Denis Yevseyev and Cezar Cretu will play each other in the qualifications of the Girona Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on PISTA 5. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Yevseyev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Denis Yevseyev is the pick to win this match.
Denis Yevseyev -> 1.39
Cezar Cretu -> 2.84
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Prediction and head to head Denis Yevseyev vs. Cezar Cretu
There is no head to head record between Denis Yevseyev and Cezar Cretu since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Denis Yevseyev
12 - 7win/loss
197
153
LWWLLWLLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-27 | 13-11 | 10-11 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-36 | 23-16 | 16-14 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 39-31 | 11-9 | 12-12 | 14-9 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 36-30 | 4-5 | 22-15 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-14 | 10-9 | 2-1 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 184, Denis got to the qualifications after beating Kenny de Schepper 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Denis had a good straight sets win against de Schepper (6-4 6-4). During the match, Yevseyev scored 72 points vs de Schepper’s 63. The Kazakhstani was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Yevseyev was unable to score even 1 ace and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Denis Yevseyev lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Yevseyev put 65% of his first serves in, winning 59% (30/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the 2nd serve. Yevseyev broke de Schepper 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Yevseyev has positive record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (335-252). 1-1 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Yevseyev has an aggregate 111-83 match record in the last years on clay.
The Kazakhstani’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Tenerife 1 Challenger.
Yevseyev has a composed 12-7 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Girona Challenger
Denis has never competed in this tournament before.
Cezar Cretu
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 45-20 | 0-1 | 43-19 | 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. 327 (career-high), the Romanian reached the qualifications after beating Norbert Gombos 6-2 6-0.
In the qualifications, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Gombos (6-2 6-0). During the match Cretu scored 61 points vs Gombos’s 35. Cezar was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Cretu blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Cezar Cretu was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (24/33) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Romanian broke Gombos 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
The Romanian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Antalya.
Cezar has an aggregate 17-6 win-loss record in 2024, 17-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Yevseyev | Cretu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 14 |
| Pts | 72-63 | 61-35 |
| Total Points | 135 | 96 |
| Winners | 30 | 24 |
| %Winners | 42% | 39% |
Both Yevseyev and Cretu played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Yevseyev and Cretu have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Yevseyev played 6 games more than Cretu. Yevseyev scored 30 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian managed to score 24 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Yevseyev | Cretu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 2 |
| 1st in | 51/78 | 33/49 |
| %1st in | 65% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 30/51 | 24/33 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 10/16 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 63% |
Yevseyev didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Cretu fired 2 aces . Yevseyev won 59% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Cretu won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Yevseyev | Cretu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 50% | 56% |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
The Kazakhstani broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani lost his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Romanian broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Cretu was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Yevseyev | |||
| Q1 de Schepper |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 72-63 | 72-63 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 51/78 | 51/78 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 30/51 | 30/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Cretu | |||
| Q1 Gombos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 61-35 | 61-35 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 33/49 | 33/49 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 24/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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