Marco Cecchinato and Nikola Milojevic will face off in the 2nd round of the Lima 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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 -> 1.35
Nikola Milojevic -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Marco Cecchinato vs. Nikola Milojevic
This will be the 2nd time that Marco Cecchinato and Nikola Milojevic square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Milojevic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Milojevic won 6-3 7-5 in the 1st round in the Barletta Challenger back in 2018.
Marco Cecchinato
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 26-25 | 0-2 | 26-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 13-23 | 1-4 | 12-17 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
2022 | 43-33 | 0-3 | 43-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 32-27 | 1-5 | 31-19 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2020 | 25-17 | 1-4 | 22-11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 109, Cecchinato got to the 2nd round after beating Jesper De Jong 6-3 7-66.
In the 1st round, Cecchinato had a good straight sets win against De Jong (6-3 7-66). During the match, Cecchinato scored 96 points vs De Jong’s 84. Marco was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cecchinato made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Marco Cecchinato lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Cecchinato put 82% of his first serves in, winning 61% (39/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (6/14) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke De Jong 4 times after converting 24% of his break points (4/17).
Cecchinato has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (389-270). 38-27 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cecchinato has a compiled 349-189 record in the last years on clay.
Cecchinato’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Lisbon Challenger and the Rio De Janeiro Challenger.
Marco has an aggregate 38-30 win-loss record in 2022, 38-27 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lima 2 Challenger
Nikola Milojevic
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 10-12 | 0-0 | 10-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 7-13 | 6-6 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 24-33 | 3-3 | 21-29 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2021 | 39-25 | 1-3 | 34-18 | 2-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
2020 | 15-11 | 6-4 | 5-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 255, Milojevic reached the 2nd round after beating Martin Pestana 6-2 6-1, Juan Ignacio Galarza 6-0 6-3 and Nicolas Alvarez 6-3 5-7 6-1.
In the 1st round, Milojevic defeated Alvarez (6-3 5-7 6-1). During the match Milojevic scored 103 points vs Alvarez’s 81. Milojevic was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Milojevic scored 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nikola Milojevic lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Milojevic put 71% of his first serves in, winning 66% (38/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the 2nd serve. The Serbian broke Alvarez 7 times after converting 35% of his break points (7/20).
The Serbian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Blois Challenger.
The Serbian has an overall 20-28 win-loss record in 2022, 17-24 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Cecchinato | Milojevic |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 3 |
Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
Tot Games | 22 | 58 |
Pts | 96-84 | 227-153 |
Total Points | 180 | 380 |
Winners | 39 | 87 |
%Winners | 41% | 38% |
Cecchinato played 1 match while Milojevic competed in 3 matches. Milojevic started his run from the qualifications while Cecchinato had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Nikola Milojevic dropped 1 set while Marco Cecchinato hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cecchinato has played 5 set(s) less than Milojevic (2 vs 7). Therefore, Cecchinato played 36 games less than Milojevic. Marco scored 39 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Nikola made 87 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Cecchinato | Milojevic |
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Aces | 3 | 15 |
Avg per match | 3 | 5 |
1st in | 64/78 | 122/176 |
%1st in | 82% | 69% |
1st pts | 39/64 | 87/122 |
%1st pts | 61% | 71% |
2nd pts | 6/14 | 32/54 |
%2nd pts | 43% | 59% |
Cecchinato managed to score 3 aces . Milojevic bagged 15 aces (5 per match). Cecchinato won 61% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Milojevic won 71% of the points on 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 | Milojevic |
---|---|---|
Won | 4 | 16 |
Converted | 4/17 | 16/39 |
% Converted | 24% | 41% |
Conceded | 5 | 11 |
Saved | 2 | 7 |
% Saved | 40% | 64% |
Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Cecchinato broke his opponent 4 times with a 24% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Nikola broke his opponents 16 times with a 41% conversion rate. Nikola conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
Cecchinato | |||
R1 De |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-3 7-66 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
pts | 96-84 | 96-84 | |
Total points | 180 | 180 | |
Winners | 39 | 39 | |
%Winners | 41% | 41% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 3 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 64/78 | 64/78 | |
% 1st in | 82% | 82% | |
1st pts | 39/64 | 39/64 | |
% 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
2nd pts | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
% 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/17 | 4/17 | |
Converted % | 24% | 24% | |
Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Milojevic | |||||
Q1 Pestana |
Q3 Ignacio Galarza |
R1 Alvarez |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-0 6-3 | 6-3 5-7 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
Tot Games | 15 | 15 | 28 | 58 | |
pts | 63-36 | 61-36 | 103-81 | 227-153 | |
Total points | 99 | 97 | 184 | 380 | |
Winners | 25 | 24 | 38 | 87 | |
%Winners | 40% | 39% | 37% | 38% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
1st in | 32/46 | 32/48 | 58/82 | 122/176 | |
% 1st in | 70% | 67% | 71% | 69% | |
1st pts | 25/32 | 24/32 | 38/58 | 87/122 | |
% 1st pts | 78% | 75% | 66% | 71% | |
2nd pts | 10/14 | 9/16 | 13/24 | 32/54 | |
% 2nd pts | 71% | 56% | 54% | 59% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | |
Converted | 4/10 | 5/9 | 7/20 | 16/39 | |
Converted % | 40% | 56% | 35% | 41% | |
Conceded | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | |
Saved | 2/2 | 2/2 | 3/7 | 7 | |
Saved % | 100% | 100% | 43% | 243% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Lima 2 Challenger
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Nicolas KickerKicker (5-7 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (6-76 7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Miljan ZekicZekic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Renzo OlivoOlivo (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-1 7-61) – See score progression
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez (6-3 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Gerald MelzerMelzer – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Max HoukesHoukes (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-3 7-66) – See score progression
- Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ignacio BuseBuse – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-2 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves – Francisco ComesanaComesana (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gerald MelzerMelzer – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Federico CoriaCoria – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – Timofey SkatovSkatov (1-0) – H2H and prediction