Marco Cecchinato and Andreas Seppi will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Plava Laguna Croatia Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 6:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. 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 Marco Cecchinato who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marco Cecchinato is the pick to win this match.
Marco Cecchinato -> 1.4
Andreas Seppi -> 2.95
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Prediction and head to head Marco Cecchinato vs. Andreas Seppi
This will be the 4th time that Marco Cecchinato and Andreas Seppi face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Seppi (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Seppi won 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in Geneva back in 2018.
Marco Cecchinato
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-25 | 0-2 | 26-23 | 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. 147, Marco reached the qualifications after beating Domagoj Biljesko 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Biljesko (6-3 6-1). During the match, Cecchinato scored 64 points vs Biljesko’s 34. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cecchinato made 6 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Marco Cecchinato was very effective on serve to win 88% (21/24) of his 1st serve and 85% (11/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Biljesko 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Cecchinato has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (368-261). 17-18 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cecchinato has an aggregate 328-180 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Italian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Parma Challenger and the Verona Challenger.
The Italian has an aggregate 17-21 win-loss record in 2022, 17-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Umag
Andreas Seppi
12 - 15win/loss
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LLLWLWWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15-19 | 6-8 | 1-3 | 2-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-24 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 17-8 | 6-5 | 1-1 |
| 2020 | 10-16 | 2-6 | 3-6 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 29-27 | 17-11 | 0-7 | 5-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2018 | 33-27 | 12-8 | 9-8 | 9-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 173, the Italian reached the qualifications after defeating Flavio Cobolli 6-1 6-73 6-4.
In the qualifications, Andreas defeated Cobolli (6-1 6-73 6-4). During the match Seppi scored 102 points vs Cobolli’s 90. Seppi was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Seppi scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Andreas Seppi lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Seppi put 52% of his first serves in, winning 69% (35/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (27/48) on the 2nd serve. Andreas broke Cobolli 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Seppi has a compiled 12-15 win-loss record in 2022, 1-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Umag
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2009, 2010 and 2013. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cecchinato | Seppi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 30 |
| Pts | 64-34 | 102-90 |
| Total Points | 98 | 192 |
| Winners | 21 | 35 |
| %Winners | 33% | 34% |
Both Cecchinato and Seppi played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Andreas Seppi surrendered 1 set while Marco Cecchinato hasn’t conceded a set so far. Cecchinato has played 1 set(s) less than Seppi (2 vs 3). Therefore, Cecchinato played 14 games less than Seppi. The Italian scored 21 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian struck 35 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cecchinato | Seppi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1 |
| 1st in | 24/37 | 51/99 |
| %1st in | 65% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 35/51 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 11/13 | 27/48 |
| %2nd pts | 85% | 56% |
Cecchinato blasted 6 aces . Seppi fired 1 ace . Cecchinato won 88% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 85% of the points. On the other side, Seppi won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cecchinato | Seppi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 6/13 |
| % Converted | 36% | 46% |
| Conceded | 0 | 9 |
| Saved | 0 | 7 |
| % Saved | 0% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Cecchinato broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Marco extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Italian broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cecchinato | |||
| Q1 Biljesko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 64-34 | 64-34 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 24/37 | 24/37 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 21/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/13 | 11/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 85% | 85% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Seppi | |||
| Q1 Cobolli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-73 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 102-90 | 102-90 | |
| Total points | 192 | 192 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 51/99 | 51/99 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 35/51 | 35/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/48 | 27/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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