Francisco Cerundolo and Thiago Agustin Tirante will face off in the quarter of the Lima Challenger for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 pm on CENTRAL. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the 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 -> 1.363
Thiago Agustin Tirante -> 3.125
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Prediction and head to head Francisco Cerundolo vs. Thiago Agustin Tirante
This will be the 3rd time that Francisco Cerundolo and Thiago Agustin Tirante play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Cerundolo and Agustin (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
Francisco Cerundolo
Ranked no. 162 (career high), the Argentine reached the quarter after beating Jelle Sels 6-2 6-2 and Federico Coria 7-5 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Cerundolo had a good straight sets win against Coria (7-5 7-5). During the match Cerundolo scored 81 points vs Coria’s 76. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cerundolo scored just 1 ace in the match and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Francisco Cerundolo lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Cerundolo put 69% of his first serves in, winning 61% (31/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Cerundolo broke Coria 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Francisco hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Cerundolo has a fantastic record in the last 5 years having won 73% of his matches (154-57). 26-10 on clay in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Cerundolo has a 146-53 record in the last 5 years on clay.
Francisco’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Los Angeles,the Split Challenger and the Guayaquil Challenger.
Francisco has a 31-10 win-loss record in 2020, 26-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Lima Challenger
The Argentine lost in the 2nd round to Federico Coria.
Thiago Agustin Tirante
Ranked no. 539 (career high), the Argentine reached the quarter after beating Collin Altamirano 6-4 6-4, Pedro Sousa 6-2 6-1 and Oriol Roca Batalla 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Roca Batalla (6-3 6-3). During the match Agustin scored 65 points vs Roca Batalla’s 48. Thiago was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Agustin recorded 2 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Thiago Agustin Tirante lost the serve once. Furthermore, Agustin put 78% of his first serves in, winning 70% (28/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 73% (8/11) on the 2nd serve. Agustin broke Roca Batalla 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Thiago hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
The Argentine’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.
The Argentine has a 33-15 win-loss record in 2020, 16-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Lima Challenger
Agustin didn’t compete in the Lima Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cerundolo | Agustin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 53 |
| Pts | 145-118 | 191-147 |
| Total Points | 263 | 338 |
| Winners | 46 | 84 |
| %Winners | 32% | 44% |
Cerundolo played 2 matches while Agustin competed in 3 matches. Agustin started his run from the qualifications while Cerundolo had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Cerundolo has played 2 set(s) less than Agustin (4 vs 6). Therefore, Cerundolo played 13 games less than Agustin. Francisco scored 46 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Thiago struck 84 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cerundolo | Agustin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 0.7 |
| 1st in | 72/120 | 118/171 |
| %1st in | 60% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 46/72 | 84/118 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 28/48 | 24/53 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 45% |
Cerundolo scored 2 aces (1 per match). Agustin blasted 2 aces (0.7 per match). Cerundolo won 64% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Agustin won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cerundolo | Agustin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 14 |
| Converted | 11/21 | 14/22 |
| % Converted | 52% | 64% |
| Conceded | 9 | 7 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 44% | 29% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 |
Francisco broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Francisco surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. Thiago broke his opponents 14 times with a 64% conversion rate. Agustin conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 29% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cerundolo | ||||
| R1 Sels |
R2 Coria |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 24 | 40 | |
| pts | 64-42 | 81-76 | 145-118 | |
| Total points | 106 | 157 | 263 | |
| Winners | 15 | 31 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 23% | 38% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 21/46 | 51/74 | 72/120 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 69% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 15/21 | 31/51 | 46/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 61% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/25 | 11/23 | 28/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 48% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 6/13 | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 46% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 3/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 43% | 47% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Agustin | |||||
| Q3 Altamirano |
R1 Sousa |
R2 Roca Batalla |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 15 | 18 | 53 | |
| pts | 62-55 | 64-44 | 65-48 | 191-147 | |
| Total points | 117 | 108 | 113 | 338 | |
| Winners | 29 | 27 | 28 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 42% | 43% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 40/63 | 38/57 | 40/51 | 118/171 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 67% | 78% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 29/40 | 27/38 | 28/40 | 84/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 71% | 70% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/23 | 9/19 | 8/11 | 24/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 30% | 47% | 73% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/8 | 4/8 | 14/22 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 63% | 50% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 67% | 0% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
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