Francisco Cerundolo and Nicolas Moreno De Alboran will fight against each other in the quarter of the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:00 pm on CANCHA 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francisco Cerundolo who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francisco Cerundolo is the pick to win this match.
Francisco Cerundolo -> 1.12
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran -> 6.25
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Prediction and head to head Francisco Cerundolo vs. Nicolas Moreno De Alboran
There is no head to head record between Francisco Cerundolo and Nicolas Moreno De Alboran since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Francisco Cerundolo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-18 | 3-5 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-26 | 10-10 | 19-12 | 4-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-28 | 7-8 | 25-10 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-24 | 3-2 | 39-21 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 36-11 | 5-0 | 31-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 127, Francisco reached the quarter after beating Facundo Diaz Acosta 7-64 2-6 6-3 and Thiago Agustin Tirante 6-3 3-6 7-65.
In the 2nd round, The Argentine defeated Agustin Tirante (6-3 3-6 7-65). During the match, Cerundolo and Agustin Tirante scored the same amount of points (105). However, the world no. 127 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Argentine was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cerundolo scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 5 double faults. Francisco Cerundolo lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Cerundolo put 68% of his first serves in, winning 60% (47/78) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (17/36) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Agustin Tirante 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Francisco has lost 2 set in this tournament to win 50% of the points he played.
Cerundolo has a fantastic match record in the last 7 years having won 71% of his matches (209-85). 4-1 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Cerundolo has a composed194-76 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Argentine has a compiled 6-3 win-loss record in 2022, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-20 | 10-8 | 12-9 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-30 | 25-16 | 10-8 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-20 | 8-2 | 28-17 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-20 | 22-11 | 22-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-12 | 14-8 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 345, Nicolas got to the quarter after defeating Federico Zeballos 7-5 6-2 and Facundo Mena 6-74 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round against Mena, Nicolas recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-4 6-1). During the match Moreno De Alboran scored 92 points vs Mena’s 80. The Spaniard was quite aggressive to blast 55 winners.
About the serving games, Moreno De Alboran managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Nicolas Moreno De Alboran conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Moreno De Alboran put 74% of his first serves in, winning 79% (55/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Mena 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Nicolas has an overall 5-3 win-loss record in 2022, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cerundolo | Moreno De Alboran |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 61 | 50 |
| Pts | 200-202 | 149-118 |
| Total Points | 402 | 267 |
| Winners | 102 | 81 |
| %Winners | 51% | 54% |
Both Cerundolo and Moreno De Alboran played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Francisco Cerundolo dropped 2 sets, while Nicolas Moreno De Alboran dropped 1 set. Cerundolo has played 1 set more than Moreno De Alboran (6 vs 5). Therefore, Cerundolo played 11 games more than Moreno De Alboran. Cerundolo scored 102 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Nicolas struck 81 winners (54%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cerundolo | Moreno De Alboran |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 7.5 |
| 1st in | 154/219 | 99/141 |
| %1st in | 70% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 102/154 | 81/99 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 32/65 | 25/42 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 60% |
Cerundolo blasted 2 aces (1 per match). Moreno De Alboran made 15 aces (7.5 per match). Cerundolo won 66% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Moreno De Alboran won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cerundolo | Moreno De Alboran |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 7 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 7/7 |
| % Converted | 50% | 100% |
| Conceded | 17 | 4 |
| Saved | 10 | 4 |
| % Saved | 59% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 0 |
The Argentine broke his opponents 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Cerundolo conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 7 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Spaniard was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Cerundolo | ||||
| R1 Diaz |
R2 Agustin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 2-6 6-3 | 6-3 3-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 31 | 61 | |
| pts | 95-97 | 105-105 | 200-202 | |
| Total points | 192 | 210 | 402 | |
| Winners | 55 | 47 | 102 | |
| %Winners | 58% | 45% | 51% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 76/105 | 78/114 | 154/219 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 68% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 55/76 | 47/78 | 102/154 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 60% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 17/36 | 32/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 47% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 5/9 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 56% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 10 | 17 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5/10 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 50% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Moreno De Alboran | ||||
| R1 Zeballos |
R2 Mena |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 6-74 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 30 | 50 | |
| pts | 57-38 | 92-80 | 149-118 | |
| Total points | 95 | 172 | 267 | |
| Winners | 26 | 55 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 60% | 54% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 29/47 | 70/94 | 99/141 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 74% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 26/29 | 55/70 | 81/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 79% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/18 | 11/24 | 25/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 46% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 4/4 | 7/7 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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