Marco Cecchinato and Jakub Paul will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Rio De Janeiro Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on QUADRA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.101
Jakub Paul -> 6.4

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Prediction and head to head Marco Cecchinato vs. Jakub Paul

There is no head to head record between Marco Cecchinato and Jakub Paul since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Marco Cecchinato

Ranked no. 117, Cecchinato got to the 2^nd round after defeating Gonzalo Villanueva 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Cecchinato had a good straight sets win against Villanueva (6-4 6-2). During the match, Cecchinato scored 66 points vs Villanueva’s 46. Cecchinato was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about the service games, Cecchinato scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Marco Cecchinato lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Cecchinato put 67% of his first serves in, winning 74% (28/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. Cecchinato broke Villanueva 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Cecchinato has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (382-269). 31-26 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Cecchinato has a composed 342-188 record in the last years on clay.

Marco’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Lisbon Challenger.

The Italian has a composed 31-29 win-loss record in 2022, 31-26 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Rio De Janeiro Challenger

Marco has never competed in this tournament before.

Jakub Paul

Ranked no. 533, Paul reached the 2^nd round after beating Jose Pereira 6-2 6-3, Sean Cuenin 6-3 6-1 and Joao Fonseca 6-2 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Jakub had a good straight sets win against Fonseca (6-2 6-3). During the match Paul scored 69 points vs Fonseca’s 53. Jakub was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.

About the serving games, Paul scored 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Jakub Paul lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Paul put 72% of his first serves in, winning 57% (25/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Fonseca 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).

Paul’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir.

Jakub has an aggregate 22-24 win-loss record in 2022, 17-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cecchinato	Paul
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	6
Tot Games	18	50
Pts	66-46	205-152
Total Points	112	357
Winners	28	81
%Winners	42%	40%

Cecchinato played 1 match while Paul competed in 3 matches. Paul started his run from the qualifications while Cecchinato had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Cecchinato has played 4 set(s) less than Paul (2 vs 6). Therefore, Cecchinato played 32 games less than Paul. Marco scored 28 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Jakub bagged 81 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cecchinato	Paul
Aces	4	6
Avg per match	4	2
1st in	38/57	121/184
%1st in	67%	66%
1st pts	28/38	81/121
%1st pts	74%	67%
2nd pts	8/19	37/63
%2nd pts	42%	59%

Cecchinato bagged 4 aces . Paul recorded 6 aces (2 per match). Cecchinato won 74% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Paul won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cecchinato	Paul
Won	5	13
Converted	5/8	13/32
% Converted	63%	41%
Conceded	5	10
Saved	3	7
% Saved	60%	70%
Times Broken	2	3

The Italian broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Marco surrendered his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Jakub broke his opponents 13 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Cecchinato
	R1 Villanueva	Total
Score	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	66-46	66-46
Total points	112	112
Winners	28	28
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	38/57	38/57
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	28/38	28/38
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	8/19	8/19
% 2nd pts	42%	42%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3/5	3
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

Paul
	Q1 Pereira	Q3 Cuenin	R1 Fonseca	Total
Score	6-2 6-3	6-3 6-1	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	17	16	17	50
pts	76-61	60-38	69-53	205-152
Total points	137	98	122	357
Winners	29	27	25	81
%Winners	38%	45%	36%	40%
SERVE
Aces	2	2	2	6
Double Faults	2	0	4	6
1st in	43/74	34/49	44/61	121/184
% 1st in	58%	69%	72%	66%
1st pts	29/43	27/34	25/44	81/121
% 1st pts	67%	79%	57%	67%
2nd pts	20/31	9/15	8/17	37/63
% 2nd pts	65%	60%	47%	59%
Breaks
Won	3	4	6	13
Converted	3/11	4/7	6/14	13/32
Converted %	27%	57%	43%	41%
Conceded	4	2	4	10
Saved	4/4	2/2	1/4	7
Saved %	100%	100%	25%	225%
Times Broken	0	0	3	3

Tennis Scores in Rio De Janeiro Challenger

• Luciano DarderiDarderi – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Remy BertolaBertola (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Sumit NagalNagal (4-6 6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Federico CoriaCoria – Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres (3-6 6-4 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings

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