Dusan Lajovic and Carlo Alberto Caniato will face off in the 2^nd round of the Cordenons Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on SERENA MANIVA CENTER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.151
Carlo Alberto Caniato -> 4.85

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Prediction and head to head Dusan Lajovic vs. Carlo Alberto Caniato

There is no head to head record between Dusan Lajovic and Carlo Alberto Caniato since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Dusan Lajovic

Ranked no. 145, Lajovic got to the 2^nd round after beating Murkel Dellien 6-1 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Dusan had a good straight sets win against Alejandro Dellien Velasco (6-1 6-2). During the match, Lajovic scored 63 points vs Alejandro Dellien Velasco’s 37. The Serbian was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about the service games, Lajovic wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Dusan Lajovic was extremely efficient on serve to win 88% (22/25) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Dusan broke Alejandro Dellien Velasco 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Lajovic has a losing match record in the last 10 years having won only 49% of his matches (260-270). 19-14 on clay in 2025. . Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lajovic has a compiled 152-122 match record in the last years on clay.

The Serbian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Sassuolo Challenger.

Lajovic has a composed 25-24 win-loss record in 2025, 19-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cordenons Challenger

The Serbian has never competed in this tournament before.

Carlo Alberto Caniato

Ranked no. 629, Alberto reached the 2^nd round after defeating Andrew Paulson 6-4 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Alberto had a good straight sets win against Paulson (6-4 6-1). During the match Alberto scored 60 points vs Paulson’s 38. Alberto was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Alberto bagged 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Carlo Alberto Caniato was extremely efficient on serve to win 88% (23/26) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alberto broke Paulson 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

The Italian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Cattolica and M25+H Bacau.

The Italian has a composed 26-13 win-loss record in 2025, 23-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Lajovic	Alberto
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	17
Pts	63-37	60-38
Total Points	100	98
Winners	22	23
%Winners	35%	38%

Both Lajovic and Alberto played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Lajovic and Alberto have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Lajovic played 2 games less than Alberto. The Serbian scored 22 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian recorded 23 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Lajovic	Alberto
Aces	0	5
Avg per match	0	5
1st in	25/43	26/45
%1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	22/25	23/26
%1st pts	88%	88%
2nd pts	11/18	13/19
%2nd pts	61%	68%

Lajovic didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Alberto recorded 5 aces . Lajovic won 88% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Alberto won 88% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Lajovic	Alberto
Won	4	3
Converted	4/11	3/11
% Converted	36%	27%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0	0
% Saved	0%	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Lajovic broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Lajovic extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Italian broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Italian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Lajovic
	R1 Alejandro Dellien Velasco	Total
Score	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	63-37	63-37
Total points	100	100
Winners	22	22
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	25/43	25/43
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	22/25	22/25
% 1st pts	88%	88%
2nd pts	11/18	11/18
% 2nd pts	61%	61%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/11	4/11
Converted %	36%	36%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Alberto
	R1 Paulson	Total
Score	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	60-38	60-38
Total points	98	98
Winners	23	23
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	26/45	26/45
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	23/26	23/26
% 1st pts	88%	88%
2nd pts	13/19	13/19
% 2nd pts	68%	68%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/11	3/11
Converted %	27%	27%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Cordenons Challenger

• Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Nicolas KickerKicker – Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Federico BondioliBondioli (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Max Alcala GurriAlcala Gurri – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Mariano KestelboimKestelboim (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Jay ClarkeClarke – Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Michiel De KromDe Krom (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Zsombor PirosPiros – Zdenek KolarKolar (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-3 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Gabriele PirainoPiraino – Jelle SelsSels (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Carlo Alberto CaniatoAlberto Caniato – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Gonzalo BuenoBueno – Ryan NijboerNijboer (7-6⁴ 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Tiago PereiraPereira – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-7⁷ 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Murkel DellienDellien (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Federico BondioliBondioli (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Max Alcala GurriAlcala Gurri – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Gonzalo BuenoBueno – Ryan NijboerNijboer (7-6(4) 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Jay ClarkeClarke – Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Mariano KestelboimKestelboim (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Gabriele PirainoPiraino – Jelle SelsSels (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Nicolas KickerKicker – Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-3 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Michiel De KromDe Krom (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Zsombor PirosPiros – Zdenek KolarKolar (7-5 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Nicolas KickerKicker – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Max Alcala GurriAlcala Gurri (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Zsombor PirosPiros (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (0-0) – H2H and prediction