Cezar Cretu and Radu Albot will play each other in the semifinal of the Chisinau Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cezar Cretu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Cezar Cretu is the pick to win this match.
Cezar Cretu -> 1.55
Radu Albot -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Cezar Cretu vs. Radu Albot
This will be the 2nd time that Cezar Cretu and Radu Albot square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Albot (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Albot won 6-3 6-4 in the qualifications in Bucharest back in 2024.
Cezar Cretu
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28-17 | 0-1 | 28-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 52-26 | 5-2 | 46-22 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 52-26 | 4-5 | 46-21 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-22 | 13-9 | 42-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 60-26 | 0-0 | 60-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 370, Cezar reached the semifinal after defeating Alexander Cozbinov 6-2 7-6(12), Denis Yevseyev 6-4 6-3, Yosuke Watanuki 6-1 6-4, Pavel Kotov 1-6 6-1 6-2 and Liam Broady 6-3 6-0.
In the quarter, Cretu had a good straight sets win against Broady (6-3 6-0). During the match, Cretu scored 61 points vs Broady’s 38. Cezar was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cretu fired 2 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Cezar Cretu lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Cretu put 76% of his first serves in, winning 65% (24/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (7/12) on the 2nd serve. Cezar was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Broady 6 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cezar started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
ATP Chisinau Challenger - Cezar Cretu's projected path
Cretu has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 69% of his matches (313-143). 17-7 on clay in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Cretu has an overall274-117 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
Cretu’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya.
Cretu has a composed 17-7 win-loss record in 2026, 17-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chisinau Challenger
The Romanian has never competed in this tournament before.
Radu Albot
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17-19 | 10-7 | 7-9 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 26-34 | 15-14 | 11-16 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-26 | 12-9 | 17-11 | 4-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-34 | 10-13 | 13-8 | 12-10 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-30 | 25-14 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 479, the Moldovan got to the semifinal after beating Maxime Janvier 6-3 ret., Timofey Skatov 1-6 6-1 6-4 and Franco Agamenone 7-5 7-6(2).
In the quarter, Albot had a good straight sets win against Agamenone (7-5 7-62). During the match Albot scored 85 points vs Agamenone’s 76. Albot was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Albot couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Radu Albot lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Albot put 71% of his first serves in, winning 64% (32/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the 2nd serve. Radu broke Agamenone 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Radu has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
ATP Chisinau Challenger - Radu Albot's projected path
Radu has an aggregate 7-10 win-loss record in 2026, 5-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chisinau Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2025. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cretu | Albot |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 5 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 11 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 94 | 58 |
| Pts | 359-288 | 208-187 |
| Total Points | 647 | 395 |
| Winners | 125 | 81 |
| %Winners | 35% | 39% |
Cretu played 5 matches while Albot competed in 3 matches. Cretu started his run from the qualifications while Albot had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Cezar Cretu dropped 1 set, while Radu Albot lost 1 set. Cretu has played 4 sets more than Albot (11 vs 7). Therefore, Cretu played 36 games more than Albot. Cretu scored 125 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Radu struck 81 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cretu | Albot |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 0.8 | 0 |
| 1st in | 201/320 | 126/185 |
| %1st in | 63% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 125/201 | 81/126 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 58/119 | 31/59 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 53% |
Cretu made 4 aces (0.8 per match). Albot didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Cretu won 62% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Albot won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cretu | Albot |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 30 | 12 |
| Converted | 30/55 | 12/32 |
| % Converted | 55% | 38% |
| Conceded | 39 | 19 |
| Saved | 25 | 10 |
| % Saved | 64% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 14 | 9 |
Cezar broke his opponents 30 times with a 55% conversion rate. Cezar lost his serve 14 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. The Moldovan broke his opponents 12 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Moldovan conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cretu | |||||||
| Q1 Cozbinov |
Q3 Yevseyev |
R1 Watanuki |
R2 Kotov |
1/4 Broady |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-612 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-1 6-4 | 1-6 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 19 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 94 | |
| pts | 83-71 | 66-55 | 69-47 | 80-77 | 61-38 | 359-288 | |
| Total points | 154 | 121 | 116 | 157 | 99 | 647 | |
| Winners | 31 | 25 | 18 | 27 | 24 | 125 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 38% | 26% | 34% | 39% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 48/80 | 34/62 | 38/52 | 44/77 | 37/49 | 201/320 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 55% | 73% | 57% | 76% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 31/48 | 25/34 | 18/38 | 27/44 | 24/37 | 125/201 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 74% | 47% | 61% | 65% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/32 | 13/28 | 9/14 | 13/33 | 7/12 | 58/119 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 46% | 64% | 39% | 58% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 30 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/6 | 8/16 | 6/18 | 6/6 | 30/55 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 83% | 50% | 33% | 100% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 39 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 9/11 | 2/6 | 10/14 | 1/2 | 25 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 82% | 33% | 71% | 50% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | |
| Albot | |||||||
| R1 Janvier |
R2 Skatov |
1/4 Agamenone |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 ret. | 1-6 6-1 6-4 | 7-5 7-62 | ||||
| Tot Set | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Tot Games | 9 | 24 | 25 | 58 | |||
| pts | 36-29 | 87-82 | 85-76 | 208-187 | |||
| Total points | 65 | 169 | 161 | 395 | |||
| Winners | 12 | 37 | 32 | 81 | |||
| %Winners | 33% | 43% | 38% | 39% | |||
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Double Faults | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | |||
| 1st in | 18/30 | 58/85 | 50/70 | 126/185 | |||
| % 1st in | 60% | 68% | 71% | 68% | |||
| 1st pts | 12/18 | 37/58 | 32/50 | 81/126 | |||
| % 1st pts | 67% | 64% | 64% | 64% | |||
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 12/27 | 12/20 | 31/59 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 44% | 60% | 53% | |||
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |||
| Converted | 2/6 | 5/10 | 5/16 | 12/32 | |||
| Converted % | 33% | 50% | 31% | 38% | |||
| Conceded | 1 | 11 | 7 | 19 | |||
| Saved | 0/1 | 7/11 | 3/7 | 10 | |||
| Saved % | 0% | 64% | 43% | 21% | |||
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | |||
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Chisinau Challenger
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Luca NardiNardi (6-0 3-6 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis – Sumit NagalNagal (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Cezar CretuCretu – Liam BroadyBroady (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (7-5 7-62) – See score progression
- Siddhant Banthia/Szymon KielanBanthia/Szymon Kielan – Alexander Cozbinov/Ilya SnitariCozbinov/Ilya Snitari (6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow – Andrew Paulson/Matthew Christopher RomiosPaulson/Matthew Christopher Romios (7-5 3-6 10-5) – See score progression
- Mircea-Alexandru Jecan/Bogdan PavelJecan/Bogdan Pavel – Liam Broady/Mark WhitehouseBroady/Mark Whitehouse (3-6 6-3 11-9) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (7-5 7-6(2)) – See score progression
- Cezar CretuCretu – Liam BroadyBroady (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis – Sumit NagalNagal (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Cezar Cretu (ROU)Cretu (ROU) (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
