Radu Albot and Marco Cecchinato will clash against each other in the quarter of the Punta Del Este Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:00 pm on CANCHA 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 Marco Cecchinato who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marco Cecchinato is the pick to win this match.
Marco Cecchinato -> 1.86
Radu Albot -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Radu Albot vs. Marco Cecchinato
This will be the 4th time that Radu Albot and Marco Cecchinato face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Albot (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Cecchinato won 6-3 7-6(7) in the 1st round in Kitzbuhel back in 2021.
Radu Albot
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-18 | 3-3 | 17-11 | 4-3 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-34 | 10-13 | 13-8 | 12-10 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-30 | 25-14 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-27 | 4-9 | 2-8 | 13-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-18 | 0-8 | 2-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 130, the Moldovan got to the quarter after beating Genaro Alberto Olivieri 6-4 6-2 and Luciano Darderi 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Albot had a good straight sets win against Darderi (7-5 6-4). During the match, Albot scored 85 points vs Darderi’s 79. The Moldovan was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Albot recorded 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Radu Albot conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 10 break points. Furthermore, Albot put 71% of his first serves in, winning 66% (42/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the 2nd serve. The Moldovan broke Darderi twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Moldovan hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
Albot has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (313-268). 2-0 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Albot has a composed 90-77 record in the last years on clay.
The Moldovan has a composed 2-2 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Punta Del Este Challenger
Albot has never competed in this tournament before.
Marco Cecchinato
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LWLWWWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-19 | 0-2 | 19-17 | 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 |
| 2020 | 25-17 | 1-4 | 22-11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 216, Cecchinato reached the quarter after defeating Cristian Garin 6-3 6-2 and Santiago Rodriguez Taverna 7-64 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Rodriguez Taverna (7-64 6-1). During the match Cecchinato scored 73 points vs Rodriguez Taverna’s 57. Cecchinato was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Cecchinato wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Marco Cecchinato lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Cecchinato put 73% of his first serves in, winning 70% (33/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the 2nd serve. Marco broke Rodriguez Taverna 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cecchinato hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
The Italian has a composed 2-2 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Albot | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 37 |
| Pts | 150-125 | 133-98 |
| Total Points | 275 | 231 |
| Winners | 66 | 60 |
| %Winners | 44% | 45% |
Both Albot and Cecchinato played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Albot and Cecchinato have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Albot played 3 games more than Cecchinato. Radu scored 66 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian managed to score 60 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Albot | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 93/147 | 85/122 |
| %1st in | 63% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 66/93 | 60/85 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 32/54 | 17/37 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 46% |
Albot scored 4 aces (2 per match). Cecchinato bagged 1 ace (0.5 per match). Albot won 71% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Cecchinato won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Albot | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 9 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 9/12 |
| % Converted | 45% | 75% |
| Conceded | 13 | 12 |
| Saved | 13 | 9 |
| % Saved | 100% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Radu broke his opponents 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Albot pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 13 break points. Marco broke his opponents 9 times with a 75% conversion rate. Cecchinato conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Albot | ||||
| R1 Alberto |
R2 Darderi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 22 | 40 | |
| pts | 65-46 | 85-79 | 150-125 | |
| Total points | 111 | 164 | 275 | |
| Winners | 24 | 42 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 49% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/57 | 64/90 | 93/147 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 71% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 24/29 | 42/64 | 66/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 66% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 16/26 | 32/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 62% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 2/5 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 40% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 10 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 10/10 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cecchinato | ||||
| R1 Garin |
R2 Rodriguez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-64 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 37 | |
| pts | 60-41 | 73-57 | 133-98 | |
| Total points | 101 | 130 | 231 | |
| Winners | 27 | 33 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 38/58 | 47/64 | 85/122 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 73% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 33/47 | 60/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 70% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/20 | 9/17 | 17/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 53% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/5 | 9/12 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 80% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 2 | 12 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 1/2 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 50% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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