Filip Cristian Jianu and Kai Wehnelt will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Sibiu Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 5. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Filip Cristian Jianu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Filip Cristian Jianu is the pick to win this match.
Filip Cristian Jianu -> 1.43
Kai Wehnelt -> 2.67
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Prediction and head to head Filip Cristian Jianu vs. Kai Wehnelt
There is no head to head record between Filip Cristian Jianu and Kai Wehnelt since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Filip Cristian Jianu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 70-34 | 0-0 | 70-33 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-35 | 2-2 | 44-29 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-38 | 3-9 | 22-20 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 50-39 | 7-5 | 41-28 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 19-15 | 9-5 | 10-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 341, Filip got to the qualifications after defeating Dragos Constantin Ignat 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications, Cristian Jianu had a good straight sets win against Constantin Ignat (6-1 6-4). During the match, Cristian Jianu scored 58 points vs Constantin Ignat’s 38. Cristian Jianu was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cristian Jianu scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Filip Cristian Jianu lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Cristian Jianu put 66% of his first serves in, winning 61% (19/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Constantin Ignat 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Cristian Jianu has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 56% of his matches (198-154). 28-22 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Cristian Jianu has a composed155-106 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Romanian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Oeiras 1 Challenger,Larnaca and M15 Pirot.
The Romanian has an aggregate 36-28 win-loss record in 2023, 28-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sibiu Challenger
Kai Wehnelt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-23 | 7-7 | 12-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| 2023 | 36-33 | 16-8 | 20-21 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-31 | 4-6 | 19-20 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 29-26 | 16-9 | 12-14 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-5 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
Ranked no. 662, the German reached the qualifications after beating Vladyslav Orlov 7-5 6-75 6-4.
In the qualifications, Wehnelt defeated Orlov (7-5 6-75 6-4). During the match Wehnelt scored 120 points vs Orlov’s 111. Wehnelt was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.
About the serving games, Wehnelt struck 11 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Kai Wehnelt was exceptionally effective on serve to win 71% (45/63) of his 1st serve and 51% (24/47) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Kai broke Orlov 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
The German’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Poznan.
Kai has a compiled 21-24 win-loss record in 2023, 18-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sibiu Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cristian Jianu | Wehnelt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 35 |
| Pts | 58-38 | 120-111 |
| Total Points | 96 | 231 |
| Winners | 19 | 45 |
| %Winners | 33% | 38% |
Both Cristian Jianu and Wehnelt played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Kai Wehnelt surrendered 1 set while Filip Cristian Jianu hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cristian Jianu has played 1 set(s) less than Wehnelt (2 vs 3). Therefore, Cristian Jianu played 18 games less than Wehnelt. Cristian Jianu scored 19 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Wehnelt scored 45 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cristian Jianu | Wehnelt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 11 |
| 1st in | 31/47 | 63/110 |
| %1st in | 66% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 19/31 | 45/63 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 24/47 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 51% |
Cristian Jianu managed to score 1 ace . Wehnelt also managed to score 11 aces . Cristian Jianu won 61% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Wehnelt won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cristian Jianu | Wehnelt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/8 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 75% | 45% |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 |
| Saved | 4 | 5 |
| % Saved | 67% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The Romanian broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Filip dropped his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Wehnelt broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Kai conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cristian Jianu | |||
| Q1 Constantin Ignat |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 58-38 | 58-38 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 31/47 | 31/47 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 19/31 | 19/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 9/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Wehnelt | |||
| Q1 Orlov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-75 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 120-111 | 120-111 | |
| Total points | 231 | 231 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 63/110 | 63/110 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 45/63 | 45/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/47 | 24/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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