Duje Ajdukovic and Murkel Dellien will fight against each other in the quarter of the Iasi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Duje Ajdukovic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Duje Ajdukovic is the pick to win this match.
Duje Ajdukovic -> 1.61
Murkel Dellien -> 2.2

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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. Murkel Dellien

There is no head to head record between Duje Ajdukovic and Murkel Dellien since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Duje Ajdukovic

Duje Ajdukovic

9 - 16win/loss

Hard
4-4
I Hard
1-0
Clay
4-9
Grass
0-3
Rank
321
High
105
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 24-29 9-9 13-16 2-1 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
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Ranked no. 183, Ajdukovic got to the quarter after beating Harold Mayot 4-6 7-6(5) 6-2 and Luca Preda 4-6 7-5 6-4.

In the 2nd round against Preda, The Croatian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-4). During the match, Ajdukovic scored 107 points vs Preda’s 100. Duje was exceptionally aggressive to blast 50 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ajdukovic fired 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Duje Ajdukovic lost the serve 4 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Ajdukovic put 60% of his first serves in, winning 75% (50/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (19/45) on the 2nd serve. Ajdukovic broke Preda 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Duje has lost 2 set in this event to win 52% of the points he played.

Ajdukovic has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (271-184). 4-9 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ajdukovic has a compiled187-115 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

Duje has an overall 9-16 win-loss record in 2025, 4-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Iasi Challenger

Iasi Challenger
Ajdukovic's Record

Murkel Dellien

Murkel Dellien

18 - 19win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
0-0
Clay
18-17
Grass
0-1
Rank
265
High
168
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 36-36 0-1 36-34 0-0 0-1 0-0
2024 48-31 1-1 47-29 0-0 0-1 0-0
2023 49-32 0-0 49-32 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 55-28 1-4 54-24 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 18-13 3-2 15-11 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 223, Murkel got to the quarter after defeating Sebastian Gima 7-6(3) 6-3 and Carlos Taberner 6-2 6-3.

In the 2nd round, Murkel had a good straight sets win against Taberner (6-2 6-3). During the match Alejandro Dellien Velasco scored 71 points vs Taberner’s 50. The Bolivian was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.

About the serving games, Alejandro Dellien Velasco fired 3 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Murkel Dellien lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Alejandro Dellien Velasco put 59% of his first serves in, winning 69% (20/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the 2nd serve. The Bolivian broke Taberner 6 times after converting 33% of his break points (6/18).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alejandro Dellien Velasco hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Alejandro Dellien Velasco’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Rosario Challenger and the San Miguel de Tucuman Challenger.

Alejandro Dellien Velasco has an aggregate 18-19 win-loss record in 2025, 18-17 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Iasi Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.

Iasi Challenger
Alejandro Dellien Velasco's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

D.Ajdukovic
M.Alejandro Velasco
5h:01
5h:01
Time on court​
4h:09
4h:09
!
2h:29
2h:29
Last match​
1h:44
1h:44
2
2
Match played
2
2
63
63
Games Played​
39
39
6
6
Set played​​
4
4
212
212
Total points​
164
164
106
106
Avg point​
82
82
97
97
Winners
64
64
48.5
48.5
Avg Winners​
32
32
46%
46%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
17
17
Aces
6
6
8.5
8.5
Avg Aces
3
3
9
9
Double Faults
2
2
4.5
4.5
Avg Double Faults
1
1
97/133
97/133
1st won total​
64/90
64/90
!
73%
73%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
41/84
41/84
2nd won total​
22/48
22/48
49%
49%
2nd won %
46%
46%
-- Break Points --
8/19
8/19
BP won
9/27
9/27
4/9.5
4/9.5
Avg BP won
4.5/13.5
4.5/13.5
42%
42%
Won
33%
33%
23
23
Conceded
10
10
11.5
11.5
Avg Conceded
5
5
6
6
Broken
4
4
3
3
Avg Broken
2
2
17
17
Saved
6
6
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ajdukovic Alejandro Dellien Velasco
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 6 4
Tot Games 63 39
Pts 212-199 164-131
Total Points 411 295
Winners 97 64
%Winners 46% 39%

Both Ajdukovic and Alejandro Dellien Velasco played 2 matches. At the moment, Duje Ajdukovic surrendered 2 sets while Murkel Dellien hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Ajdukovic has played 2 sets more than Alejandro Dellien Velasco (6 vs 4). Therefore, Ajdukovic played 24 games more than Alejandro Dellien Velasco. Duje scored 97 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Bolivian bagged 64 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ajdukovic Alejandro Dellien Velasco
Aces 17 6
Avg per match 8.5 3
1st in 133/217 90/138
%1st in 61% 65%
1st pts 97/133 64/90
%1st pts 73% 71%
2nd pts 41/84 22/48
%2nd pts 49% 46%

Ajdukovic made 17 aces (8.5 per match). Alejandro Dellien Velasco fired 6 aces (3 per match). Ajdukovic won 73% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Alejandro Dellien Velasco won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Ajdukovic Alejandro Dellien Velasco
Won 8 9
Converted 8/19 9/27
% Converted 42% 33%
Conceded 23 10
Saved 17 6
% Saved 74% 60%
Times Broken 6 4

Duje broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Ajdukovic lost his serve 6 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded. Murkel broke his opponents 9 times with a 33% conversion rate. Murkel conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Ajdukovic
R1
Mayot		 R2
Preda		 Total
Score 4-6 7-65 6-2 4-6 7-5 6-4
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 31 32 63
pts 105-99 107-100 212-199
Total points 204 207 411
Winners 47 50 97
%Winners 45% 47% 46%
SERVE
Aces 8 9 17
Double Faults 5 4 9
1st in 66/105 67/112 133/217
% 1st in 63% 60% 61%
1st pts 47/66 50/67 97/133
% 1st pts 71% 75% 73%
2nd pts 22/39 19/45 41/84
% 2nd pts 56% 42% 49%
Breaks
Won 3 5 8
Converted 3/12 5/7 8/19
Converted % 25% 71% 42%
Conceded 10 13 23
Saved 8/10 9/13 17
Saved % 80% 69% 75%
Times Broken 2 4 6
Alejandro Dellien Velasco
R1
Gima		 R2
Taberner		 Total
Score 7-63 6-3 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 22 17 39
pts 93-81 71-50 164-131
Total points 174 121 295
Winners 44 20 64
%Winners 47% 28% 39%
SERVE
Aces 3 3 6
Double Faults 2 0 2
1st in 61/89 29/49 90/138
% 1st in 69% 59% 65%
1st pts 44/61 20/29 64/90
% 1st pts 72% 69% 71%
2nd pts 10/28 12/20 22/48
% 2nd pts 36% 60% 46%
Breaks
Won 3 6 9
Converted 3/9 6/18 9/27
Converted % 33% 33% 33%
Conceded 6 4 10
Saved 4/6 2/4 6
Saved % 67% 50% 59%
Times Broken 2 2 4

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