H2H, prediction of Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs Gianluca Mager in Punta Del Este Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 26th January 2024

PREVIEW. Punta Del Este Challenger. Manuel Cerundolo and Mager will fight against each other in the quarter of the Punta Del Este Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Friday the 26th of January

Prediction and head to head Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Gianluca Mager

Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Gianluca Mager will play each other in the quarter of the Punta Del Este Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 8:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. 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 Juan Manuel Cerundolo who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Juan Manuel Cerundolo is the pick to win this match.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo -> 1.47
Gianluca Mager -> 2.52

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Prediction and head to head Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Gianluca Mager

This will be the 2nd time that Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Gianluca Mager clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Manuel Cerundolo (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Manuel Cerundolo won 3-6 6-0 6-1 in the qualifications in Buenos Aires back in 2020.

Juan Manuel Cerundolo

Juan Manuel Cerundolo
Juan Manuel Cerundolo

2 - 3win/loss

Hard
0-2
I Hard
0-0
Clay
2-1
Rank
141
High
79
LLWWWLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 46-28 0-3 46-25 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. 138, the Argentine reached the quarter after defeating Alessandro Giannessi 1-6 6-4 6-1 and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-1 6-3.

In the 2nd round, Manuel Cerundolo had a good straight sets win against Sanchez-Izquierdo (6-1 6-3). During the match, Manuel Cerundolo scored 56 points vs Sanchez-Izquierdo’s 41. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Manuel Cerundolo managed to score 2 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Juan Manuel Cerundolo was very efficient on serve to win 74% (25/34) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Argentine broke Sanchez-Izquierdo 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Juan has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.

Manuel Cerundolo has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (201-123). 2-0 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Manuel Cerundolo has a composed192-104 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.

Juan has an overall 2-2 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Punta Del Este Challenger

Manuel Cerundolo
Punta Del Este Challenger
Manuel Cerundolo's Record

Gianluca Mager

Gianluca Mager
Gianluca Mager

7 - 2win/loss

Clay
7-2
Rank
225
High
62
LLWWWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 41-25 0-0 41-24 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 18-20 3-5 15-15 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 20-28 2-5 17-21 1-2 0-0 0-0
2021 33-28 4-7 22-15 6-5 1-1 0-0
2020 12-15 1-4 10-10 1-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 327, Gianluca reached the quarter after defeating Hernan Casanova 6-4 6-4, Carlos Taberner 6-4 7-62, Ivan Gakhov 3-6 7-65 7-63 and Francisco Comesana 7-68 6-4.

In the 2nd round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Comesana (7-68 6-4). During the match Mager scored 82 points vs Comesana’s 76. Gianluca was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Mager managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Gianluca Mager was quite effective on serve to win 73% (30/41) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Mager broke Comesana 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Gianluca started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

The Italian has a compiled 6-2 win-loss record in 2024, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Mager
Punta Del Este Challenger
Mager's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

J.Manuel Cerundolo
G.Mager
3h:13
3h:13
Time on court​
!
8h:18
8h:18
1h:18
1h:18
Last match​
1h:57
1h:57
2
2
Match played
!
4
4
40
40
Games Played​
101
101
5
5
Set played​​
9
9
133
133
Total points​
342
342
66.5
66.5
Avg point​
85.5
85.5
46
46
Winners
132
132
23
23
Avg Winners​
33
33
35%
35%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
23
23
1
1
Avg Aces
5.8
5.8
3
3
Double Faults
10
10
1.5
1.5
Avg Double Faults
2.5
2.5
46/70
46/70
1st won total​
132/179
132/179
66%
66%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
26/46
26/46
2nd won total​
62/130
62/130
57%
57%
2nd won %
48%
48%
-- Break Points --
9/23
9/23
BP won
15/41
15/41
4.5/11.5
4.5/11.5
Avg BP won
3.8/10.3
3.8/10.3
39%
39%
Won
37%
37%
7
7
Conceded
18
18
3.5
3.5
Avg Conceded
4.5
4.5
4
4
Broken
12
12
2
2
Avg Broken
3
3
3
3
Saved
6
6

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Manuel Cerundolo Mager
Match played 2 4
Tot Set 5 9
Tot Games 40 101
Pts 133-109 342-321
Total Points 242 663
Winners 46 132
%Winners 35% 39%

Manuel Cerundolo played 2 matches while Mager competed in 4 matches. Mager started his run from the qualifications while Manuel Cerundolo had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Juan Manuel Cerundolo dropped 1 set, while Gianluca Mager dropped 1 set. Manuel Cerundolo has played 4 set(s) less than Mager (5 vs 9). Therefore, Manuel Cerundolo played 61 games less than Mager. The Argentine scored 46 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian bagged 132 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Manuel Cerundolo Mager
Aces 2 23
Avg per match 1 5.8
1st in 70/116 179/309
%1st in 60% 58%
1st pts 46/70 132/179
%1st pts 66% 74%
2nd pts 26/46 62/130
%2nd pts 57% 48%

Manuel Cerundolo recorded 2 aces (1 per match). Mager fired 23 aces (5.8 per match). Manuel Cerundolo won 66% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Mager won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Manuel Cerundolo Mager
Won 9 15
Converted 9/23 15/41
% Converted 39% 37%
Conceded 7 18
Saved 3 6
% Saved 43% 33%
Times Broken 4 12

Juan broke his opponents 9 times with a 39% conversion rate. Juan surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 15 times with a 37% conversion rate. Mager conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Manuel Cerundolo
R1
Giannessi
R2
Sanchez-Izquierdo
Total
Score 1-6 6-4 6-1 6-1 6-3
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 24 16 40
pts 77-68 56-41 133-109
Total points 145 97 242
Winners 21 25 46
%Winners 27% 45% 35%
SERVE
Aces 0 2 2
Double Faults 3 0 3
1st in 36/65 34/51 70/116
% 1st in 55% 67% 60%
1st pts 21/36 25/34 46/70
% 1st pts 58% 74% 66%
2nd pts 16/29 10/17 26/46
% 2nd pts 55% 59% 57%
Breaks
Won 5 4 9
Converted 5/13 4/10 9/23
Converted % 38% 40% 39%
Conceded 5 2 7
Saved 1/5 2/2 3
Saved % 20% 100% 60%
Times Broken 4 0 4
Mager
Q1
Casanova
Q3
Taberner
R1
Gakhov
R2
Comesana
Total
Score 6-4 6-4 6-4 7-62 3-6 7-65 7-63 7-68 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 3 2 9
Tot Games 20 23 35 23 101
pts 60-49 78-70 122-126 82-76 342-321
Total points 109 148 248 158 663
Winners 22 32 48 30 132
%Winners 37% 41% 39% 37% 39%
SERVE
Aces 5 4 10 4 23
Double Faults 4 2 3 1 10
1st in 31/57 42/67 65/117 41/68 179/309
% 1st in 54% 63% 56% 60% 58%
1st pts 22/31 32/42 48/65 30/41 132/179
% 1st pts 71% 76% 74% 73% 74%
2nd pts 14/26 10/25 22/52 16/27 62/130
% 2nd pts 54% 40% 42% 59% 48%
Breaks
Won 4 4 3 4 15
Converted 4/6 4/7 3/15 4/13 15/41
Converted % 67% 57% 20% 31% 37%
Conceded 2 6 5 5 18
Saved 0/2 3/6 1/5 2/5 6
Saved % 0% 50% 20% 40% 55%
Times Broken 2 3 4 3 12

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Manuel Cerundolo
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Mager
LLWWWWLWWW
2024 2023 2022
46 - 28
41 - 25
46-25
Clay
41-24

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