Francisco Cerundolo and Arthur Fils will face off in the final of the Open Parc for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francisco Cerundolo who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francisco Cerundolo is the pick to win this match.
Francisco Cerundolo -> 1.4
Arthur Fils -> 2.96
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Prediction and head to head Francisco Cerundolo vs. Arthur Fils
There is no head to head record between Francisco Cerundolo and Arthur Fils since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Francisco Cerundolo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-25 | 4-8 | 21-13 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 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, Francisco got to the final after defeating Juan Pablo Varillas 6-2 ret., Jack Draper 4-6 6-4 6-3 and Cameron Norrie 6-3 6-0.
In the semifinal, Francisco had a good straight sets win against Norrie (6-3 6-0). During the match, Cerundolo scored 60 points vs Norrie’s 38. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cerundolo recorded 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Francisco Cerundolo conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Cerundolo put 68% of his first serves in, winning 88% (23/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (6/12) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Norrie 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cerundolo has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Cerundolo has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 68% of his matches (259-123). 13-8 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Cerundolo has a composed228-93 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Cerundolo’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Lyon.
Cerundolo has a composed 20-13 win-loss record in 2023, 13-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Lyon
Arthur Fils
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-23 | 11-8 | 14-10 | 1-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-24 | 5-4 | 13-8 | 21-10 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 23-15 | 20-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-26 | 3-2 | 29-17 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 112, Fils got to the final after beating Zhizhen Zhang 6-3 6-2, Mikael Ymer 6-5, Felix Auger-Aliassime w/o and Brandon Nakashima 7-5 4-6 7-65.
In the semifinal, The French player defeated Nakashima (7-5 4-6 7-65).During the match Fils scored less points (2) than Nakashima. In fact, the world no. 28 won 112 points vs Nakashima’s. That means that Fils was more focused during the important points. Arthur was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Fils fired 8 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Arthur Fils was quite effective on serve to win 78% (43/55) of his 1st serve and 51% (37/72) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The French player broke Nakashima 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Oeiras 2 Challenger where he overcame Joris De Loore in the final 6-1 7-6(4).
Fils has a compiled 23-9 win-loss record in 2023, 9-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Lyon
Arthur has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cerundolo | Fils |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 63 |
| Pts | 192-153 | 216-196 |
| Total Points | 345 | 412 |
| Winners | 80 | 80 |
| %Winners | 42% | 37% |
Both Cerundolo and Fils played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Francisco Cerundolo dropped 1 set, while Arthur Fils dropped 1 set. Cerundolo has played 1 set more than Fils (7 vs 6). However, it’s interesting to notice that Cerundolo played 11 games less than Fils. The Argentine scored 80 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Fils scored 80 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cerundolo | Fils |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 0.7 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 105/157 | 103/214 |
| %1st in | 67% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 80/105 | 80/103 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 28/52 | 56/111 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 50% |
Cerundolo managed to score 2 aces (0.7 per match). Fils managed to score 14 aces (4.7 per match). Cerundolo won 76% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Fils 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 | Cerundolo | Fils |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 10 |
| Converted | 10/35 | 10/19 |
| % Converted | 29% | 53% |
| Conceded | 10 | 19 |
| Saved | 8 | 13 |
| % Saved | 80% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
Cerundolo broke his opponents 10 times with a 29% conversion rate. Cerundolo surrendered his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Arthur broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Arthur conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cerundolo | |||||
| R2 Pablo Patino-Samudio |
1/4 Draper |
1/2 Norrie |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 ret. | 4-6 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 8 | 29 | 15 | 52 | |
| pts | 28-18 | 104-97 | 60-38 | 192-153 | |
| Total points | 46 | 201 | 98 | 345 | |
| Winners | 10 | 47 | 23 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 45% | 38% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 11/20 | 68/99 | 26/38 | 105/157 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 69% | 68% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 10/11 | 47/68 | 23/26 | 80/105 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 69% | 88% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/9 | 16/31 | 6/12 | 28/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 52% | 50% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 3/15 | 5/14 | 10/35 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 20% | 36% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 7/9 | 1/1 | 8 | |
| Saved % | – | 78% | 100% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Fils | ||||||
| R1 Zhang |
R2 Ymer |
1/4 Auger-Aliassime |
1/2 Nakashima |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-5 | w/o | 7-5 4-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 11 | – | 35 | 63 | |
| pts | 65-44 | 39-38 | – | 112-114 | 216-196 | |
| Total points | 109 | 77 | – | 226 | 412 | |
| Winners | 23 | 14 | – | 43 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 36% | – | 38% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 0 | – | 8 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 28/53 | 20/34 | – | 55/127 | 103/214 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 59% | – | 43% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 14/20 | – | 43/55 | 80/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 70% | – | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 7/14 | – | 37/72 | 56/111 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 50% | – | 51% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | – | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 2/7 | – | 3/4 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 29% | – | 75% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | – | 12 | 19 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2/3 | – | 9/12 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | – | 75% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | 6 | |
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