Marco Cecchinato and Fernando Verdasco will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Phoenix Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 5:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Fernando Verdasco who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Fernando Verdasco is the pick to win this match.
Fernando Verdasco -> 1.363
Marco Cecchinato -> 3.02
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Prediction and head to head Marco Cecchinato vs. Fernando Verdasco
There is no head to head record between Marco Cecchinato and Fernando Verdasco since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Marco Cecchinato
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-17 | 0-2 | 14-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-23 | 1-4 | 12-17 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-33 | 0-3 | 43-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-27 | 1-5 | 31-19 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-17 | 1-4 | 22-11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 92, Marco will start his run in the Phoenix Challenger after he played his last match in Indian Wells where he lost 6-1 6-2 to Marchenko in the qualifications on the 8th of March.
Cecchinato has a composed 0-5 win-loss record in 2022, 0-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Cecchinato has an overall 383-267 record. He has a negative 24-54 record on hard.
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Cecchinato has never competed in this tournament before.
Fernando Verdasco
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6-16 | 3-6 | 1-8 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-32 | 17-12 | 12-13 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-20 | 7-6 | 3-7 | 0-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-8 | 4-2 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 26-27 | 6-8 | 8-9 | 7-6 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 150, will start his run in the Phoenix Challenger after he won the title in the Monterrey Challenger after beating 4-6 6-3 7-6(3) Gunneswaran in the final.
Fernando has a compiled 11-6 win-loss record in 2022, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Verdasco’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Monterrey Challenger.
The Spaniard won his last 5 matches.
In terms of his career, Fernando has an overall 637-470 record. He has a positive 229-171 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Phoenix Challenger
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Liam BroadyBroady – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (1-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gilles SimonSimon – Christopher EubanksEubanks (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Richard GasquetGasquet (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Benoit PairePaire – Emilio NavaNava (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mats MoraingMoraing – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Denis KudlaKudla (1-6) – H2H and prediction
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oscar OtteOtte – Radu AlbotAlbot (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Liam BroadyBroady (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – David GoffinGoffin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jeff WolfWolf – Max PurcellPurcell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GastonGaston – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Facundo BagnisBagnis (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (1-0) – H2H and prediction
