Dusan Lajovic and Santiago Rodriguez Taverna will fight against each other in the quarter of the Cordenons Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 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.
Dusan Lajovic -> 1.2
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna -> 4.15
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Prediction and head to head Dusan Lajovic vs. Santiago Rodriguez Taverna
There is no head to head record between Dusan Lajovic and Santiago Rodriguez Taverna since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Dusan Lajovic
26 - 24win/loss
119
23
| 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. 145, the Serbian got to the quarter after defeating Murkel Dellien 6-1 6-2 and Carlo Alberto Caniato 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Lajovic had a good straight sets win against Alberto Caniato (6-4 6-3). During the match, Lajovic scored 59 points vs Alberto Caniato’s 45. Dusan was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lajovic struck 4 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Dusan Lajovic was very effective on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Dusan was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Alberto Caniato 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lajovic hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
Lajovic has a negative record in the last 10 years having won only 49% of his matches (261-270). 20-14 on clay in 2025. . Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lajovic has a compiled 153-122 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Serbian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Sassuolo Challenger.
The Serbian has an overall 26-24 win-loss record in 2025, 20-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cordenons Challenger
Dusan has never competed in this tournament before.
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna
40 - 25win/loss
235
157
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50-39 | 4-4 | 46-34 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-35 | 4-5 | 28-29 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-35 | 7-7 | 34-27 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-27 | 0-2 | 35-24 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 67-26 | 40-16 | 26-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 185, the Argentine reached the quarter after beating Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 7-6(4) 6-3 and Carlos Sanchez Jover 6-3 4-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Argentine defeated Sanchez Jover (6-3 4-6 6-4). During the match Rodriguez scored 93 points vs Sanchez Jover’s 87. Rodriguez was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Rodriguez fired 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Santiago Rodriguez Taverna lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Rodriguez put 56% of his first serves in, winning 71% (34/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (17/37) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Sanchez Jover 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Porto Alegre Challenger where he overcame Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo in the final 4-6 6-4 7-6(6).
Rodriguez has a compiled 40-25 win-loss record in 2025, 36-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lajovic | Rodriguez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 51 |
| Pts | 122-82 | 182-165 |
| Total Points | 204 | 347 |
| Winners | 44 | 66 |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% |
Both Lajovic and Rodriguez played 2 matches. At the moment, Santiago Rodriguez Taverna conceded 1 set while Dusan Lajovic hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Lajovic has played 1 set(s) less than Rodriguez (4 vs 5). Therefore, Lajovic played 17 games less than Rodriguez. The Serbian scored 44 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Santiago managed to score 66 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lajovic | Rodriguez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 53/90 | 96/170 |
| %1st in | 59% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 44/53 | 66/96 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 24/37 | 35/74 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 47% |
Lajovic managed to score 4 aces (2 per match). Rodriguez scored 5 aces (2.5 per match). Lajovic won 83% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Rodriguez won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lajovic | Rodriguez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 9 |
| Converted | 8/15 | 9/24 |
| % Converted | 53% | 38% |
| Conceded | 1 | 15 |
| Saved | 0 | 8 |
| % Saved | 0% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 |
Lajovic broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Serbian conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Rodriguez broke his opponents 9 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lajovic | ||||
| R1 Alejandro Dellien Velasco | R2 Alberto | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 19 | 34 | |
| pts | 63-37 | 59-45 | 122-82 | |
| Total points | 100 | 104 | 204 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 37% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 25/43 | 28/47 | 53/90 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 60% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 22/25 | 22/28 | 44/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 79% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 13/19 | 24/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 68% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/4 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 100% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rodriguez | ||||
| R1 Sanchez-Izquierdo | R2 Sanchez Jover | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-3 | 6-3 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 29 | 51 | |
| pts | 89-78 | 93-87 | 182-165 | |
| Total points | 167 | 180 | 347 | |
| Winners | 32 | 34 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 37% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 48/85 | 48/85 | 96/170 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 32/48 | 34/48 | 66/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 71% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/37 | 17/37 | 35/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 46% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/13 | 9/24 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 10 | 15 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 6/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 60% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
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