Francisco Cerundolo and Juan Pablo Varillas will face off in the semifinal of the Santiago 2 Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 7:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. 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.
As per the initial odds, Francisco Cerundolo is the pick to win this match.
Francisco Cerundolo -> 1.86
Juan Pablo Varillas -> 1.94
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Prediction and head to head Francisco Cerundolo vs. Juan Pablo Varillas
This will be the 4th time that Francisco Cerundolo and Juan Pablo Varillas clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Cerundolo (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Cerundolo won 6-1 6-7(9) 7-6(2) in the 2nd round in the Guayaquil Challenger back in 2020.
Francisco Cerundolo
Ranked no. 109, the Argentine reached the semifinal after defeating Cristian Rodriguez 6-3 3-6 6-2, Alexis Gautier 6-4 6-2 and Gonzalo Lama 7-66 6-4.
In the quarter, Francisco had a good straight sets win against Lama (7-66 6-4). During the match, Cerundolo scored 100 points vs Lama’s 99. Cerundolo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cerundolo couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Francisco Cerundolo lost the serve 4 times and he saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Cerundolo put 72% of his first serves in, winning 59% (40/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (11/27) on the 2nd serve. Cerundolo broke Lama 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Francisco started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Cerundolo has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 72% of his matches (191-75). 27-14 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cerundolo has an overall178-68 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title in the Cordenons Challenger where he overcame Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the final 6-1 6-2.
The Argentine has a compiled 32-17 win-loss record in 2021, 27-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santiago 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019. See his history.
Juan Pablo Varillas
Ranked no. 127, the Peruvian got to the semifinal after defeating Hernan Casanova 7-68 7-67, Julian Lenz 6-2 6-4 and Gerald Melzer 6-1 6-3.
In the quarter, Pablo Patino-Samudio had a good straight sets win against Melzer (6-1 6-3). During the match Pablo Patino-Samudio scored 56 points vs Melzer’s 38. Juan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Talking about serving, Pablo Patino-Samudio scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Juan Pablo Varillas lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Pablo Patino-Samudio put 52% of his first serves in, winning 63% (15/24) of the points behind his 1st serve and 73% (16/22) on the 2nd serve. The Peruvian broke Melzer 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Peruvian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in the Biella 5 Challenger where he defeated Guido Andreozzi in the final 6-3 6-1.
Juan has an aggregate 40-18 win-loss record in 2021, 40-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cerundolo | Pablo Patino-Samudio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 67 | 60 |
| Pts | 253-221 | 214-168 |
| Total Points | 474 | 382 |
| Winners | 104 | 84 |
| %Winners | 41% | 39% |
Both Cerundolo and Pablo Patino-Samudio played 3 matches. At the moment, Francisco Cerundolo lost 1 set while Juan Pablo Varillas hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Cerundolo has played 1 set more than Pablo Patino-Samudio (7 vs 6). Therefore, Cerundolo played 7 games more than Pablo Patino-Samudio. Cerundolo scored 104 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Peruvian made 84 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cerundolo | Pablo Patino-Samudio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 1.3 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 153/218 | 105/179 |
| %1st in | 70% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 104/153 | 84/105 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 30/65 | 38/74 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 51% |
Cerundolo made 4 aces (1.3 per match). Pablo Patino-Samudio recorded 11 aces (3.7 per match). Cerundolo won 68% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Pablo Patino-Samudio won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cerundolo | Pablo Patino-Samudio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 12 |
| Converted | 14/35 | 12/24 |
| % Converted | 40% | 50% |
| Conceded | 29 | 9 |
| Saved | 21 | 4 |
| % Saved | 72% | 44% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 5 |
The Argentine broke his opponents 14 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded. Pablo Patino-Samudio broke his opponents 12 times with a 50% conversion rate. Juan conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cerundolo | |||||
| R1 Rodriguez |
R2 Gautier |
1/4 Lama |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | 7-66 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 18 | 23 | 67 | |
| pts | 94-77 | 59-45 | 100-99 | 253-221 | |
| Total points | 171 | 104 | 199 | 474 | |
| Winners | 38 | 26 | 40 | 104 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 44% | 40% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 49/75 | 36/48 | 68/95 | 153/218 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 75% | 72% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 38/49 | 26/36 | 40/68 | 104/153 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 72% | 59% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 7/12 | 11/27 | 30/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 58% | 41% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 4/6 | 5/14 | 14/35 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 67% | 36% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 | 17 | 29 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 3/4 | 13/17 | 21 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 75% | 76% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| Pablo Patino-Samudio | |||||
| R1 Casanova |
R2 Lenz |
1/4 Melzer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-68 7-67 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 18 | 16 | 60 | |
| pts | 96-86 | 62-44 | 56-38 | 214-168 | |
| Total points | 182 | 106 | 94 | 382 | |
| Winners | 46 | 23 | 15 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 37% | 27% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 53/88 | 28/45 | 24/46 | 105/179 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 62% | 52% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 46/53 | 23/28 | 15/24 | 84/105 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 82% | 63% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/35 | 8/17 | 16/22 | 38/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 47% | 73% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 5/10 | 5/10 | 12/24 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 0% | 50% | 37% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
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