Matteo Arnaldi and Filip Cristian Jianu will face off in the semifinal of the San Marino Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 8:45 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Matteo Arnaldi who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matteo Arnaldi is the pick to win this match.
Matteo Arnaldi -> 1.31
Filip Cristian Jianu -> 3.32
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Prediction and head to head Matteo Arnaldi vs. Filip Cristian Jianu
There is no head to head record between Matteo Arnaldi and Filip Cristian Jianu since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Matteo Arnaldi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-23 | 17-12 | 10-9 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-26 | 21-15 | 23-7 | 4-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-35 | 9-3 | 37-20 | 4-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 56-24 | 2-1 | 51-18 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-9 | 16-4 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 204 (career-high), Matteo got to the semifinal after defeating Federico Gaio 6-2 6-0, Lukas Neumayer 6-3 6-4 and Fabian Marozsan 6-4 6-2.
In the quarter, Matteo had a good straight sets win against Marozsan (6-4 6-2). During the match, Arnaldi scored 61 points vs Marozsan’s 46. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Arnaldi scored just 1 ace during the match and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Matteo Arnaldi was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (27/38) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Marozsan 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Arnaldi hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Arnaldi has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 63% of his matches (117-69). 30-16 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Arnaldi has a composed85-44 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
Arnaldi’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Francavilla Challenger.
The Italian has an overall 31-22 win-loss record in 2022, 30-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Marino Challenger
Filip Cristian Jianu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 62-27 | 0-0 | 62-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-35 | 2-2 | 44-29 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-38 | 3-9 | 22-20 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 50-39 | 7-5 | 41-28 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 19-15 | 9-5 | 10-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 329, the Romanian reached the semifinal after beating Ernests Gulbis 7-64 6-0, Carlos Taberner 6-4 6-3 and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-2 6-4.
In the quarter, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Sanchez-Izquierdo (6-2 6-4). During the match Cristian scored 63 points vs Sanchez-Izquierdo’s 43. Cristian was extremely aggressive to blast 11 winners.
Talking about serving, Cristian bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Filip Cristian Jianu lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Cristian put 38% of his first serves in, winning 65% (11/17) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (19/28) on the 2nd serve. Filip broke Sanchez-Izquierdo 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cristian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Filip’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Aguascalientes Challenger.
Filip has an aggregate 17-23 win-loss record in 2022, 11-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Marino Challenger
Filip has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Arnaldi | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 56 |
| Pts | 194-141 | 192-143 |
| Total Points | 335 | 335 |
| Winners | 82 | 63 |
| %Winners | 42% | 33% |
Both Arnaldi and Cristian played 3 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Arnaldi and Cristian have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Arnaldi played 5 games less than Cristian. The Italian scored 82 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian made 63 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Arnaldi | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 1.3 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 116/174 | 80/166 |
| %1st in | 67% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 82/116 | 63/80 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 33/58 | 49/86 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 57% |
Arnaldi struck 4 aces (1.3 per match). Cristian blasted 11 aces (3.7 per match). Arnaldi won 71% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Cristian won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Arnaldi | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 13 |
| Converted | 12/19 | 13/22 |
| % Converted | 63% | 59% |
| Conceded | 9 | 14 |
| Saved | 7 | 10 |
| % Saved | 78% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Arnaldi broke his opponents 12 times with a 63% conversion rate. Arnaldi dropped his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Filip broke his opponents 13 times with a 59% conversion rate. Filip conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Arnaldi | |||||
| R1 Gaio |
R2 Neumayer |
1/4 Marozsan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 19 | 18 | 51 | |
| pts | 56-32 | 77-63 | 61-46 | 194-141 | |
| Total points | 88 | 140 | 107 | 335 | |
| Winners | 19 | 36 | 27 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 47% | 44% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 23/37 | 55/80 | 38/57 | 116/174 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 69% | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 36/55 | 27/38 | 82/116 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 65% | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 12/25 | 12/19 | 33/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 48% | 63% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/5 | 3/5 | 12/19 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 80% | 60% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 6/8 | 1/1 | 7 | |
| Saved % | – | 75% | 100% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cristian | |||||
| R1 Gulbis |
R2 Taberner |
1/4 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-0 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 18 | 56 | |
| pts | 68-46 | 61-54 | 63-43 | 192-143 | |
| Total points | 114 | 115 | 106 | 335 | |
| Winners | 31 | 21 | 11 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 34% | 17% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 36/61 | 27/60 | 17/45 | 80/166 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 45% | 38% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 31/36 | 21/27 | 11/17 | 63/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 78% | 65% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 17/33 | 19/28 | 49/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | 68% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/7 | 5/11 | 13/22 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 57% | 45% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 3/4 | 2/4 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 75% | 50% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWLLWL Tennis Scores in San Marino Challenger
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Valentin VacherotVacherot (7-63 6-1) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Alexander WeisWeis (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Pavel KotovKotov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
