Francisco Cerundolo and Lorenzo Sonego will play each other in the quarter of the Plava Laguna Croatia Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:30 pm on GORAN IVANISEVIC STADION . 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 Francisco Cerundolo who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francisco Cerundolo is the pick to win this match.
Francisco Cerundolo -> 1.42
Lorenzo Sonego -> 2.875
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Prediction and head to head Francisco Cerundolo vs. Lorenzo Sonego
This will be the 3rd time that Francisco Cerundolo and Lorenzo Sonego square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Cerundolo and Sonego (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Sonego won 6-4 5-7 6-2 in the 1st round in Vienna back in 2023.
Francisco Cerundolo
19 - 20win/loss
37
19
WLWWLLLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-20 | 3-5 | 16-12 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-26 | 10-10 | 19-12 | 4-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-28 | 7-8 | 25-10 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-24 | 3-2 | 39-21 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 36-11 | 5-0 | 31-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 37, Cerundolo got to the quarter after defeating Unknown Player bye and Matej Dodig 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Francisco had a good straight sets win against Dodig (6-3 6-4). During the match, Cerundolo scored 70 points vs Dodig’s 49. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cerundolo scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 4 double faults. Francisco Cerundolo was extremely efficient on serve to win 90% (28/31) 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. The Argentine broke Dodig twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Cerundolo has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 66% of his matches (297-156). 16-12 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Cerundolo has an aggregate250-109 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
Cerundolo’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Rio de Janeiro.
The Argentine has a composed 19-20 win-loss record in 2024, 16-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Umag
Cerundolo has never competed in this tournament before.
Lorenzo Sonego
17 - 22win/loss
54
21
WWLWLWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-22 | 4-8 | 10-10 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-31 | 10-12 | 9-7 | 9-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-29 | 7-9 | 8-11 | 10-5 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-24 | 9-11 | 9-4 | 6-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-15 | 0-5 | 7-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 54, the Italian reached the quarter after defeating Mili Poljicak 6-2 6-7(1) 7-6(9) and Alexandre Muller 7-5 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Sonego had a good straight sets win against Muller (7-5 6-1). During the match Sonego scored 68 points vs Muller’s 45. Lorenzo was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Sonego managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Lorenzo Sonego was pretty effective on serve to win 84% (26/31) of his 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sonego broke Muller 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Italian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Turin Challenger.
Lorenzo has an aggregate 17-22 win-loss record in 2024, 10-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Umag
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cerundolo | Sonego |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 53 |
| Pts | 70-49 | 187-152 |
| Total Points | 119 | 339 |
| Winners | 28 | 81 |
| %Winners | 40% | 43% |
Cerundolo played 1 match while Sonego competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Lorenzo Sonego conceded 1 set while Francisco Cerundolo hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Cerundolo has played 3 set(s) less than Sonego (2 vs 5). Therefore, Cerundolo played 34 games less than Sonego. Cerundolo scored 28 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian managed to score 81 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cerundolo | Sonego |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 31/49 | 104/157 |
| %1st in | 63% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 28/31 | 81/104 |
| %1st pts | 90% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 34/53 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 64% |
Cerundolo blasted 1 ace . Sonego also blasted 9 aces (4.5 per match). Cerundolo won 90% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Sonego won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cerundolo | Sonego |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 7 |
| Converted | 2/10 | 7/17 |
| % Converted | 20% | 41% |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 6 |
| % Saved | 0% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Cerundolo broke his opponent twice with a 20% conversion rate. Francisco was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Italian broke his opponents 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cerundolo | |||
| R2 Dodig |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 70-49 | 70-49 | |
| Total points | 119 | 119 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 31/49 | 31/49 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 28/31 | 28/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 12/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/10 | 2/10 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Sonego | ||||
| R1 Poljicak |
R2 Muller |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-71 7-69 | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 19 | 53 | |
| pts | 119-107 | 68-45 | 187-152 | |
| Total points | 226 | 113 | 339 | |
| Winners | 55 | 26 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 38% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 73/104 | 31/53 | 104/157 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 58% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 55/73 | 26/31 | 81/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 84% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/31 | 15/22 | 34/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 68% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/10 | 7/17 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 40% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 4/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 167% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWLWLWLWLW Tennis Scores in Umag
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