Marco Cecchinato and Duje Ajdukovic will square off in the qualifications of the Lisbon Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on ESTADIO CIF. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Duje Ajdukovic who should win in 3 sets.
Duje Ajdukovic -> 1.74
Marco Cecchinato -> 2
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Prediction and head to head Marco Cecchinato vs. Duje Ajdukovic
There is no head to head record between Marco Cecchinato and Duje Ajdukovic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Marco Cecchinato
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-34 | 0-0 | 39-34 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-25 | 0-2 | 26-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-23 | 1-4 | 12-17 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-33 | 0-3 | 43-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-27 | 1-5 | 31-19 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 275, Cecchinato reached the qualifications after defeating Tiago Cacao 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Cacao (6-4 7-5). During the match, Cecchinato scored 72 points vs Cacao’s 61. Marco was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cecchinato scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Marco Cecchinato lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Cecchinato put 71% of his first serves in, winning 56% (25/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the 2nd serve. Cecchinato broke Cacao 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Cecchinato has good record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (308-265). 32-28 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cecchinato has a composed 291-201 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Milan Challenger where he beat Dino Prizmic in the final 6-2 6-3.
The Italian has a composed 32-28 win-loss record in 2025, 32-28 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lisbon Challenger
Duje Ajdukovic
17 - 24win/loss
321
105
| 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 |
Ranked no. 310, Duje reached the qualifications after defeating Amaury Raynel 4-6 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications against Raynel, The Croatian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-4). During the match Ajdukovic scored 104 points vs Raynel’s 87. The Croatian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Ajdukovic recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Duje Ajdukovic was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (37/52) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Croatian broke Raynel 5 times after converting 29% of his break points (5/17).
Ajdukovic’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Como Challenger.
The Croatian has an aggregate 17-23 win-loss record in 2025, 12-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cecchinato | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 28 |
| Pts | 72-61 | 104-87 |
| Total Points | 133 | 191 |
| Winners | 25 | 37 |
| %Winners | 35% | 36% |
Both Cecchinato and Ajdukovic played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Duje Ajdukovic surrendered 1 set while Marco Cecchinato hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cecchinato has played 1 set(s) less than Ajdukovic (2 vs 3). Therefore, Cecchinato played 6 games less than Ajdukovic. Cecchinato scored 25 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Duje scored 37 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cecchinato | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 4 |
| 1st in | 45/63 | 52/81 |
| %1st in | 71% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 25/45 | 37/52 |
| %1st pts | 56% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 16/29 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 55% |
Cecchinato bagged 1 ace . Ajdukovic also made 4 aces . Cecchinato won 56% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Ajdukovic won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cecchinato | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 5/17 |
| % Converted | 67% | 29% |
| Conceded | 8 | 6 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Cecchinato broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Cecchinato surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Croatian broke his opponent 5 times with a 29% conversion rate. Ajdukovic conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cecchinato | |||
| Q1 Cacao | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 72-61 | 72-61 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 45/63 | 45/63 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 25/45 | 25/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 56% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 12/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Ajdukovic | |||
| Q1 Raynel | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 104-87 | 104-87 | |
| Total points | 191 | 191 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 52/81 | 52/81 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 37/52 | 37/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 16/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/17 | 5/17 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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