Marco Cecchinato and Mathias Bourgue will square off in the quarter of the Losinj Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marco Cecchinato who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marco Cecchinato is the pick to win this match.
Marco Cecchinato -> 1.51
Mathias Bourgue -> 2.56
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Prediction and head to head Marco Cecchinato vs. Mathias Bourgue
This will be the 2nd time that Marco Cecchinato and Mathias Bourgue play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cecchinato (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Cecchinato won 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in the Todi Challenger back in 2016.
Marco Cecchinato
Ranked no. 104, the Italian reached the quarter after beating Alvaro Lopez San Martin 7-65 7-62 and Nino Serdarusic 6-74 7-64 6-1.
In the 2nd round against Serdarusic, Marco recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 7-64 6-1). During the match, Cecchinato scored 106 points vs Serdarusic’s 92. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 56 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cecchinato managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Marco Cecchinato was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (56/71) of his 1st serve and 65% (22/34) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Marco broke Serdarusic twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 52% of the points he played.
Cecchinato has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (381-262). 29-19 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Cecchinato has an overall 341-182 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Marco’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Parma.
Marco has a compiled 30-27 win-loss record in 2021, 29-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Losinj Challenger
Marco has never competed in this tournament before.
Mathias Bourgue
Ranked no. 228, the French player reached the quarter after defeating Danilo Petrovic 5-2 ret. and Aldin Setkic 6-0 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Bourgue had a good straight sets win against Setkic (6-0 6-2). During the match Bourgue scored 55 points vs Setkic’s 29. Bourgue was extremely aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Talking about serving, Bourgue recorded 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mathias Bourgue was very effective on serve to win 80% (16/20) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mathias broke Setkic 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
The French player best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Split 2 Challenger.
Mathias has a composed 26-22 win-loss record in 2021, 11-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cecchinato | Bourgue |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 59 | 21 |
| Pts | 191-175 | 86-49 |
| Total Points | 366 | 135 |
| Winners | 93 | 25 |
| %Winners | 49% | 29% |
Both Cecchinato and Bourgue played 2 matches. At the moment, Marco Cecchinato surrendered 1 set while Mathias Bourgue hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cecchinato has played 1 set more than Bourgue (5 vs 4). Therefore, Cecchinato played 38 games more than Bourgue. The Italian scored 93 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Bourgue recorded 25 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cecchinato | Bourgue |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 131/197 | 30/56 |
| %1st in | 66% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 93/131 | 25/30 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 41/66 | 17/26 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 65% |
Cecchinato made 5 aces (2.5 per match). Bourgue recorded 5 aces (2.5 per match). Cecchinato won 71% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Bourgue won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cecchinato | Bourgue |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 7/8 |
| % Converted | 50% | 88% |
| Conceded | 15 | 0 |
| Saved | 13 | 0 |
| % Saved | 87% | NAN% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Cecchinato broke his opponents 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Cecchinato surrendered his serve twice and he saved 87% of the break points that he conceded. Mathias broke his opponents 7 times with a 88% conversion rate. The French player was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Cecchinato | ||||
| R1 Lopez San Martin |
R2 Serdarusic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 7-62 | 6-74 7-64 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 33 | 59 | |
| pts | 85-83 | 106-92 | 191-175 | |
| Total points | 168 | 198 | 366 | |
| Winners | 37 | 56 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 53% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 60/92 | 71/105 | 131/197 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 68% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 37/60 | 56/71 | 93/131 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 79% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 22/34 | 41/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 65% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 5 | 15 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 5/5 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 100% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Bourgue | ||||
| R1 Petrovic |
R2 Setkic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-2 ret. | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 7 | 14 | 21 | |
| pts | 31-20 | 55-29 | 86-49 | |
| Total points | 51 | 84 | 135 | |
| Winners | 9 | 16 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 10/18 | 20/38 | 30/56 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 53% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 9/10 | 16/20 | 25/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 80% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/8 | 12/18 | 17/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 67% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 5/6 | 7/8 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 83% | 88% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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