11/28) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Topo 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
The Romanian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Doha.
Preda has an overall 12-12 win-loss record in 2025, 8-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ajdukovic | Preda |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 24 |
| Pts | 105-99 | 88-81 |
| Total Points | 204 | 169 |
| Winners | 47 | 35 |
| %Winners | 45% | 40% |
Both Ajdukovic and Preda played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Duje Ajdukovic lost 1 set, while Luca Preda conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Ajdukovic and Preda have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Ajdukovic played 7 games more than Preda. Ajdukovic scored 47 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian bagged 35 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ajdukovic | Preda |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 3 |
| 1st in | 66/105 | 53/81 |
| %1st in | 63% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 47/66 | 35/53 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 22/39 | 11/28 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 39% |
Ajdukovic bagged 8 aces . Preda scored 3 aces . Ajdukovic won 71% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Preda won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ajdukovic | Preda |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/12 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 25% | 38% |
| Conceded | 10 | 14 |
| Saved | 8 | 9 |
| % Saved | 80% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Ajdukovic broke his opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. The Croatian lost his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Romanian broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Preda conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ajdukovic | |||
| R1 Mayot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 105-99 | 105-99 | |
| Total points | 204 | 204 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 66/105 | 66/105 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 47/66 | 47/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/39 | 22/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 3/12 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Preda | |||
| R1 Topo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 0-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 88-81 | 88-81 | |
| Total points | 169 | 169 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 53/81 | 53/81 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 35/53 | 35/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/28 | 11/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 9/14 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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