Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Elias Ymer will face off in the quarter of the Salzburg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 -> 1.63
Elias Ymer -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Elias Ymer
There is no head to head record between Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Elias Ymer since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-13 | 0-2 | 14-11 | 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. 111, the Argentine reached the quarter after defeating Maxime Chazal 6-3 6-4 and Alex Barrena 6-2 4-6 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Argentine defeated Barrena (6-2 4-6 6-1). During the match, Manuel Cerundolo scored 88 points vs Barrena’s 70. Manuel Cerundolo was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Manuel Cerundolo managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Juan Manuel Cerundolo lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Manuel Cerundolo put 49% of his first serves in, winning 60% (27/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (27/47) on the 2nd serve. Manuel Cerundolo broke Barrena 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Manuel Cerundolo has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Manuel Cerundolo has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (186-106). 28-15 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Manuel Cerundolo has a compiled181-91 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Tigre 1 Challenger where he defeated Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco in the final 4-6 6-4 6-2 and the Tigre 2 Challenger where he overcame Jesper De Jong in the final 6-3 2-6 6-2.
The Argentine has a composed 28-17 win-loss record in 2023, 28-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Salzburg Challenger
Juan has never competed in this tournament before.
Elias Ymer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4-13 | 1-7 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-41 | 10-13 | 24-17 | 7-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-32 | 12-11 | 20-15 | 5-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-29 | 9-9 | 20-11 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-12 | 1-4 | 8-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 169, Ymer got to the quarter after beating Damir Dzumhur 7-5 6-3 and Juan Pablo Varillas 7-63 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Swede had a good straight sets win against Pablo Patino-Samudio (7-63 6-2). During the match Ymer scored 80 points vs Pablo Patino-Samudio’s 62. Ymer was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Ymer blasted 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Elias Ymer was extremely effective on serve to win 72% (34/47) of his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ymer broke Pablo Patino-Samudio 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Elias hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Ymer has an aggregate 24-20 win-loss record in 2023, 15-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Salzburg Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Manuel Cerundolo | Ymer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 42 |
| Pts | 153-118 | 162-135 |
| Total Points | 271 | 297 |
| Winners | 49 | 61 |
| %Winners | 32% | 38% |
Both Manuel Cerundolo and Ymer played 2 matches. At the moment, Juan Manuel Cerundolo conceded 1 set while Elias Ymer hasn’t lost a set so far. Manuel Cerundolo has played 1 set more than Ymer (5 vs 4). Therefore, Manuel Cerundolo played 2 games more than Ymer. The Argentine scored 49 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Elias fired 61 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Manuel Cerundolo | Ymer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 77/143 | 88/145 |
| %1st in | 54% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 49/77 | 61/88 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 38/66 | 31/57 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 54% |
Manuel Cerundolo fired 8 aces (4 per match). Ymer struck 6 aces (3 per match). Manuel Cerundolo won 64% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Ymer won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Manuel Cerundolo | Ymer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 7 |
| Converted | 11/21 | 7/21 |
| % Converted | 52% | 33% |
| Conceded | 12 | 7 |
| Saved | 7 | 4 |
| % Saved | 58% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
The Argentine broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Manuel Cerundolo dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded. Ymer broke his opponents 7 times with a 33% conversion rate. Ymer conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Manuel Cerundolo | ||||
| R1 Chazal |
R2 Barrena |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 4-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 25 | 44 | |
| pts | 65-48 | 88-70 | 153-118 | |
| Total points | 113 | 158 | 271 | |
| Winners | 22 | 27 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 31% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 32/51 | 45/92 | 77/143 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 49% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 22/32 | 27/45 | 49/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 60% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 27/47 | 38/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 57% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 6/9 | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 67% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 | 12 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 6/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 67% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Ymer | ||||
| R1 Dzumhur |
R2 Pablo Patino-Samudio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 7-63 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | 42 | |
| pts | 82-73 | 80-62 | 162-135 | |
| Total points | 155 | 142 | 297 | |
| Winners | 27 | 34 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 43% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 41/72 | 47/73 | 88/145 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 64% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 27/41 | 34/47 | 61/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 72% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | 15/26 | 31/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 58% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 3/7 | 7/21 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 43% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 3/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 75% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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