Marco Cecchinato and Dragos Nicolae Madaras will face off in the 1st round of the Banja Luka Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on CENTRAL COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marco Cecchinato who should win in 3 sets.
Marco Cecchinato -> 1.47
Dragos Nicolae Madaras -> 2.54
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Prediction and head to head Marco Cecchinato vs. Dragos Nicolae Madaras
There is no head to head record between Marco Cecchinato and Dragos Nicolae Madaras since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Marco Cecchinato
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-34 | 0-0 | 39-34 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 110, Marco will start his run in the Banja Luka Challenger after he played his last match in Kitzbuhel where he lost 6-2 6-2 to Elahi Galan Riveros in the 1st round on the 31st of July.
The Italian has a compiled 13-19 win-loss record in 2023, 12-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Marco’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Estoril.
Talking about his overall career, The Italian has an overall 439-314 record. He has a positive 398-227 record on clay.
Previously in the Banja Luka Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2013. See his history.
Dragos Nicolae Madaras
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-4 | 4-1 | 17-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 74-16 | 0-0 | 73-15 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-29 | 0-2 | 40-22 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 83-31 | 9-3 | 74-27 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 197, Nicolae will start his run in the Banja Luka Challenger after he played his last match in the San Marino Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Coppejans in the 1st round on the 1st of August.
Nicolae has an overall 73-15 win-loss record in 2023, 72-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Romanian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Cairo,M25 Antalya,M25 Varnamo,M15 Nyiregyhaza and M25 Brasov.
In terms of his career, Dragos has an overall 323-164 record. He has a positive 294-138 record on clay.
Previously in the Banja Luka Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2022. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Banja Luka Challenger
- Mirza BasicBasic – Kirill KivattsevKivattsev (7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Akira SantillanSantillan – Yanaki MilevMilev (2-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Marko TopoTopo – Marat Sharipov (RUS)Sharipov (RUS) (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Aldin SetkicSetkic – Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz (4-6 6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Eric VanshelboimVanshelboim – Denys KlokKlok (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Miljan ZekicZekic – Stefan PopovicPopovic (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Marko TopoTopo – Marat Sharipov (RUS)Sharipov (RUS) (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Akira SantillanSantillan – Yanaki MilevMilev (2-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Eric VanshelboimVanshelboim – Denys KlokKlok (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Aldin SetkicSetkic – Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz (4-6 6-3 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Mirza BasicBasic – Kirill KivattsevKivattsev (7-6(2) 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Aldin SetkicSetkic – Benoit PairePaire (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nerman FaticFatic – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Mirza BasicBasic (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Akira SantillanSantillan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Eric VanshelboimVanshelboim (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Miljan ZekicZekic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Dragos Nicolae MadarasNicolae Madaras – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Clement TaburTabur – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Norbert GombosGombos (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Mariano NavoneNavone (0-0) – H2H and prediction