Dusan Lajovic and Henri Squire will face off in the 2nd round of the Valencia Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on PISTA PABLO ANDUJAR. 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 3 sets.
Dusan Lajovic -> 1.49
Henri Squire -> 2.49
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Prediction and head to head Dusan Lajovic vs. Henri Squire
This will be the 2nd time that Dusan Lajovic and Henri Squire face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Lajovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Lajovic won 6-4 7-5 in the 1st round in the Girona Challenger back in March 2025.
Dusan Lajovic
34 - 29win/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. 126, Dusan got to the 2nd round after beating Tiago Pereira 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, Lajovic had a good straight sets win against Pereira (6-4 6-1). During the match, Lajovic scored 64 points vs Pereira’s 42. The Serbian was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Lajovic scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Dusan Lajovic was quite efficient on serve to win 74% (20/27) of his 1st serve and 67% (8/12) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Dusan broke Pereira 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Lajovic has a negative match record in the last 10 years having won only 49% of his matches (269-275). 28-17 on clay in 2025. . Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Lajovic has a composed 161-125 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Cordenons Challenger where he overcame Lukas Neumayer in the final 6-2 7-6(3).
Dusan has a composed 34-29 win-loss record in 2025, 28-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Henri Squire
36 - 28win/loss
274
169
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-32 | 1-3 | 31-21 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-31 | 1-3 | 21-13 | 19-12 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-38 | 7-4 | 30-25 | 15-6 | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 38-31 | 1-2 | 8-11 | 27-16 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-12 | 0-0 | 21-8 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 5-3 |
Ranked no. 329, Henri reached the 2nd round after defeating Sergi Fita Juan 7-6(7) 6-0, Christoph Negritu 4-6 6-4 6-1 and Daniel Rincon 6-0 6-1.
In the 1st round, Henri had a good straight sets win against Rincon (6-0 6-1). During the match Squire scored 58 points vs Rincon’s 29. Squire was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.
About the serving games, Squire scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Henri Squire lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Squire put 72% of his first serves in, winning 73% (19/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (5/10) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Rincon 7 times after converting 64% of his break points (7/11).
The German’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Kramsach,M25 Koksijde and the Augsburg Challenger.
Squire has a compiled 36-28 win-loss record in 2025, 29-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lajovic | Squire |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 59 |
| Pts | 64-42 | 220-154 |
| Total Points | 106 | 374 |
| Winners | 20 | 89 |
| %Winners | 31% | 40% |
Lajovic played 1 match while Squire competed in 3 matches. Squire started his run from the qualifications while Lajovic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Henri Squire conceded 1 set while Dusan Lajovic hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Lajovic has played 5 set(s) less than Squire (2 vs 7). Therefore, Lajovic played 42 games less than Squire. Lajovic scored 20 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, The German scored 89 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lajovic | Squire |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 5.7 |
| 1st in | 27/39 | 115/162 |
| %1st in | 69% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 89/115 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 8/12 | 25/47 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 53% |
Lajovic fired 1 ace . Squire also bagged 17 aces (5.7 per match). Lajovic won 74% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Squire won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lajovic | Squire |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 16 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 16/30 |
| % Converted | 50% | 53% |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Dusan broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Lajovic dropped his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The German broke his opponents 16 times with a 53% conversion rate. Squire conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lajovic | |||
| R1 Pereira | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 64-42 | 64-42 | |
| Total points | 106 | 106 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 27/39 | 27/39 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 20/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/12 | 8/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Squire | |||||
| Q1 Fita | Q3 Negritu | R1 Rincon | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 6-0 | 4-6 6-4 6-1 | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 27 | 13 | 59 | |
| pts | 83-63 | 79-62 | 58-29 | 220-154 | |
| Total points | 146 | 141 | 87 | 374 | |
| Winners | 29 | 41 | 19 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 52% | 33% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 11 | 1 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 39/58 | 50/68 | 26/36 | 115/162 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 74% | 72% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 29/39 | 41/50 | 19/26 | 89/115 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 82% | 73% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 10/18 | 5/10 | 25/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 56% | 50% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 4/4 | 7/11 | 16/30 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 100% | 64% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0/1 | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Tennis Scores in Valencia Challenger
- Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (2-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Tiago PereiraPereira (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Luka MikrutMikrut – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Cezar CretuCretu (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Nerman FaticFatic (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Vilius GaubasGaubas (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Diego DeduraDedura (3-6 6-4 4-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Henri SquireSquire – Daniel RinconRincon (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Miguel DamasDamas (6-72 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Ignacio BuseBuse (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud – Elmer MollerMoller (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (7-5 1-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Nerman FaticFatic (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (2-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Cezar CretuCretu (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Zdenek KolarKolar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Ivan GakhovGakhov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Henri SquireSquire – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Carlos TabernerTaberner (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Christoph NegrituNegritu (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Sumit NagalNagal (1-0) – H2H and prediction