Dusan Lajovic and Steven Diez will clash against each other in the final of the Maspalomas Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. 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 2 sets.

(image) As per the initial odds, Dusan Lajovic is the pick to win this match.
Dusan Lajovic -> 1.29
Steven Diez -> 3.46

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Prediction and head to head Dusan Lajovic vs. Steven Diez

This will be the 2^nd time that Dusan Lajovic and Steven Diez face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Lajovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Lajovic won 7-6(5) 6-4 in the qualifications in Buenos Aires back in 2013.

Dusan Lajovic

Ranked no. 103, Dusan reached the final after defeating Andrey Chepelev 6-3 6-4, Imanol Lopez Morillo 6-3 6-4, Adrian Andreev w/o and Pablo Llamas Ruiz 3-6 6-2 6-2.

In the semifinal against Llamas Ruiz, Lajovic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-2). During the match, Lajovic scored 71 points vs Llamas Ruiz’s 64. Lajovic was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Lajovic couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the encounter and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Dusan Lajovic was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (32/44) of his 1st serve and 78% (14/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Lajovic broke Llamas Ruiz 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Dusan has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Lajovic has good record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (306-282). 23-15 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lajovic has a composed 184-131 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

Lajovic’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Parma Challenger,the Genova Challenger and the Maspalomas Challenger.

The Serbian has an overall 29-30 win-loss record in 2022, 23-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Maspalomas Challenger

Dusan has never competed in this tournament before.

Steven Diez

Ranked no. 348, Diez got to the final after beating Valentin Vacherot 1-6 6-2 6-4, Moez Echargui 6-4 3-6 6-3, Gian Marco Moroni 6-2 1-6 6-4 and Oriol Roca Batalla 6-2 6-4.

In the semifinal, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Roca Batalla (6-2 6-4). During the match Diez scored 64 points vs Roca Batalla’s 49. The Canadian was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Diez recorded 3 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Steven Diez was very effective on serve to win 76% (26/34) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Diez broke Roca Batalla 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Steven has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

The Canadian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Girona.

Steven has a compiled 36-31 win-loss record in 2022, 22-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Lajovic played 3 matches while Diez competed in 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Dusan Lajovic surrendered 1 set, while Steven Diez conceded 3 sets. Lajovic has played 4 set(s) less than Diez (7 vs 11). Therefore, Lajovic played 33 games less than Diez. The Serbian scored 99 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Canadian blasted 141 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Lajovic blasted 5 aces (1.7 per match). Diez struck 8 aces (2 per match). Lajovic won 73% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Diez won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

The Serbian broke his opponents 9 times with a 33% conversion rate. Dusan dropped his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. The Canadian broke his opponents 17 times with a 57% conversion rate. Diez conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded.