Thiago Moura Monteiro and Francisco Cerundolo will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the the Punta Del Este Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 8:30 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thiago Moura Monteiro who should win in 3 sets.
Thiago Moura Monteiro -> 1.50
Francisco Cerundolo -> 2.50
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Prediction and head to head Thiago Moura Monteiro vs. Francisco Cerundolo
There is no head to head record between Thiago Moura Monteiro and Francisco Cerundolo since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Thiago Moura Monteiro
Ranked no. 86, the Brazilian got to the 3rd round after defeating Mariano Kestelboim 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Moura Monteiro had a good straight sets win against Kestelboim (6-4 6-4). During the match Moura Monteiro scored 65 points vs Kestelboim’s 48. Moura Monteiro was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Moura Monteiro blasted 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Thiago Moura Monteiro was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (25/34) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Brazilian broke Kestelboim 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Moura Monteiro has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (1021-760). 1-0 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Moura Monteiro has a 207-175 win-loss record in the last 10 years on clay.
The Brazilian has a 5-3 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Punta Del Este Challenger
The Brazilian won the title last year in Punta Del Este Challenger after besting Facundo Arguello 3-6 6-2 6-3.
Francisco Cerundolo
Ranked no. 228 (career high), the Argentine reached the 3rd round after beating Orlando Luz 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Cerundolo had a good straight sets win against Luz (6-3 6-3). During the match Cerundolo scored 66 points vs Luz’s 52. The Argentine was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Cerundolo scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Francisco Cerundolo was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Argentine broke Luz 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Cerundolo has a negative record in the last 5 years having won 33% of his matches (6-12). 1-0 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cerundolo has a 7-5 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.
Cerundolo’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Los Angeles.
Cerundolo has a 6-0 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Punta Del Este Challenger
The Argentine didn’t compete in the Punta Del Este Challenger in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Moura Monteiro | Cerundolo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 |
| Pts | 65-48 | 66-52 |
| Total Points | 113 | 118 |
| Winners | 25 | 23 |
| %Winners | 38% | 35% |
Both Moura Monteiro and Cerundolo played 1 matche. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Moura Monteiro and Cerundolo have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Moura Monteiro played 2 games more than Cerundolo. Thiago scored 25 winners (38% on total points). On the other side, Cerundolo blasted 23 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Moura Monteiro | Cerundolo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1 |
| 1st in | 34/55 | 31/55 |
| %1st in | 62% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 25/34 | 23/31 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/24 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 54% |
Moura Monteiro blasted 6 aces . Cerundolo blasted 1 ace . Moura Monteiro won 74% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Cerundolo won 74% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Moura Monteiro | Cerundolo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 43% | 40% |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Brazilian broke his opponent 3 times with 43% conversion rate. The Brazilian conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Francisco broke his opponent 4 times with 40% conversion rate. Francisco conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Moura Monteiro | |||
| R2 Kestelboim | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 65-48 | 65-48 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/55 | 34/55 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 25/34 | 25/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | |
| Cerundolo | |||
| R2 Luz | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 66-52 | 66-52 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 31/55 | 31/55 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 23/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 13/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Punta Del Este Challenger
- Andrej MartinMartin – Diego HidalgoHidalgo (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Mariano KestelboimKestelboim (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Facundo MenaMena (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Orlando LuzLuz (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-4 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Gianluca MagerMager (4-6 6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (5-7 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez (7-66 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Joao DominguesDomingues (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Martin CuevasCuevas – Carlos TabernerTaberner (2-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Carlos Gomez-HerreraGomez-Herrera (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Guilherme ClezarClezar – Andrea CollariniCollarini (7-66 7-63) – See score progression
- Pedro SousaSousa – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Andrej MartinMartin – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (0-0) – See H2H details
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Pedro SousaSousa (3-3) – See H2H details
- Martin CuevasCuevas – Facundo BagnisBagnis (1-3) – See H2H details
- Federico CoriaCoria – Guilherme ClezarClezar (3-0) – See H2H details
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Renzo OlivoOlivo (2-0) – See H2H details
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (1-0) – See H2H details
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (0-0) – See H2H details
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (0-0) – See H2H details