Marco Cecchinato and Thiago Moura Monteiro will clash against each other in the final of the the Punta Del Este Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 6:30 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thiago Moura Monteiro who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Thiago Moura Monteiro is the pick to win this match.
Thiago Moura Monteiro -> 1.83
Marco Cecchinato -> 1.83

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Prediction and head to head Marco Cecchinato vs. Thiago Moura Monteiro

There is no head to head record between Marco Cecchinato and Thiago Moura Monteiro since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Marco Cecchinato

Ranked no. 77, Marco got to the final after defeating Gonzalo Villanueva 6-0 6-3, Renzo Olivo 6-3 6-4, Alessandro Giannessi 6-3 7-5 and Andrej Martin 6-4 4-6 6-4.

In the semifinal, The Italian defeated Martin (6-4 4-6 6-4). During the match Cecchinato scored 101 points vs Martin’s 96. Marco was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Talking about serving, Cecchinato blasted 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Marco Cecchinato lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Cecchinato put 62% of his first serves in, winning 73% (45/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (19/38) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Martin 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Italian has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Cecchinato has a losing win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 35% of his matches (1130-613). 4-0 on clay in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cecchinato has a 268-199 record in the last 9 years on clay.

Marco’s best result of the year was reaching the semi-finals in the Punta Del Este Challenger.

Marco has a 5-3 win-loss record in 2020, 4-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Punta Del Este Challenger

The Italian didn’t compete in the Punta Del Este Challenger in 2019.

Thiago Moura Monteiro

Ranked no. 86, Thiago got to the final after beating Mariano Kestelboim 6-4 6-4, Francisco Cerundolo 7-5 6-4, Guilherme Clezar 6-4 6-1 and Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves 6-3 6-3.

In the semifinal, Thiago had a good straight sets win against Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (6-3 6-3). During the match Moura Monteiro scored 62 points vs Meligeni Rodrigues Alves’s 34. Moura Monteiro was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about serving, Moura Monteiro blasted 4 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Thiago Moura Monteiro was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (22/27) of his 1st serve and 86% (12/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Brazilian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Meligeni Rodrigues Alves 4 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Moura Monteiro hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.

Moura Monteiro has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (1051-760). 4-0 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Moura Monteiro has a 210-175 record in the last 10 years on clay.

Thiago’s best result of the year was getting to the semi-finals in the Punta Del Este Challenger.

The Brazilian has a 8-3 win-loss record in 2020, 4-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Punta Del Este Challenger

The Brazilian conquered the title last year in Punta Del Este Challenger after downing Facundo Arguello 3-6 6-2 6-3.

Live score

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cecchinato	Moura Monteiro
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	9	8
Tot Games	85	77
Pts	314-246	275-201
Total Points	560	476
Winners	142	116
%Winners	45%	42%

Both Cecchinato and Moura Monteiro played 4 matches. At the moment, Marco Cecchinato conceded 1 set while Thiago Moura Monteiro hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cecchinato has played 1 sets more than Moura Monteiro (9 vs 8). Therefore, Cecchinato played 8 games more than Moura Monteiro. The Italian scored 142 winners (45% on total points). On the other side, The Brazilian blasted 116 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cecchinato	Moura Monteiro
Aces	18	18
Avg per match	4.5	4.5
1st in	180/260	148/227
%1st in	69%	65%
1st pts	142/180	116/148
%1st pts	79%	78%
2nd pts	43/80	46/79
%2nd pts	54%	58%

Cecchinato blasted 18 aces (4.5 per match). Moura Monteiro blasted 18 aces (4.5 per match). Cecchinato won 79% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Moura Monteiro won 78% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cecchinato	Moura Monteiro
Won	12	13
Converted	12/35	13/26
% Converted	34%	50%
Conceded	12	11
Saved	9	9
% Saved	75%	82%
Times Broken	3	2

Marco broke his opponents 12 times with 34% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Moura Monteiro broke his opponents 13 times with 50% conversion rate. The Brazilian conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.

Cecchinato
	R2 Villanueva	R3 Olivo	1/4 Giannessi	1/2 Martin	Total
Score	6-0 6-3	6-3 6-4	6-3 7-5	6-4 4-6 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	15	19	21	30	85
pts	58-27	74-60	81-63	101-96	314-246
Total points	85	134	144	197	560
Winners	29	34	34	45	142
%Winners	50%	46%	42%	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	4	2	7	5	18
Double Faults	0	2	1	3	6
1st in	32/38	46/61	40/61	62/100	180/260
% 1st in	84%	75%	66%	62%	69%
1st pts	29/32	34/46	34/40	45/62	142/180
% 1st pts	91%	74%	85%	73%	79%
2nd pts	3/6	8/15	13/21	19/38	43/80
% 2nd pts	50%	53%	62%	50%	54%
Breaks
Won	4	3	2	3	12
Converted	4/6	3/7	2/13	3/9	12/35
Converted %	67%	43%	15%	33%	34%
Conceded	0	2	2	8	12
Saved	0/0	1/2	2/2	6/8	9
Saved %	–	50%	100%	75%	56%
Times Broken	0	1	0	2	-25

Moura Monteiro
	R2 Kestelboim	R3 Cerundolo	1/4 Clezar	1/2 Meligeni Rodrigues Alves	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	7-5 6-4	6-4 6-1	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	8
Tot Games	20	22	17	18	77
pts	65-48	81-74	67-45	62-34	275-201
Total points	113	155	112	96	476
Winners	25	47	22	22	116
%Winners	38%	58%	33%	35%	42%
SERVE
Aces	6	3	5	4	18
Double Faults	1	4	2	0	7
1st in	34/55	58/87	29/44	27/41	148/227
% 1st in	62%	67%	66%	66%	65%
1st pts	25/34	47/58	22/29	22/27	116/148
% 1st pts	74%	81%	76%	81%	78%
2nd pts	13/21	10/29	11/15	12/14	46/79
% 2nd pts	62%	34%	73%	86%	58%
Breaks
Won	3	2	4	4	13
Converted	3/7	2/5	4/10	4/4	13/26
Converted %	43%	40%	40%	100%	50%
Conceded	3	6	0	2	11
Saved	2/3	6/6	0/0	1/2	9
Saved %	67%	100%	–	50%	54%
Times Broken	1	0	0	1	-50

Upcoming matches

• Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (0-0) – See H2H details