Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Hernan Casanova will square off in the 2nd round of the Buenos Aires Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Manuel Cerundolo who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Juan Manuel Cerundolo is the pick to win this match.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo -> 1.56
Hernan Casanova -> 2.36

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Prediction and head to head Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Hernan Casanova

This will be the 3rd time that Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Hernan Casanova square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Manuel Cerundolo and Casanova (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Manuel Cerundolo won 3-6 6-1 6-3 in the semifinal in M25 Hurlingham back in 2020.

Juan Manuel Cerundolo

Juan Manuel Cerundolo

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Rank
85
High
71
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 47-29 8-8 39-19 0-0 0-2 0-0
2024 46-28 0-3 46-25 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 41-32 4-2 37-28 0-0 0-2 0-0
2022 27-17 3-6 24-11 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 53-26 0-0 53-22 0-3 0-1 0-0
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Ranked no. 178, the Argentine got to the 2nd round after beating Nicolas Alvarez 6-3 6-3.

In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Alvarez (6-3 6-3). During the match, Manuel Cerundolo scored 65 points vs Alvarez’s 45. Juan was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about the service games, Manuel Cerundolo scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Juan Manuel Cerundolo was very efficient on serve to win 76% (22/29) of his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Juan broke Alvarez 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Manuel Cerundolo has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 63% of his matches (145-86). 11-8 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Manuel Cerundolo has an overall140-73 match record in the last 5 years on clay.

Manuel Cerundolo’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Tampere Challenger.

The Argentine has an aggregate 14-14 win-loss record in 2022, 11-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger

Buenos Aires Challenger
Manuel Cerundolo's Record

Hernan Casanova

Hernan Casanova

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Rank
356
High
221
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 46-23 0-0 43-22 3-1 0-0 0-0
2024 32-24 0-0 32-23 0-0 0-1 0-0
2023 29-27 0-2 29-25 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 43-22 0-0 43-22 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 45-32 3-3 42-28 0-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 236 (career-high), Hernan got to the 2nd round after defeating Tomas Farjat 3-6 7-5 6-3, Jakub Paul 7-65 6-1 and Andrea Collarini 6-4 5-7 6-3.

In the 1st round, Hernan defeated Collarini (6-4 5-7 6-3). During the match Casanova scored 100 points vs Collarini’s 94. Hernan was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about serving, Casanova made 2 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Hernan Casanova lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Casanova put 85% of his first serves in, winning 65% (44/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 75% (9/12) on the 2nd serve. Casanova broke Collarini 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).

The Argentine’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Koksijde and M25 Maribor.

Casanova has a compiled 38-17 win-loss record in 2022, 38-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.

Buenos Aires Challenger
Casanova's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

J.Manuel Cerundolo
H.Casanova
1h:18
1h:18
Time on court​
!
6h:22
6h:22
1h:18
1h:18
Last match​
!
2h:47
2h:47
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
18
18
Games Played​
81
81
2
2
Set played​​
8
8
65
65
Total points​
275
275
65
65
Avg point​
91.7
91.7
22
22
Winners
125
125
22
22
Avg Winners​
41.7
41.7
34%
34%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
3
3
1
1
Avg Aces
1
1
0
0
Double Faults
1
1
0
0
Avg Double Faults
0.3
0.3
22/29
22/29
1st won total​
125/201
125/201
!
76%
76%
1st won %
62%
62%
10/15
10/15
2nd won total​
20/32
20/32
!
67%
67%
2nd won %
!
63%
63%
-- Break Points --
5/8
5/8
BP won
17/42
17/42
5/8
5/8
Avg BP won
5.7/14
5.7/14
!
63%
63%
Won
40%
40%
3
3
Conceded
25
25
3
3
Avg Conceded
8.3
8.3
2
2
Broken
11
11
2
2
Avg Broken
3.7
3.7
1
1
Saved
14
14
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Manuel Cerundolo Casanova
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 2 8
Tot Games 18 81
Pts 65-45 275-255
Total Points 110 530
Winners 22 125
%Winners 34% 45%

Manuel Cerundolo played 1 match while Casanova competed in 3 matches. Casanova started his run from the qualifications while Manuel Cerundolo had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Hernan Casanova lost 2 sets while Juan Manuel Cerundolo hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Manuel Cerundolo has played 6 set(s) less than Casanova (2 vs 8). Therefore, Manuel Cerundolo played 63 games less than Casanova. The Argentine scored 22 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Hernan managed to score 125 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Manuel Cerundolo Casanova
Aces 1 3
Avg per match 1 1
1st in 29/44 201/233
%1st in 66% 86%
1st pts 22/29 125/201
%1st pts 76% 62%
2nd pts 10/15 20/32
%2nd pts 67% 63%

Manuel Cerundolo struck 1 ace . Casanova also made 3 aces (1 per match). Manuel Cerundolo won 76% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Casanova won 62% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Manuel Cerundolo Casanova
Won 5 17
Converted 5/8 17/42
% Converted 63% 40%
Conceded 3 25
Saved 1 14
% Saved 33% 56%
Times Broken 2 11

Manuel Cerundolo broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Casanova broke his opponents 17 times with a 40% conversion rate. Casanova conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.

Manuel Cerundolo
R1
Alvarez		 Total
Score 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 65-45 65-45
Total points 110 110
Winners 22 22
%Winners 34% 34%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 29/44 29/44
% 1st in 66% 66%
1st pts 22/29 22/29
% 1st pts 76% 76%
2nd pts 10/15 10/15
% 2nd pts 67% 67%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/8 5/8
Converted % 63% 63%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 1/3 1
Saved % 33% 33%
Times Broken 2 2
Casanova
Q1
Farjat		 Q3
Paul		 R1
Collarini		 Total
Score 3-6 7-5 6-3 7-65 6-1 6-4 5-7 6-3
Tot Set 3 2 3 8
Tot Games 30 20 31 81
pts 106-105 69-56 100-94 275-255
Total points 211 125 194 530
Winners 53 28 44 125
%Winners 50% 41% 44% 45%
SERVE
Aces 0 1 2 3
Double Faults 1 0 0 1
1st in 90/101 43/52 68/80 201/233
% 1st in 89% 83% 85% 86%
1st pts 53/90 28/43 44/68 125/201
% 1st pts 59% 65% 65% 62%
2nd pts 6/11 5/9 9/12 20/32
% 2nd pts 55% 56% 75% 63%
Breaks
Won 5 6 6 17
Converted 5/15 6/12 6/15 17/42
Converted % 33% 50% 40% 40%
Conceded 13 5 7 25
Saved 9/13 2/5 3/7 14
Saved % 69% 40% 43% 152%
Times Broken 4 3 4 11

Tennis Scores in Buenos Aires Challenger

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