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.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Eduard Esteve Lobato who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Eduard Esteve Lobato is the pick to win this match.
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

Maia 2 Challenger
Cristian Jianu's Record

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).

Maia 2 Challenger
Esteve Lobato's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

F.Cristian Jianu
E.Esteve Lobato
1h:31
1h:31
Time on court​
1h:34
1h:34
1h:31
1h:31
Last match​
1h:34
1h:34
1
1
Match played
1
1
21
21
Games Played​
17
17
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
76
76
Total points​
72
72
76
76
Avg point​
72
72
27
27
Winners
25
25
27
27
Avg Winners​
25
25
36%
36%
Ratio winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
4
4
1
1
Avg Aces
4
4
0
0
Double Faults
1
1
0
0
Avg Double Faults
1
1
27/43
27/43
1st won total​
25/35
25/35
63%
63%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
14/26
14/26
2nd won total​
12/28
12/28
54%
54%
2nd won %
43%
43%
-- Break Points --
4/4
4/4
BP won
5/13
5/13
4/4
4/4
Avg BP won
5/13
5/13
!
100%
100%
Won
38%
38%
6
6
Conceded
6
6
6
6
Avg Conceded
6
6
2
2
Broken
2
2
2
2
Avg Broken
2
2
4
4
Saved
4
4

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

Tennis Scores in Maia 2 Challenger

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