Giovanni Fonio and Cezar Cretu will square off in the 1st round of the Sibiu Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 5:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 Giovanni Fonio who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Giovanni Fonio is the pick to win this match.
Giovanni Fonio -> 1.55
Cezar Cretu -> 2.34

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Prediction and head to head Giovanni Fonio vs. Cezar Cretu

This will be the 2nd time that Giovanni Fonio and Cezar Cretu square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Fonio (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Fonio won 6-1 6-4 in the final in M15 Antalya back in 2022.

Giovanni Fonio

Giovanni Fonio

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Rank
440
High
269
LWLLWLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 36-24 6-3 27-19 3-2 0-0 0-0
2024 36-33 12-8 24-24 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 52-39 22-12 28-26 2-1 0-0 0-0
2022 40-29 0-0 40-28 0-1 0-0 0-0
2021 43-22 0-0 40-20 2-1 1-1 0-0

Ranked no. 305, Fonio will start his run in the Sibiu Challenger after he played his last match in the Genova Challenger where he lost 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3 to Agamenone in the 1st round on the 4th of September.

Giovanni has an aggregate 38-28 win-loss record in 2023, 21-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Fonio’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger,M25 Loule and the Todi Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, Fonio has an overall 252-173 record. He has a positive 194-135 record on clay.

Previously in the Sibiu Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.

Sibiu Challenger
Fonio's Record

Cezar Cretu

Cezar Cretu

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Rank
389
High
288
LLWLWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 52-26 5-2 46-22 1-2 0-0 0-0
2024 52-26 4-5 46-21 2-0 0-0 0-0
2023 55-22 13-9 42-13 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 60-26 0-0 60-26 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 41-19 0-3 41-16 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 355, will start his run in the Sibiu Challenger after he played his last match in 3 where he overcame 6-4 6-4 to Wu in the Rubber 4 on the 16th of September.

Cezar has an overall 47-16 win-loss record in 2023, 42-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

The Romanian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Bucharest,M25 Pitesti and M15 Constanta.

The Romanian won his last 6 matches.

In terms of his career, The Romanian has an overall 184-78 record. He has a positive 165-66 record on clay.

Previously in the Sibiu Challenger

Cezar has never competed in this tournament before.

Sibiu Challenger
Cretu's Record

Tennis Scores in Sibiu Challenger

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