Lorenzo Musetti and Marco Cecchinato will square off in the 2nd round of the Plava Laguna Croatia Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on GORAN IVANISEVIC STADION. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lorenzo Musetti who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lorenzo Musetti is the pick to win this match.
Lorenzo Musetti -> 1.4
Marco Cecchinato -> 3.05
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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Musetti vs. Marco Cecchinato
This will be the 2nd time that Lorenzo Musetti and Marco Cecchinato square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Musetti (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Musetti won 3-6 6-4 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the 3rd round in at the French Open back in 2021.
Highlights Lorenzo Musetti vs Marco Cecchinato – French Open 05-June-2021
Lorenzo Musetti
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45-22 | 18-11 | 19-4 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-30 | 13-12 | 18-10 | 3-5 | 12-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-29 | 10-10 | 16-11 | 0-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-30 | 11-10 | 21-7 | 12-10 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-31 | 9-8 | 17-12 | 10-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 31 (career-high), Musetti reached the 2nd round after defeating Aljaz Bedene 6-2 3-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, Lorenzo defeated Bedene (6-2 3-6 6-1). During the match, Musetti scored 83 points vs Bedene’s 65. Musetti was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Musetti made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Lorenzo Musetti lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Musetti put 60% of his first serves in, winning 63% (26/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Bedene 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Musetti has a winning record in the last 5 years having won 58% of his matches (125-89). 21-6 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Musetti has an overall85-44 record in the last 5 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in in Hamburg where he defeated Carlos Alcaraz in the final 6-4 6-7(6) 6-4.
Musetti has an overall 27-17 win-loss record in 2022, 21-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Umag
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Marco Cecchinato
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-34 | 0-0 | 39-34 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 151, the Italian got to the 2nd round after defeating Domagoj Biljesko 6-3 6-1, Andreas Seppi w/o and Mili Poljicak 6-1 5-7 6-2.
In the 1st round, Marco defeated Poljicak (6-1 5-7 6-2). During the match Cecchinato scored 131 points vs Poljicak’s 115. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about serving, Cecchinato scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Marco Cecchinato lost the serve 3 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Cecchinato put 72% of his first serves in, winning 57% (50/88) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (22/35) on the 2nd serve. Cecchinato broke Poljicak 6 times after converting 25% of his break points (6/24).
The Italian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Parma Challenger and the Verona Challenger.
Marco has a compiled 18-21 win-loss record in 2022, 18-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Umag
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Musetti | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 43 |
| Pts | 83-65 | 195-149 |
| Total Points | 148 | 344 |
| Winners | 26 | 71 |
| %Winners | 31% | 36% |
Musetti played 1 match while Cecchinato competed in 2 matches. Cecchinato started his run from the qualifications while Musetti had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Lorenzo Musetti dropped 1 set, while Marco Cecchinato surrendered 1 set. Musetti has played 2 set(s) less than Cecchinato (3 vs 5). Therefore, Musetti played 19 games less than Cecchinato. Musetti scored 26 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Cecchinato managed to score 71 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Musetti | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 41/68 | 112/160 |
| %1st in | 60% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 26/41 | 71/112 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 17/27 | 33/48 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 69% |
Musetti blasted 2 aces . Cecchinato managed to score 7 aces (3.5 per match). Musetti won 63% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Cecchinato won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Musetti | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 10 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 10/35 |
| % Converted | 60% | 29% |
| Conceded | 4 | 13 |
| Saved | 1 | 10 |
| % Saved | 25% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
The Italian broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Italian surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 10 times with a 29% conversion rate. Cecchinato conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
| Musetti | |||
| R1 Bedene |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 83-65 | 83-65 | |
| Total points | 148 | 148 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 41/68 | 41/68 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 26/41 | 26/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/27 | 17/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Cecchinato | |||||
| Q1 Biljesko |
Q3 Seppi |
R1 Poljicak |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | w/o | 6-1 5-7 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | – | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | – | 27 | 43 | |
| pts | 64-34 | – | 131-115 | 195-149 | |
| Total points | 98 | – | 246 | 344 | |
| Winners | 21 | – | 50 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 33% | – | 38% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | – | 1 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | – | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 24/37 | – | 88/123 | 112/160 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | – | 72% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | – | 50/88 | 71/112 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | – | 57% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/13 | – | 22/35 | 33/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 85% | – | 63% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | – | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | – | 6/24 | 10/35 | |
| Converted % | 36% | – | 25% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 0 | – | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | – | 10/13 | 10 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 77% | 77% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | – | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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