Serbia Open 2024: Stan Wawrinka vs Laslo Djere preview, head-to-head, prediction, odds and pick
Match Details
Fixture: (WC) Stan Wawrinka vs (WC) Laslo Djere
Date: November 5, 2024
Tournament: Serbia Open 2024
Round: First Round (Round of 32)
Venue: Novak Tennis Centre, Belgrade, Serbia
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Clay (Outdoor)
Prize Money: $630,346
Live Telecast: USA - Tennis Channel | UK - Sky UK | Canada - DAZN
Stan Wawrinka vs Laslo Djere preview
One of the first-round matches at the 2024 Serbia Open will be between former World No. 3 Stan Wawrinka and local favorite Laslo Djere. Since his surgery in 2021, Wawrinka has struggled to return to the sport's top echelons again. The Swiss player received a wildcard to enter the Belgrade event, with his ranking being 148. Overall he has a 10-16 record in 2024 with no titles.
The Swiss player did have his best showing of the year at the 2024 Stockholm Open, a few weeks ago. He defeated the likes of Brandon Nakashima and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina to reach the last eight. In the quarterfinal, he won 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) against the top seed Andrey Rublev to reach his first semifinal of 2024. However, he lost 3-6, 2-6 against Tommy Paul.
2024 has been a poor season for Laslo Djere. The Serbian player has hardly made any significant progress at any of the tournaments he has played, as is shown by his 7-16 record. He has not won more than one main draw match at any of the events.
The former World No. 29 has struggled to reach the main draw of competitions regularly, playing qualifiers. Being a local player, he received a wildcard at the Belgarde Open. He also played extensively on the Challenger Tour, where he had some success, reaching the semifinal of the Bad Waltersdorf Trophy in Austria, losing 1-6, 4-6 against Thiago Seboth Wild.
On the ATP Tour, he last played at the Stockholm Open, where he reached the second round as a qualifier, losing 2-6, 6-7 (2) to Tommy Paul.
Stan Wawrinka vs Laslo Djere head-to-head
Wawrinka has a 1-0 lead over Djere in the head-to-head. The two players met only once at the 2022 Italian Open. The Swiss player won the first-round match, winning 7-6 (8), 3-6, 6-4.
Stan Wawrinka vs Laslo Djere odds
(Odds are sourced from BetMGM)
Stan Wawrinka vs Laslo Djere prediction
Wawrinka has a 62 percent win record on hard courts in his career. The Swiss player has reached 16 finals on the surface winning 9 titles. However, Wawrinka's last hard court title was the 2016 US Open, winning against Novak Djokovic in the final. The last hardcourt final for Wawrinka was at the 2019 European Open, losing 6-3, 4-6, 4-6 to Andy Murray.
Djere only has a 37 percent win record on hard courts. He has reached one final on the surface at the 2022 Winston-Salem Open, losing to Adrian Mannarino. The Serbian won his two career titles on clay, winning the 2019 Rio Open and the 2019 Sardegna Open.
Both players are not in their best form. However, given the form in recent weeks, Wawrinka should be the favorite to win the match.
Pick- Wawrink to win in straight sets