Daniel Michalski and Cezar Cretu will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Szekesfehervar Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on Court 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniel Michalski who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Daniel Michalski is the pick to win this match.
Daniel Michalski -> 1.69
Cezar Cretu -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Daniel Michalski vs. Cezar Cretu
This will be the 3rd time that Daniel Michalski and Cezar Cretu clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Michalski (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Michalski won 6-2 6-1 in the quarter in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula back in 2022.
Daniel Michalski
7 - 7win/loss
405
243
LWLLWWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-26 | 1-6 | 36-19 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-25 | 4-6 | 36-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-24 | 0-0 | 51-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-25 | 0-3 | 47-20 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-10 | 7-3 | 4-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 295, Michalski got to the 2nd round after beating Evan Furness 6-1 5-7 7-65, Jonas Forejtek 7-5 6-73 7-65 and Dominic Thiem 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Daniel had a good straight sets win against Thiem (6-3 6-4). During the match, Michalski scored 76 points vs Thiem’s 61. Michalski was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Michalski was unable to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Daniel Michalski lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Michalski put 64% of his first serves in, winning 69% (34/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the 2nd serve. Michalski broke Thiem 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Michalski has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (206-124). 3-0 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Michalski has an overall173-88 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Daniel has an aggregate 6-7 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 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 | 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 |
| 2020 | 21-9 | 14-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 334 (career-high), Cretu reached the 2nd round after defeating Kolos Kincses 7-5 6-2, Nino Serdarusic 6-4 7-5 and Pol Martin Tiffon 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, Cezar had a good straight sets win against Martin Tiffon (6-2 6-1). During the match Cretu scored 56 points vs Martin Tiffon’s 30. Cezar was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Cretu managed to score 2 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Cezar Cretu was extremely effective on serve to win 84% (21/25) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Cezar was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Martin Tiffon 4 times.
Cezar’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya.
Cezar has an overall 15-4 win-loss record in 2024, 15-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Szekesfehervar Challenger
Cretu has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Michalski | Cretu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 89 | 57 |
| Pts | 319-290 | 200-140 |
| Total Points | 609 | 340 |
| Winners | 138 | 86 |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% |
Both Michalski and Cretu played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Daniel Michalski surrendered 2 sets while Cezar Cretu hasn’t conceded a set so far. Michalski has played 2 sets more than Cretu (8 vs 6). Therefore, Michalski played 32 games more than Cretu. Michalski scored 138 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Cretu blasted 86 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Michalski | Cretu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 194/312 | 111/171 |
| %1st in | 62% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 138/194 | 86/111 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 63/118 | 35/60 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 58% |
Michalski blasted 6 aces (2 per match). Cretu struck 7 aces (2.3 per match). Michalski won 71% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Cretu won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Michalski | Cretu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 12 |
| Converted | 11/29 | 12/23 |
| % Converted | 38% | 52% |
| Conceded | 21 | 11 |
| Saved | 15 | 8 |
| % Saved | 71% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 3 |
The Pole broke his opponents 11 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Pole lost his serve 6 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Romanian broke his opponents 12 times with a 52% conversion rate. Cretu conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Michalski | |||||
| Q1 Furness |
Q3 Forejtek |
R1 Thiem |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 5-7 7-65 | 7-5 6-73 7-65 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 38 | 19 | 89 | |
| pts | 122-106 | 121-123 | 76-61 | 319-290 | |
| Total points | 228 | 244 | 137 | 609 | |
| Winners | 59 | 45 | 34 | 138 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 37% | 45% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 79/113 | 66/122 | 49/77 | 194/312 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 54% | 64% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 59/79 | 45/66 | 34/49 | 138/194 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 68% | 69% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/34 | 35/56 | 16/28 | 63/118 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 63% | 57% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 3/10 | 3/7 | 11/29 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 30% | 43% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 5/7 | 6/7 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 71% | 86% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Cretu | |||||
| Q1 Kincses |
Q3 Serdarusic |
R1 Martin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 6-4 7-5 | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 22 | 15 | 57 | |
| pts | 74-53 | 70-57 | 56-30 | 200-140 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | 86 | 340 | |
| Winners | 32 | 33 | 21 | 86 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 47% | 38% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 45/67 | 41/57 | 25/47 | 111/171 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 72% | 53% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 32/45 | 33/41 | 21/25 | 86/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 80% | 84% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/22 | 12/16 | 14/22 | 35/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 75% | 64% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 2/7 | 4/4 | 12/23 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 29% | 100% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 0 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 100% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
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