Nino Serdarusic and Cezar Cretu will play each other in the qualifications of the Szekesfehervar Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Nino Serdarusic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nino Serdarusic is the pick to win this match.
Nino Serdarusic -> 1.53
Cezar Cretu -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Nino Serdarusic vs. Cezar Cretu
There is no head to head record between Nino Serdarusic and Cezar Cretu since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Nino Serdarusic
4 - 6win/loss
320
167
LLWWWWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-9 | 1-2 | 9-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-33 | 0-4 | 26-23 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-34 | 6-6 | 17-20 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-33 | 0-0 | 23-25 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-14 | 3-2 | 6-5 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 315, the Croatian reached the qualifications after defeating Edas Butvilas 6-2 4-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Nino defeated Butvilas (6-2 4-6 6-3). During the match, Serdarusic scored 83 points vs Butvilas’s 71. Serdarusic was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, Serdarusic made 6 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Nino Serdarusic was quite effective on serve to win 74% (43/58) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Serdarusic broke Butvilas 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Serdarusic has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (332-275). 3-2 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Serdarusic has a compiled 282-193 record in the last years on clay.
Serdarusic has an aggregate 4-5 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Szekesfehervar Challenger
Cezar Cretu
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-9 | 0-0 | 18-9 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2020 | 21-9 | 14-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 334 (career-high), the Romanian got to the qualifications after defeating Kolos Kincses 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Kincses (7-5 6-2). During the match Cretu scored 74 points vs Kincses’s 53. Cretu was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Cretu scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Cezar Cretu lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Cretu put 67% of his first serves in, winning 71% (32/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (9/22) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Kincses 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
The Romanian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya.
The Romanian has a composed 13-4 win-loss record in 2024, 13-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Szekesfehervar Challenger
The Romanian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Serdarusic | Cretu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 20 |
| Pts | 83-71 | 74-53 |
| Total Points | 154 | 127 |
| Winners | 43 | 32 |
| %Winners | 52% | 43% |
Both Serdarusic and Cretu played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Nino Serdarusic lost 1 set while Cezar Cretu hasn’t dropped a set so far. Serdarusic has played 1 set more than Cretu (3 vs 2). Therefore, Serdarusic played 7 games more than Cretu. Serdarusic scored 43 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian fired 32 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Serdarusic | Cretu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1 |
| 1st in | 58/81 | 45/67 |
| %1st in | 72% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 43/58 | 32/45 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 9/22 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 41% |
Serdarusic made 6 aces . Cretu blasted 1 ace . Serdarusic won 74% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Cretu won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Serdarusic | Cretu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 1 | 9 |
| Saved | 0 | 6 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Nino broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Croatian surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Cezar broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Cezar conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Serdarusic | |||
| Q1 Butvilas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 83-71 | 83-71 | |
| Total points | 154 | 154 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 58/81 | 58/81 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 43/58 | 43/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 14/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Cretu | |||
| Q1 Kincses |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 74-53 | 74-53 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 45/67 | 45/67 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 32/45 | 32/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/22 | 9/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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