Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Giulio Zeppieri will clash against each other in the quarter of the Rome 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:30 pm on CAMPO 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Manuel Cerundolo who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Juan Manuel Cerundolo is the pick to win this match.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo -> 1.77
Giulio Zeppieri -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Giulio Zeppieri
There is no head to head record between Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Giulio Zeppieri since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo
Ranked no. 176, Juan got to the quarter after beating Tristan Lamasine 7-5 7-5 and Alexandre Muller 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Juan had a good straight sets win against Muller (6-4 6-3). During the match Manuel Cerundolo scored 66 points vs Muller’s 58. The Argentine was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Manuel Cerundolo couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Juan Manuel Cerundolo lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Manuel Cerundolo put 77% of his first serves in, winning 59% (26/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 31% (4/13) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Muller 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Manuel Cerundolo has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 65% of his matches (93-51). 15-5 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Manuel Cerundolo has a 91-48 match record in the last 4 years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title in in Cordoba where he defeated Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the final 6-0 2-6 6-2.
The Argentine has a 15-5 win-loss record in 2021, 15-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome 2 Challenger
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
Giulio Zeppieri
Ranked no. 317, Zeppieri reached the quarter after beating Hugo Dellien 1-6 6-3 6-4 and Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Zeppieri had a good straight sets win against Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (6-4 6-3). During the match Zeppieri scored 64 points vs Meligeni Rodrigues Alves’s 47. Zeppieri was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Zeppieri scored 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Giulio Zeppieri was exceptionally effective on serve to win 75% (30/40) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Giulio broke Meligeni Rodrigues Alves 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zeppieri started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The Italian has a 8-8 win-loss record in 2021, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Manuel Cerundolo | Zeppieri |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 45 |
| Pts | 146-121 | 132-123 |
| Total Points | 267 | 255 |
| Winners | 66 | 68 |
| %Winners | 45% | 52% |
Both Manuel Cerundolo and Zeppieri played 2 matches. At the moment, Giulio Zeppieri surrendered 1 set while Juan Manuel Cerundolo hasn’t conceded a set so far. Manuel Cerundolo has played 1 set(s) less than Zeppieri (4 vs 5). Therefore, Manuel Cerundolo played 2 games less than Zeppieri. Juan scored 66 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Giulio struck 68 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Manuel Cerundolo | Zeppieri |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 102/133 | 97/135 |
| %1st in | 77% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 66/102 | 68/97 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 10/31 | 19/38 |
| %2nd pts | 32% | 50% |
Manuel Cerundolo didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Zeppieri bagged 13 aces (6.5 per match). Manuel Cerundolo won 65% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 32% of the points. On the other side, Zeppieri won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Manuel Cerundolo | Zeppieri |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 6 |
| Converted | 11/18 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 61% | 50% |
| Conceded | 13 | 9 |
| Saved | 7 | 5 |
| % Saved | 54% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 4 |
Manuel Cerundolo broke his opponents 11 times with a 61% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded. Giulio broke his opponents 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Zeppieri conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Manuel Cerundolo | ||||
| R1 Lamasine |
R2 Muller |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 19 | 43 | |
| pts | 80-63 | 66-58 | 146-121 | |
| Total points | 143 | 124 | 267 | |
| Winners | 40 | 26 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 39% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 58/76 | 44/57 | 102/133 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 77% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 40/58 | 26/44 | 66/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 59% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/18 | 4/13 | 10/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 31% | 32% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 6/12 | 11/18 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 50% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 2/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 40% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Zeppieri | ||||
| R1 Dellien |
R2 Meligeni Rodrigues Alves |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 19 | 45 | |
| pts | 68-76 | 64-47 | 132-123 | |
| Total points | 144 | 111 | 255 | |
| Winners | 38 | 30 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 47% | 52% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 3 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 57/76 | 40/59 | 97/135 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 68% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 38/57 | 30/40 | 68/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 75% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/19 | 11/19 | 19/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 58% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/7 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 43% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 2/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
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