Alessandro Giannessi and Juan Manuel Cerundolo will face off in the semifinal of the Rome 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:30 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the 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 -> 1.666
Alessandro Giannessi -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Alessandro Giannessi vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo
There is no head to head record between Alessandro Giannessi and Juan Manuel Cerundolo since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Alessandro Giannessi
Ranked no. 167, Alessandro got to the semifinal after beating Guido Andreozzi 6-3 6-3, Jay Clarke 6-2 6-4 and Thanasi Kokkinakis 7-5 3-6 7-5.
In the quarter, The Italian defeated Kokkinakis (7-5 3-6 7-5). During the match Giannessi scored 108 points vs Kokkinakis’s 107. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about the service games, Giannessi bagged 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Alessandro Giannessi lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Giannessi put 68% of his first serves in, winning 71% (52/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (15/35) on the 2nd serve. Alessandro broke Kokkinakis 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Giannessi started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Giannessi has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (270-233). 17-8 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Giannessi has a 234-181 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Alessandro’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Antalya 2 Challenger and the Marbella Challenger.
The Italian has a 17-11 win-loss record in 2021, 17-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2018. See his history.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo
Ranked no. 176, the Argentine got to the semifinal after defeating Tristan Lamasine 7-5 7-5, Alexandre Muller 6-4 6-3 and Giulio Zeppieri 6-0 6-3.
In the quarter, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Zeppieri (6-0 6-3). During the match Manuel scored 57 points vs Zeppieri’s 31. Manuel was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Manuel couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Juan Manuel Cerundolo was very effective on serve to win 73% (24/33) of his 1st serve and 64% (7/11) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Juan broke Zeppieri 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Cordoba where he beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the final 6-0 2-6 6-2.
The Argentine has a 16-5 win-loss record in 2021, 16-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Giannessi | Manuel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 69 | 58 |
| Pts | 245-209 | 203-152 |
| Total Points | 454 | 355 |
| Winners | 107 | 90 |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% |
Both Giannessi and Manuel played 3 matches. At the moment, Alessandro Giannessi lost 1 set while Juan Manuel Cerundolo hasn’t dropped a set so far. Giannessi has played 1 set more than Manuel (7 vs 6). Therefore, Giannessi played 11 games more than Manuel. Alessandro scored 107 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Juan recorded 90 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Giannessi | Manuel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 1.7 | 0 |
| 1st in | 156/233 | 135/177 |
| %1st in | 67% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 107/156 | 90/135 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 37/77 | 17/42 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 40% |
Giannessi fired 5 aces (1.7 per match). Manuel didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Giannessi won 69% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Manuel won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Giannessi | Manuel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 16 |
| Converted | 14/22 | 16/25 |
| % Converted | 64% | 64% |
| Conceded | 20 | 15 |
| Saved | 12 | 8 |
| % Saved | 60% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 7 |
Alessandro broke his opponents 14 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponents 16 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.
| Giannessi | |||||
| R1 Andreozzi |
R2 Clarke |
1/4 Kokkinakis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-2 6-4 | 7-5 3-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 33 | 69 | |
| pts | 70-54 | 67-48 | 108-107 | 245-209 | |
| Total points | 124 | 115 | 215 | 454 | |
| Winners | 30 | 25 | 52 | 107 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 37% | 48% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 44/62 | 39/63 | 73/108 | 156/233 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 62% | 68% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 30/44 | 25/39 | 52/73 | 107/156 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 64% | 71% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 14/24 | 15/35 | 37/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 58% | 43% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/8 | 4/7 | 14/22 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 63% | 57% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 3/5 | 7/11 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 60% | 64% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| Manuel | |||||
| R1 Lamasine |
R2 Muller |
1/4 Zeppieri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 19 | 15 | 58 | |
| pts | 80-63 | 66-58 | 57-31 | 203-152 | |
| Total points | 143 | 124 | 88 | 355 | |
| Winners | 40 | 26 | 24 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 39% | 42% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 58/76 | 44/57 | 33/44 | 135/177 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 77% | 75% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 40/58 | 26/44 | 24/33 | 90/135 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 59% | 73% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/18 | 4/13 | 7/11 | 17/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 31% | 64% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 6/12 | 5/7 | 16/25 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 50% | 71% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 5 | 2 | 15 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 40% | 50% | 51% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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