Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Facundo Diaz Acosta will square off in the final of the Coquimbo 2 Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 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 -> 1.615
Facundo Diaz Acosta -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
This will be the 4th time that Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Facundo Diaz Acosta play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Diaz Acosta (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Diaz Acosta won 6-4 6-3 in the final in M25 Hurlingham back in 2020.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 19-17 | 2-2 | 17-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 156, Manuel Cerundolo reached the final after beating Gonzalo Villanueva 6-4 6-3, Matias Soto 6-1 6-4, Tomas Martin Etcheverry 4-6 6-3 6-4 and Franco Agamenone 6-2 6-2.
In the semifinal, Juan had a good straight sets win against Agamenone (6-2 6-2). During the match, Manuel Cerundolo scored 55 points vs Agamenone’s 38. Manuel Cerundolo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Manuel Cerundolo wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Juan Manuel Cerundolo conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Manuel Cerundolo put 69% of his first serves in, winning 70% (28/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the 2nd serve. Manuel Cerundolo broke Agamenone 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine has dropped 1 set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Manuel Cerundolo has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 64% of his matches (155-87). 21-9 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Manuel Cerundolo has an overall150-74 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
Juan’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Buenos Aires Challenger.
The Argentine has a compiled 24-15 win-loss record in 2022, 21-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Coquimbo 2 Challenger
Juan has never competed in this tournament before.
Facundo Diaz Acosta
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-22 | 3-8 | 16-10 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-25 | 4-4 | 46-20 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-21 | 0-1 | 31-19 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-30 | 7-4 | 36-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-12 | 10-7 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 228, Facundo got to the final after beating Hernan Casanova 6-76 7-62 6-1, Camilo Ugo Carabelli 6-3 6-1, Marco Cecchinato 6-3 6-3 and Timofey Skatov 6-2 6-1.
In the semifinal, Facundo had a good straight sets win against Skatov (6-2 6-1). During the match Diaz Acosta scored 73 points vs Skatov’s 49. Facundo was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Diaz Acosta made 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Facundo Diaz Acosta was pretty efficient on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Argentine broke Skatov 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Diaz Acosta has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
The Argentine’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Buenos Aires Challenger and the Coquimbo Challenger.
Diaz Acosta has a composed 27-17 win-loss record in 2022, 27-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Manuel Cerundolo | Diaz Acosta |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 81 | 82 |
| Pts | 290-232 | 320-235 |
| Total Points | 522 | 555 |
| Winners | 129 | 120 |
| %Winners | 44% | 38% |
Both Manuel Cerundolo and Diaz Acosta played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Juan Manuel Cerundolo surrendered 1 set, while Facundo Diaz Acosta dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Manuel Cerundolo and Diaz Acosta have played the same amount of sets 9. However, Manuel Cerundolo played 1 game less than Diaz Acosta. Manuel Cerundolo scored 129 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine fired 120 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Manuel Cerundolo | Diaz Acosta |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 1.8 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 196/286 | 154/259 |
| %1st in | 69% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 129/196 | 120/154 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 47/90 | 52/105 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 50% |
Manuel Cerundolo scored 7 aces (1.8 per match). Diaz Acosta scored 13 aces (3.3 per match). Manuel Cerundolo won 66% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Diaz Acosta won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Manuel Cerundolo | Diaz Acosta |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 19 | 20 |
| Converted | 19/29 | 20/52 |
| % Converted | 66% | 38% |
| Conceded | 30 | 21 |
| Saved | 21 | 14 |
| % Saved | 70% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 7 |
Juan broke his opponents 19 times with a 66% conversion rate. Juan surrendered his serve 9 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Diaz Acosta broke his opponents 20 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Manuel Cerundolo | ||||||
| R1 Villanueva |
R2 Soto |
1/4 Martin Etcheverry |
1/2 Agamenone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-1 6-4 | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 | 29 | 16 | 81 | |
| pts | 69-55 | 81-59 | 85-80 | 55-38 | 290-232 | |
| Total points | 124 | 140 | 165 | 93 | 522 | |
| Winners | 25 | 31 | 45 | 28 | 129 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 38% | 53% | 51% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 46/66 | 43/70 | 67/92 | 40/58 | 196/286 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 61% | 73% | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 25/46 | 31/43 | 45/67 | 28/40 | 129/196 | |
| % 1st pts | 54% | 72% | 67% | 70% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 12/27 | 13/25 | 10/18 | 47/90 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 44% | 52% | 56% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 5/7 | 4/7 | 4/5 | 19/29 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 71% | 57% | 80% | 66% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 30 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 9/11 | 4/7 | 5/5 | 21 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 82% | 57% | 100% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |
| Diaz Acosta | ||||||
| R1 Casanova |
R2 Ugo Carabelli |
1/4 Cecchinato |
1/2 Skatov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-76 7-62 6-1 | 6-3 6-1 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 82 | |
| pts | 122-106 | 62-35 | 63-45 | 73-49 | 320-235 | |
| Total points | 228 | 97 | 108 | 122 | 555 | |
| Winners | 56 | 14 | 24 | 26 | 120 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 23% | 38% | 36% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 13 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 19 | |
| 1st in | 71/117 | 20/38 | 30/44 | 33/60 | 154/259 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 53% | 68% | 55% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 56/71 | 14/20 | 24/30 | 26/33 | 120/154 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 70% | 80% | 79% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/46 | 15/18 | 6/14 | 15/27 | 52/105 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 83% | 43% | 56% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 5/12 | 5/14 | 4/11 | 20/52 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 42% | 36% | 36% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 21 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 7/7 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 41% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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