Carlos Sanchez Jover and Cezar Cretu will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Zadar Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT 2. 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 Cezar Cretu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Cezar Cretu is the pick to win this match.
Cezar Cretu -> 1.72
Carlos Sanchez Jover -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Sanchez Jover vs. Cezar Cretu
There is no head to head record between Carlos Sanchez Jover and Cezar Cretu since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Carlos Sanchez Jover
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-16 | 0-0 | 18-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-31 | 7-4 | 44-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-29 | 4-9 | 30-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 52-28 | 4-3 | 48-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 1-3 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 515, Sanchez Jover reached the 2nd round after beating Niklas Schell 6-1 6-1, Frane Nincevic 6-1 6-1 and Franco Agamenone 6-4 0-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, Carlos defeated Agamenone (6-4 0-6 6-1). During the match, Sanchez Jover scored 88 points vs Agamenone’s 87. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sanchez Jover couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Carlos Sanchez Jover lost the serve 6 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez Jover put 62% of his first serves in, winning 45% (24/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Agamenone 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Sanchez Jover has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 62% of his matches (139-84). 6-1 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sanchez Jover has a compiled127-68 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
The Spaniard’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Palmanova.
Carlos has an aggregate 6-6 win-loss record in 2022, 6-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Cezar Cretu
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-11 | 0-0 | 23-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-22 | 13-9 | 42-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 60-26 | 0-0 | 60-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-19 | 0-3 | 41-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-9 | 14-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 551 (career-high), Cretu got to the 2nd round after beating Dragos Nicolae Madaras 6-2 4-6 7-66, Ergi Kirkin 7-5 6-3 and Gastao Elias 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Elias (6-2 6-4). During the match Cretu scored 65 points vs Elias’s 43. The Romanian was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Cretu scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Cezar Cretu lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Cretu put 63% of his first serves in, winning 64% (21/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the 2nd serve. Cretu broke Elias 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Cezar’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya.
Cezar has an overall 20-5 win-loss record in 2022, 20-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sanchez Jover | Cretu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 70 |
| Pts | 204-142 | 260-218 |
| Total Points | 346 | 478 |
| Winners | 62 | 96 |
| %Winners | 30% | 37% |
Both Sanchez Jover and Cretu played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Carlos Sanchez Jover dropped 1 set, while Cezar Cretu lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Sanchez Jover and Cretu have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Sanchez Jover played 19 games less than Cretu. Carlos scored 62 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian blasted 96 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sanchez Jover | Cretu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 0.7 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 107/182 | 147/227 |
| %1st in | 59% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 62/107 | 96/147 |
| %1st pts | 58% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 47/75 | 42/80 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 53% |
Sanchez Jover fired 2 aces (0.7 per match). Cretu struck 5 aces (1.7 per match). Sanchez Jover won 58% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Cretu won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sanchez Jover | Cretu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 16 |
| Converted | 17/22 | 16/33 |
| % Converted | 77% | 48% |
| Conceded | 22 | 27 |
| Saved | 15 | 18 |
| % Saved | 68% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 9 |
Carlos broke his opponents 17 times with a 77% conversion rate. Carlos conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded. Cezar broke his opponents 16 times with a 48% conversion rate. Cretu conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sanchez Jover | |||||
| Q1 Schell |
Q3 Nincevic |
R1 Agamenone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 6-1 6-1 | 6-4 0-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | 23 | 51 | |
| pts | 61-28 | 55-27 | 88-87 | 204-142 | |
| Total points | 89 | 82 | 175 | 346 | |
| Winners | 25 | 13 | 24 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 24% | 27% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 34/50 | 20/46 | 53/86 | 107/182 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 43% | 62% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 25/34 | 13/20 | 24/53 | 62/107 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 65% | 45% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 19/26 | 19/33 | 47/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 73% | 58% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 5/6 | 6/9 | 17/22 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 83% | 67% | 77% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 5 | 8 | 22 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 5/5 | 2/8 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 100% | 25% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | |
| Cretu | |||||
| Q1 Nicolae |
Q3 Kirkin |
R1 Elias |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 7-66 | 7-5 6-3 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 21 | 18 | 70 | |
| pts | 118-110 | 77-65 | 65-43 | 260-218 | |
| Total points | 228 | 142 | 108 | 478 | |
| Winners | 48 | 27 | 21 | 96 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 35% | 32% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 70/105 | 44/70 | 33/52 | 147/227 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 63% | 63% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 48/70 | 27/44 | 21/33 | 96/147 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 61% | 64% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/35 | 14/26 | 13/19 | 42/80 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 54% | 68% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 5/11 | 5/9 | 16/33 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 45% | 56% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 10 | 5 | 27 | |
| Saved | 7/12 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 58% | 80% | 60% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Nerman FaticFatic – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (6-2 7-65) – See score progression
- Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-2 7-67) – See score progression
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- Andrej MartinMartin – Riccardo BalzeraniBalzerani (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
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- Daniel MichalskiMichalski – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (6-2 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
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- Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Denis IstominIstomin (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Gianluca MagerMager (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (1-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrej MartinMartin – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Manuel GuinardGuinard – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Eduard Esteve LobatoEsteve Lobato (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cezar Cretu (ROU)Cretu (ROU) – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel MichalskiMichalski – Nerman FaticFatic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
