Francisco Cerundolo and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida will fight against each other in the quarter of the Santiago 3 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. 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 Francisco Cerundolo who should win in 3 sets.
Francisco Cerundolo -> 1.78
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Francisco Cerundolo vs. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida
This will be the 2nd time that Francisco Cerundolo and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Pucinelli De Almeida (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Pucinelli De Almeida won 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in the Lima Challenger back in September 2021.
Francisco Cerundolo
Ranked no. 109, Francisco got to the quarter after beating Facundo Diaz Acosta 6-4 6-0 and Hernan Casanova 6-2 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Casanova (6-2 7-5). During the match, Cerundolo scored 70 points vs Casanova’s 59. Francisco was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cerundolo recorded 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Francisco Cerundolo lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Cerundolo put 70% of his first serves in, winning 67% (29/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Francisco broke Casanova 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cerundolo started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Cerundolo has a fantastic match record in the last 6 years having won 72% of his matches (193-76). 29-15 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Cerundolo has a compiled180-69 record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the current year 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 composed 34-18 win-loss record in 2021, 29-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santiago 3 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See his history.
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida
Ranked no. 315 (career-high), Pucinelli De Almeida got to the quarter after defeating Enzo Couacaud 6-1 6-1 and Nicolas Kicker 3-6 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Kicker, Matheus recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-4). During the match Pucinelli De Almeida scored 96 points vs Kicker’s 88. Matheus was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Pucinelli De Almeida scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Pucinelli De Almeida put 71% of his first serves in, winning 63% (40/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. The Brazilian broke Kicker 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brazilian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Matheus’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Cairo,M25 Kiseljak and M15 Sarajevo.
The Brazilian has a compiled 67-22 win-loss record in 2021, 67-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cerundolo | Pucinelli De Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 41 |
| Pts | 135-101 | 154-119 |
| Total Points | 236 | 273 |
| Winners | 62 | 62 |
| %Winners | 46% | 40% |
Both Cerundolo and Pucinelli De Almeida played 2 matches. At the moment, Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida dropped 1 set while Francisco Cerundolo hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cerundolo has played 1 set(s) less than Pucinelli De Almeida (4 vs 5). Therefore, Cerundolo played 5 games less than Pucinelli De Almeida. Cerundolo scored 62 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Pucinelli De Almeida scored 62 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cerundolo | Pucinelli De Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 85/117 | 92/125 |
| %1st in | 73% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 62/85 | 62/92 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 12/32 | 17/33 |
| %2nd pts | 38% | 52% |
Cerundolo struck 3 aces (1.5 per match). Pucinelli De Almeida bagged 3 aces (1.5 per match). Cerundolo won 73% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Pucinelli De Almeida won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cerundolo | Pucinelli De Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 10 |
| Converted | 10/20 | 10/23 |
| % Converted | 50% | 43% |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 40% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
The Argentine broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. Francisco surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Matheus broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. Pucinelli De Almeida conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cerundolo | ||||
| R1 Diaz | R2 Casanova | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 | 36 | |
| pts | 65-42 | 70-59 | 135-101 | |
| Total points | 107 | 129 | 236 | |
| Winners | 33 | 29 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 41% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 42/56 | 43/61 | 85/117 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 70% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 33/42 | 29/43 | 62/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 67% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 3/14 | 9/18 | 12/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 21% | 50% | 38% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/11 | 10/20 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 45% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Pucinelli De Almeida | ||||
| R1 Couacaud | R2 Kicker | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 3-6 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 27 | 41 | |
| pts | 58-31 | 96-88 | 154-119 | |
| Total points | 89 | 184 | 273 | |
| Winners | 22 | 40 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 42% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/36 | 63/89 | 92/125 | |
| % 1st in | 81% | 71% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 40/63 | 62/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 63% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/7 | 11/26 | 17/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 86% | 42% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/15 | 10/23 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 33% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 56% | 28% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
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