Duje Ajdukovic and Aryan Shah will face off in the 2nd round of the Sofia 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:30 am on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.43
Aryan Shah -> 2.66

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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. Aryan Shah

This will be the 2nd time that Duje Ajdukovic and Aryan Shah fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shah (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they played, Shah won 4-6 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in the Segovia Challenger back in July 2025.

Duje Ajdukovic

Duje Ajdukovic

11 - 19win/loss

Hard
4-6
I Hard
1-0
Clay
6-10
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. 262, the Croatian got to the 2nd round after beating Naoya Honda 2-6 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round against Honda, The Croatian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-4).During the match, Ajdukovic scored less points (1) than Honda. In fact, the world no. 262 won 90 points vs Honda’s. That means that Ajdukovic was more focused during the important points. Ajdukovic was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ajdukovic recorded 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Duje Ajdukovic lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Ajdukovic put 51% of his first serves in, winning 68% (27/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (21/39) on the 2nd serve. Ajdukovic broke Honda 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Ajdukovic has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (273-187). 6-10 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ajdukovic has a compiled189-116 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

Duje’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Iasi Challenger.

Ajdukovic has a compiled 11-19 win-loss record in 2025, 6-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sofia 1 Challenger

Ajdukovic has never competed in this tournament before.

Sofia 1 Challenger
Ajdukovic's Record

Aryan Shah

Aryan Shah

32 - 17win/loss

Hard
26-13
I Hard
0-0
Clay
6-4
Rank
399
High
385
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 35-27 27-17 6-6 2-4 0-0 0-0
2024 36-17 32-13 2-3 2-1 0-0 0-0
2023 8-6 8-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 6-4 6-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 395, the Indian got to the 2nd round after defeating Alexander Donski 5-7 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round against Donski, Shah recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-4).During the match Shah scored less points (2) than Donski. In fact, the world no. 262 won 102 points vs Donski’s. That means that Shah was more focused during the important points. The Indian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.

About the serving games, Shah fired 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Aryan Shah lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Shah put 52% of his first serves in, winning 74% (43/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (27/54) on the 2nd serve. Aryan broke Donski 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

The Indian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Ahmedabad.

Aryan has a compiled 32-17 win-loss record in 2025, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Sofia 1 Challenger
Shah's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

D.Ajdukovic
A.Shah
2h:07
2h:07
Time on court​
2h:23
2h:23
!
2h:07
2h:07
Last match​
!
2h:23
2h:23
1
1
Match played
1
1
28
28
Games Played​
32
32
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
90
90
Total points​
102
102
90
90
Avg point​
102
102
27
27
Winners
43
43
27
27
Avg Winners​
43
43
30%
30%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
10
10
2
2
Avg Aces
10
10
4
4
Double Faults
4
4
4
4
Avg Double Faults
4
4
27/40
27/40
1st won total​
43/58
43/58
68%
68%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
21/39
21/39
2nd won total​
27/54
27/54
54%
54%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
4/10
4/10
BP won
3/7
3/7
4/10
4/10
Avg BP won
3/7
3/7
40%
40%
Won
43%
43%
6
6
Conceded
8
8
6
6
Avg Conceded
8
8
4
4
Broken
2
2
4
4
Avg Broken
2
2
2
2
Saved
6
6
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ajdukovic Shah
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 28 32
Pts 90-91 102-104
Total Points 181 206
Winners 27 43
%Winners 30% 42%

Both Ajdukovic and Shah played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Duje Ajdukovic lost 1 set, while Aryan Shah dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Ajdukovic and Shah have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Ajdukovic played 4 games less than Shah. Ajdukovic scored 27 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Shah struck 43 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ajdukovic Shah
Aces 2 10
Avg per match 2 10
1st in 40/79 58/112
%1st in 51% 52%
1st pts 27/40 43/58
%1st pts 68% 74%
2nd pts 21/39 27/54
%2nd pts 54% 50%

Ajdukovic scored 2 aces . Shah managed to score 10 aces . Ajdukovic won 68% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Shah won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Ajdukovic Shah
Won 4 3
Converted 4/10 3/7
% Converted 40% 43%
Conceded 6 8
Saved 2 6
% Saved 33% 75%
Times Broken 4 2

The Croatian broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Ajdukovic dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The Indian broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Shah conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Ajdukovic
R1
Honda		 Total
Score 2-6 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 28 28
pts 90-91 90-91
Total points 181 181
Winners 27 27
%Winners 30% 30%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 40/79 40/79
% 1st in 51% 51%
1st pts 27/40 27/40
% 1st pts 68% 68%
2nd pts 21/39 21/39
% 2nd pts 54% 54%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/10 4/10
Converted % 40% 40%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 2/6 2
Saved % 33% 33%
Times Broken 4 4
Shah
R1
Donski		 Total
Score 5-7 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 32 32
pts 102-104 102-104
Total points 206 206
Winners 43 43
%Winners 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 10 10
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 58/112 58/112
% 1st in 52% 52%
1st pts 43/58 43/58
% 1st pts 74% 74%
2nd pts 27/54 27/54
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/7 3/7
Converted % 43% 43%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 6/8 6
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 2 2

Tennis Scores in Sofia 1 Challenger

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