Francisco Cerundolo and Lorenzo Musetti will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Cordenons Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5.30 pm on CT DOLOMIA SERENA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lorenzo Musetti who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Lorenzo Musetti is the pick to win this match.
Lorenzo Musetti -> 1.38
Francisco Cerundolo -> 2.94

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Prediction and head to head Francisco Cerundolo vs. Lorenzo Musetti

There is no head to head record between Francisco Cerundolo and Lorenzo Musetti since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Francisco Cerundolo

Ranked no. 247, Cerundolo got to the 2^nd round after defeating Stefano Napolitano 2-6 6-2 6-4, Andrea Arnaboldi 7-6⁶ 6-3 and Maxime Janvier 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Cerundolo had a good straight sets win against Janvier (6-4 6-4). During the match Cerundolo scored 83 points vs Janvier’s 68. Cerundolo was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cerundolo was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Francisco Cerundolo lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Cerundolo put 62% of his first serves in, winning 64% (27/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 69% (18/26) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Janvier 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Cerundolo has a losing record in the last 5 years having won 27% of his matches (414-155). 10-6 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cerundolo has a 138-53 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.

Cerundolo’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Los Angeles.

Francisco has a 15-6 win-loss record in 2020, 10-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Cordenons Challenger

Cerundolo had to surrender in the quarter 6-1 1-6 6-3 to Christopher O Connell.

Lorenzo Musetti

Ranked no. 258 (career high), Musetti reached the 2^nd round after beating Yannick Maden 6-1 6-0.

In the 1^st round, Lorenzo had a good straight sets win against Maden (6-1 6-0). During the match Musetti scored 54 points vs Maden’s 28. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 16 winners.

Talking about serving, Musetti blasted 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Lorenzo Musetti was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (16/21) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Lorenzo broke Maden 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).

Musetti has a solid win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 60% of his matches (73-48). 5-2 on clay in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Musetti has a 62-40 win-loss record in the last 3 years on clay.

Lorenzo’s best result of the season was reaching the semi-finals in the Trieste Challenger.

Lorenzo has a 14-9 win-loss record in 2020, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Cordenons Challenger

Lorenzo got to the 2^nd round last year in Cordenons Challenger before retiring against Gian Marco Moroni when he was 6-7⁶ 7-6⁵ 4-1 ret.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Cerundolo played 3 matches while Musetti competed in 1 match. Cerundolo started his run from the qualifications while Musetti had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Francisco Cerundolo surrendered 1 set while Lorenzo Musetti hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cerundolo has played 5 sets more than Musetti (7 vs 2). Therefore, Cerundolo played 55 games more than Musetti. The Argentine scored 94 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Musetti fired 16 winners (30%).

Serve Performance

Cerundolo recorded 3 aces (1 per match). Musetti managed to score 3 aces . Cerundolo won 70% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Musetti won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

The Argentine broke his opponents 10 times with a 31% conversion rate. The Argentine surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Lorenzo conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

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• 2Main
• 5Chall
• 8Minor

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• 2Main
• 2Chall
• 2Minor

Francisco
Cerundolo

0:2

Lorenzo
Musetti

Rank

26

High

19

0Clay2

Rank

30

High

15

Win Loss

Cerundolo

LWWWLLWLWW

Musetti

LWWWLWWLWW

2024 2023 2022

15 - 15

20 - 18

3-5

Hard

6-7

0-0

I Hard

1-2

12-10

Clay

10-8

0-0

Grass

3-1

Tennis Scores in Cordenons Challenger

• Facundo BagnisBagnis – Quentin HalysHalys (6-7⁸ 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-3 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Yannick MadenMaden (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Roberto MarcoraMarcora (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (6-7⁵ 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (6-4 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Luca NardiNardi (7-6⁶ 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrea CollariniCollarini – Matteo ViolaViola (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Luciano DarderiDarderi – Antoine HoangHoang (6-2 6-7⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Tommy RobredoRobredo (6-1 3-6 7-6²) – See score progression
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Maximilian MartererMarterer – Joao MenezesMenezes (6-1 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Liam BroadyBroady – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (6-2 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Andrea CollariniCollarini – Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Liam BroadyBroady – Facundo BagnisBagnis (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maximilian MartererMarterer – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Alexandre MullerMuller (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction

Cerundolo

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