Duje Ajdukovic and Koki Matsuda will face off in the 2^nd round of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 6. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Duje Ajdukovic is the pick to win this match.
Duje Ajdukovic -> 1.195
Koki Matsuda -> 3.98

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Prediction and head to head Duje Ajdukovic vs. Koki Matsuda

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

Duje Ajdukovic

Ranked no. 322, the Croatian reached the 2^nd round after beating Dimitar Kuzmanov 6-1 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Kuzmanov (6-1 6-3). During the match, Ajdukovic scored 61 points vs Kuzmanov’s 41. The Croatian was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ajdukovic blasted 4 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Duje Ajdukovic lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Ajdukovic put 62% of his first serves in, winning 67% (22/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Kuzmanov 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Ajdukovic has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (284-195). 8-8 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ajdukovic has an overall61-43 record in the last 8 years on hard.

Ajdukovic’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Como Challenger.

Ajdukovic has an aggregate 22-27 win-loss record in 2025, 8-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger

Koki Matsuda

Ranked no. 666, the Japanese got to the 2^nd round after beating Keisuke Saitoh 7-5 5-7 6-4, Taiyo Yamanaka 6-3 6-7(4) 6-3 and Abedallah Shelbayh 7-6(4) 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Shelbayh (7-6⁴ 6-2). During the match Matsuda scored 68 points vs Shelbayh’s 57. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Matsuda bagged 6 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Koki Matsuda lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Matsuda put 75% of his first serves in, winning 64% (28/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the 2nd serve. Koki broke Shelbayh 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Koki’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Maanshan and M15 Singapore.

Koki has a compiled 42-15 win-loss record in 2025, 20-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Ajdukovic	Matsuda
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	8
Tot Games	16	86
Pts	61-41	278-242
Total Points	102	520
Winners	22	117
%Winners	36%	42%

Ajdukovic played 1 match while Matsuda competed in 3 matches. Matsuda started his run from the qualifications while Ajdukovic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Koki Matsuda lost 2 sets while Duje Ajdukovic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ajdukovic has played 6 set(s) less than Matsuda (2 vs 8). Therefore, Ajdukovic played 70 games less than Matsuda. The Croatian scored 22 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Matsuda bagged 117 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Ajdukovic	Matsuda
Aces	4	23
Avg per match	4	7.7
1st in	33/53	163/249
%1st in	62%	65%
1st pts	22/33	117/163
%1st pts	67%	72%
2nd pts	13/20	51/86
%2nd pts	65%	59%

Ajdukovic struck 4 aces . Matsuda recorded 23 aces (7.7 per match). Ajdukovic won 67% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Matsuda won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Ajdukovic	Matsuda
Won	5	13
Converted	5/9	13/34
% Converted	56%	38%
Conceded	6	15
Saved	5	7
% Saved	83%	47%
Times Broken	1	8

Duje broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Duje conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 13 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 47% of the break points that he conceded.

Ajdukovic
	R1 Kuzmanov	Total
Score	6-1 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	61-41	61-41
Total points	102	102
Winners	22	22
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	33/53	33/53
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	22/33	22/33
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	13/20	13/20
% 2nd pts	65%	65%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/9
Converted %	56%	56%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	5/6	5
Saved %	83%	83%
Times Broken	1	1

Matsuda
	Q1 Saitoh	Q3 Yamanaka	R1 Shelbayh	Total
Score	7-5 5-7 6-4	6-3 6-74 6-3	7-64 6-2
Tot Set	3	3	2	8
Tot Games	34	31	21	86
pts	107-99	103-86	68-57	278-242
Total points	206	189	125	520
Winners	41	48	28	117
%Winners	38%	47%	41%	42%
SERVE
Aces	5	12	6	23
Double Faults	3	1	0	4
1st in	53/91	66/99	44/59	163/249
% 1st in	58%	67%	75%	65%
1st pts	41/53	48/66	28/44	117/163
% 1st pts	77%	73%	64%	72%
2nd pts	18/38	23/33	10/15	51/86
% 2nd pts	47%	70%	67%	59%
Breaks
Won	5	3	5	13
Converted	5/13	3/8	5/13	13/34
Converted %	38%	38%	38%	38%
Conceded	6	4	5	15
Saved	2/6	3/4	2/5	7
Saved %	33%	75%	40%	148%
Times Broken	4	1	3	8

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