Francisco Cerundolo and Giulio Zeppieri will clash against each other in the quarter of the Cordenons Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 pm on CENTER DOLOMIA SERENA. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francisco Cerundolo who should win in 3 sets.
Francisco Cerundolo -> 1.49
Giulio Zeppieri -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Francisco Cerundolo vs. Giulio Zeppieri
There is no head to head record between Francisco Cerundolo and Giulio Zeppieri since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Francisco Cerundolo
Ranked no. 119, Francisco got to the quarter after defeating Alejandro Gonzalez 6-4 6-2 and Lorenzo Giustino 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Cerundolo had a good straight sets win against Giustino (6-3 6-3). During the match, Cerundolo scored 67 points vs Giustino’s 49. Cerundolo was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cerundolo fired 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Francisco Cerundolo was very effective on serve to win 75% (27/36) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Francisco broke Giustino 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
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 conquer 57% of the points he played.
Cerundolo has a fantastic match record in the last 6 years having won 71% of his matches (183-73). 21-13 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Cerundolo has an overall172-67 record in the last 6 years on clay.
Francisco’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Concepcion Challenger and Buenos Aires.
The Argentine has a compiled 24-15 win-loss record in 2021, 21-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cordenons Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.
Giulio Zeppieri
Ranked no. 305, the Italian got to the quarter after defeating Martin Cuevas 6-3 6-1, Nicolas Kicker 7-62 6-0, Andrea Pellegrino 5-7 7-62 7-63 and Riccardo Bonadio 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Zeppieri had a good straight sets win against Bonadio (6-3 6-2). During the match Zeppieri scored 62 points vs Bonadio’s 43. Zeppieri was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Zeppieri recorded 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Giulio Zeppieri conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Zeppieri put 61% of his first serves in, winning 86% (31/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. The Italian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Bonadio 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Giulio started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Zeppieri has an aggregate 19-14 win-loss record in 2021, 18-10 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the Cordenons Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019 and 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cerundolo | Zeppieri |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 90 |
| Pts | 133-99 | 312-262 |
| Total Points | 232 | 574 |
| Winners | 53 | 131 |
| %Winners | 40% | 42% |
Cerundolo played 2 matches while Zeppieri competed in 4 matches. Zeppieri started his run from the qualifications while Cerundolo had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Giulio Zeppieri conceded 1 set while Francisco Cerundolo hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cerundolo has played 5 set(s) less than Zeppieri (4 vs 9). Therefore, Cerundolo played 54 games less than Zeppieri. Cerundolo scored 53 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian recorded 131 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cerundolo | Zeppieri |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 72/113 | 184/293 |
| %1st in | 64% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 53/72 | 131/184 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 21/41 | 63/109 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 58% |
Cerundolo fired 8 aces (4 per match). Zeppieri made 14 aces (3.5 per match). Cerundolo won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Zeppieri won 71% of the points on 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 | Cerundolo | Zeppieri |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 14 |
| Converted | 9/12 | 14/32 |
| % Converted | 75% | 44% |
| Conceded | 9 | 22 |
| Saved | 6 | 17 |
| % Saved | 67% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Francisco broke his opponents 9 times with a 75% conversion rate. Cerundolo conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Giulio broke his opponents 14 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cerundolo | ||||
| R1 Gonzalez | R2 Giustino | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 36 | |
| pts | 66-50 | 67-49 | 133-99 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | 232 | |
| Winners | 26 | 27 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 36/61 | 36/52 | 72/113 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 69% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 26/36 | 27/36 | 53/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 75% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 9/16 | 21/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 56% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 4/7 | 9/12 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 57% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 2/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Zeppieri | ||||||
| Q1 Cuevas | Q3 Kicker | R1 Pellegrino | R2 Bonadio | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 7-62 6-0 | 5-7 7-62 7-63 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 38 | 17 | 90 | |
| pts | 69-50 | 69-52 | 112-117 | 62-43 | 312-262 | |
| Total points | 119 | 121 | 229 | 105 | 574 | |
| Winners | 22 | 28 | 50 | 31 | 131 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 41% | 45% | 50% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 31/48 | 43/65 | 74/121 | 36/59 | 184/293 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 66% | 61% | 61% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 22/31 | 28/43 | 50/74 | 31/36 | 131/184 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 65% | 68% | 86% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 13/22 | 30/47 | 10/23 | 63/109 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | 64% | 43% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/16 | 4/4 | 2/9 | 3/3 | 14/32 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 100% | 22% | 100% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 22 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 4/5 | 10/13 | 2/2 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 80% | 77% | 100% | 154% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
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