Francisco Cerundolo and Dominic Thiem will square off in the 2nd round of the European Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dominic Thiem who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dominic Thiem is the pick to win this match.
Dominic Thiem -> 1.32
Francisco Cerundolo -> 3.38
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Prediction and head to head Francisco Cerundolo vs. Dominic Thiem
This will be the 2nd time that Francisco Cerundolo and Dominic Thiem clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Thiem (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Thiem won 6-4 6-3 in the quarter in Gijon back in October 2022.
Highlights Dominic Thiem vs Francisco Cerundolo – Gijon 14-October-2022
Francisco Cerundolo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-13 | 3-5 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-26 | 10-10 | 19-12 | 4-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-28 | 7-8 | 25-10 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-24 | 3-2 | 39-21 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 36-11 | 5-0 | 31-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 28, the Argentine reached the 2nd round after defeating Marc-Andrea Huesler 5-7 7-63 6-3.
In the 1st round against Huesler, Francisco recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-63 6-3). During the match, Cerundolo scored 111 points vs Huesler’s 108. Francisco was pretty aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cerundolo bagged 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Francisco Cerundolo lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Cerundolo put 66% of his first serves in, winning 79% (52/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Huesler 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Cerundolo has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 69% of his matches (238-107). 2-4 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cerundolo has a compiled2-5 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Bastad where he overcame Sebastian Baez in the final 7-6(4) 6-2.
Cerundolo has a composed 35-25 win-loss record in 2022, 2-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Antwerp
Francisco has never competed in this tournament before.
Dominic Thiem
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-8 | 2-2 | 3-6 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-30 | 1-5 | 18-15 | 8-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-19 | 2-2 | 8-11 | 13-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-9 | 5-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-9 | 14-4 | 6-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 132, the Austrian reached the 2nd round after beating Michael Geerts 6-4 6-0.
In the 1st round, Dominic had a good straight sets win against Geerts (6-4 6-0). During the match Thiem scored 55 points vs Geerts’s 29. Thiem was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Thiem made 5 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Dominic Thiem conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 83% of his first serves in, win 86% (30/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (3/7) on the 2nd serve. Thiem broke Geerts 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Dominic’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Rennes Challenger.
Thiem has a compiled 20-17 win-loss record in 2022, 10-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cerundolo | Thiem |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 16 |
| Pts | 111-108 | 55-29 |
| Total Points | 219 | 84 |
| Winners | 52 | 30 |
| %Winners | 47% | 55% |
Both Cerundolo and Thiem played 1 match. At the moment, Francisco Cerundolo lost 1 set while Dominic Thiem hasn’t conceded a set so far. Cerundolo has played 1 set more than Thiem (3 vs 2). Therefore, Cerundolo played 18 games more than Thiem. Francisco scored 52 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian made 30 winners (55%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cerundolo | Thiem |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 5 |
| 1st in | 66/100 | 35/42 |
| %1st in | 66% | 83% |
| 1st pts | 52/66 | 30/35 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 16/34 | 3/7 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 43% |
Cerundolo struck 7 aces . Thiem scored 5 aces . Cerundolo won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Thiem won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cerundolo | Thiem |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 33% | 80% |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 50% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
The Argentine broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Cerundolo dropped his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Thiem broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Austrian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Cerundolo | |||
| R1 Huesler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 111-108 | 111-108 | |
| Total points | 219 | 219 | |
| Winners | 52 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 66/100 | 66/100 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 52/66 | 52/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/34 | 16/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Thiem | |||
| R1 Geerts |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 55-29 | 55-29 | |
| Total points | 84 | 84 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 35/42 | 35/42 | |
| % 1st in | 83% | 83% | |
| 1st pts | 30/35 | 30/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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