Duje Ajdukovic and Yusuke Takahashi will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Suzhou Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Duje Ajdukovic who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Duje Ajdukovic is the pick to win this match.
Duje Ajdukovic -> 1.4
Yusuke Takahashi -> 2.79

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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. Yusuke Takahashi

There is no head to head record between Duje Ajdukovic and Yusuke Takahashi since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Duje Ajdukovic

Ranked no. 372, Duje reached the 2^nd round after beating Henrique Rocha 6-7(1) 7-6(6) 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Rocha, Ajdukovic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7¹ 7-6⁶ 6-4). During the match, Ajdukovic scored 107 points vs Rocha’s 105. Duje was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ajdukovic managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Duje Ajdukovic lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Ajdukovic put 57% of his first serves in, winning 73% (45/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (23/47) on the 2nd serve. Duje broke Rocha 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Ajdukovic has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (281-193). 5-6 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ajdukovic has an overall58-41 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

Duje’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Como Challenger.

Duje has a compiled 19-25 win-loss record in 2025, 5-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Suzhou Challenger

The Croatian has never competed in this tournament before.

Yusuke Takahashi

Ranked no. 440, Yusuke reached the 2^nd round after beating Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong 3-6 6-3 6-4, Sergey Fomin 7-5 3-6 6-4 and Jie Cui 6-7(7) 6-4 5-4 ret..

In the 1^st round against Cui, the Japanese had a free pass after Cui retired on a 6-7⁷ 6-4 5-4 . scoreline.

Yusuke’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Kashiwa and M15 Osaka.

The Japanese has an aggregate 41-21 win-loss record in 2025, 39-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Ajdukovic	Takahashi
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	3	10
Tot Games	36	91
Pts	107-105	314-303
Total Points	212	617
Winners	45	128
%Winners	42%	41%

Ajdukovic played 1 match while Takahashi competed in 3 matches. Takahashi started his run from the qualifications while Ajdukovic had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Duje Ajdukovic surrendered 1 set, while Yusuke Takahashi conceded 3 sets. Ajdukovic has played 7 set(s) less than Takahashi (3 vs 10). Therefore, Ajdukovic played 55 games less than Takahashi. Duje scored 45 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Takahashi struck 128 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Ajdukovic	Takahashi
Aces	8	4
Avg per match	8	1.3
1st in	62/109	202/308
%1st in	57%	66%
1st pts	45/62	128/202
%1st pts	73%	63%
2nd pts	23/47	57/106
%2nd pts	49%	54%

Ajdukovic made 8 aces . Takahashi managed to score 4 aces (1.3 per match). Ajdukovic won 73% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Takahashi won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Ajdukovic	Takahashi
Won	5	14
Converted	5/8	14/30
% Converted	63%	47%
Conceded	11	33
Saved	7	22
% Saved	64%	67%
Times Broken	4	11

The Croatian broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Ajdukovic surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 14 times with a 47% conversion rate. Takahashi conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Ajdukovic
	R1 Rocha	Total
Score	6-71 7-66 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	36	36
pts	107-105	107-105
Total points	212	212
Winners	45	45
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	8	8
1st in	62/109	62/109
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	45/62	45/62
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	23/47	23/47
% 2nd pts	49%	49%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	7/11	7
Saved %	64%	64%
Times Broken	4	4

Takahashi
	Q1 Wei Kang Leong	Q3 Fomin	R1 Cui	Total
Score	3-6 6-3 6-4	7-5 3-6 6-4	6-77 6-4 5-4 ret.
Tot Set	3	3	3	9
Tot Games	28	31	32	91
pts	94-95	110-105	110-103	314-303
Total points	189	215	213	617
Winners	40	43	45	128
%Winners	43%	39%	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	0	1	3	4
Double Faults	5	1	1	7
1st in	57/93	68/103	77/112	202/308
% 1st in	61%	66%	69%	66%
1st pts	40/57	43/68	45/77	128/202
% 1st pts	70%	63%	58%	63%
2nd pts	16/36	19/35	22/35	57/106
% 2nd pts	44%	54%	63%	54%
Breaks
Won	4	5	5	14
Converted	4/14	5/10	5/6	14/30
Converted %	29%	50%	83%	47%
Conceded	14	8	11	33
Saved	11/14	4/8	7/11	22
Saved %	79%	50%	64%	193%
Times Broken	3	4	4	11

Tennis Scores in Suzhou Challenger

• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Maxim ZhukovZhukov (6-7⁵ 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi – Jie CuiCui (6-7⁷ 6-4 5-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Aoran WangWang – Rigele TeTe (4-6 7-6⁸ 6-2) – See score progression
• Ilia SimakinSimakin – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (7-5 3-2 ret.) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Yi ZhouZhou (7-5 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Khumoun SultanovSultanov (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Tsung-Hao HuangHuang – Garrett JohnsJohns (7-6⁶ 7-6²) – See score progression
• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Fajing SunSun (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Harold MayotMayot – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-4 6-7⁶ 7-5) – See score progression
• Naoya HondaHonda – Ye Cong MoCong Mo (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Renta TokudaTokuda – Sergey FominFomin (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Takuya KumasakaKumasaka – Omar JasikaJasika (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-7⁴ 6-2 7-6²) – See score progression
• Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Henrique RochaRocha (6-7¹ 7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (6-3 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
• James McCabeMcCabe – Jason JungJung (6-7⁴ 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Yi ZhouZhou (7-5 7-6(1)) – See score progression
• Renta TokudaTokuda – Sergey FominFomin (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Maxim ZhukovZhukov (6-7(5) 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Ilia SimakinSimakin – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (7-5 3-2 ret.) – See score progression
• Takuya KumasakaKumasaka – Omar JasikaJasika (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Fajing SunSun (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Renta TokudaTokuda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aoran WangWang – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tsung-Hao HuangHuang – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Takuya KumasakaKumasaka – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Harold MayotMayot – (0-0) – H2H and prediction