Filip Cristian Jianu and Eduard Esteve Lobato will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Maia 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 5. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Eduard Esteve Lobato who should win in 3 sets.
Eduard Esteve Lobato -> 1.53
Filip Cristian Jianu -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Filip Cristian Jianu vs. Eduard Esteve Lobato
There is no head to head record between Filip Cristian Jianu and Eduard Esteve Lobato since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Filip Cristian Jianu
Ranked no. 318, the Romanian reached the 2nd round after defeating Maxime Janvier 7-65 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Janvier (7-65 6-2). During the match, Cristian Jianu scored 76 points vs Janvier’s 57. Cristian Jianu was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cristian Jianu scored just 1 ace during the match and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Filip Cristian Jianu lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Cristian Jianu put 62% of his first serves in, winning 63% (27/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Janvier 4 times.
Cristian Jianu has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 60% of his matches (130-87). 41-27 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Cristian Jianu has a composed105-63 record in the last 5 years on clay.
The Romanian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Cairo,M15 Antalya and M15 Heraklion.
Filip has an aggregate 50-38 win-loss record in 2021, 41-27 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Maia 2 Challenger
Eduard Esteve Lobato
Ranked no. 326, Eduard reached the 2nd round after beating Oleg Prihodko 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Esteve Lobato had a good straight sets win against Prihodko (6-3 6-2). During the match Esteve Lobato scored 72 points vs Prihodko’s 56. Esteve Lobato was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Esteve Lobato recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Eduard Esteve Lobato lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Esteve Lobato put 56% of his first serves in, winning 71% (25/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Prihodko 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
The Spaniard’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Frankfurt am Main and M25 Lima.
Eduard has an aggregate 39-19 win-loss record in 2021, 39-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cristian Jianu | Esteve Lobato |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 17 |
| Pts | 76-57 | 72-56 |
| Total Points | 133 | 128 |
| Winners | 27 | 25 |
| %Winners | 36% | 35% |
Both Cristian Jianu and Esteve Lobato played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Cristian Jianu and Esteve Lobato have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Cristian Jianu played 4 games more than Esteve Lobato. Filip scored 27 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard struck 25 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cristian Jianu | Esteve Lobato |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 4 |
| 1st in | 43/69 | 35/63 |
| %1st in | 62% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 27/43 | 25/35 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 12/28 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 43% |
Cristian Jianu recorded 1 ace . Esteve Lobato also struck 4 aces . Cristian Jianu won 63% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Esteve Lobato won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cristian Jianu | Esteve Lobato |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/4 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 100% | 38% |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 67% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The Romanian broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Esteve Lobato broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Esteve Lobato conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cristian Jianu | |||
| R1 Janvier | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 76-57 | 76-57 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 43/69 | 43/69 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 27/43 | 27/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 14/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Esteve Lobato | |||
| R1 Prihodko | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 72-56 | 72-56 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 35/63 | 35/63 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 25/35 | 25/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/28 | 12/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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