🎾 ATP Marrakech: Vukic vs Dellien

🎾 ATP Marrakech: Vukic vs Dellien

🧠 Form & Context

🟨 Aleksandar Vukic

• 📉 Struggling 2025: Just 4–9 this season, with early exits on hard courts.
• 🧱 Not a clay specialist: No clay matches this year; 96–73 career record on the surface.
• 🇦🇺 2024 Marrakech quarterfinalist: Has shown potential here with a good draw.
• 🪫 Current slump: Lost 4 of last 5 matches, but some close contests (3 went to deciding sets).

🟫 Hugo Dellien

• 🔥 Clay warrior: 12–6 on clay in 2025, 534–276 career record on the surface.
• 🎯 Challenger form: Back-to-back SFs in Mérida and Girona this March.
• 🇧🇴 Marrakech redemption: Lost in 1R here in 2022, but returns with form and fire.
• 🎾 Endurance machine: Plays long, grinding matches—built for Moroccan clay.

🔍 Match Breakdown

Clay clearly favors Dellien, who thrives in slow conditions and long rallies. Vukic will aim to dictate with his serve and forehand, but finding rhythm on this surface won’t be easy.

If Dellien can target Vukic’s backhand and extend exchanges, the Aussie’s aggressive style could unravel. The altitude and bounce of Marrakech make it even trickier for first-strike tennis.

With 13 Challenger titles on clay and sharp current form, Dellien enters as the more complete and confident player for this matchup.

🔮 Prediction

Pick: Dellien in straight sets

Vukic has tools, but Dellien’s surface mastery, form, and endurance should overwhelm the Aussie in these conditions.