Francisco Comesana and Juan Manuel Cerundolo will square off in the 2nd round of the Mauthausen Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francisco Comesana who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francisco Comesana is the pick to win this match.
Francisco Comesana -> 1.78
Juan Manuel Cerundolo -> 1.97
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Prediction and head to head Francisco Comesana vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo
This will be the 3rd time that Francisco Comesana and Juan Manuel Cerundolo fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Manuel (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Manuel won 6-3 6-0 in the quarter in M15 Helsinki back in 2019.
Francisco Comesana
15 - 11win/loss
85
84
LWWWWWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-28 | 8-5 | 31-21 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-25 | 2-2 | 57-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-18 | 2-2 | 28-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-15 | 0-0 | 49-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-10 | 7-6 | 5-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 91 (career-high), the Argentine got to the 2nd round after beating Joris De Loore 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against De Loore (6-3 6-3). During the match, Comesana scored 65 points vs De Loore’s 53. Comesana was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Comesana scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Francisco Comesana was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (31/42) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Comesana broke De Loore 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Comesana has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (241-130). 14-9 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Comesana has a composed229-116 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Oeiras 3 Challenger where he overcame Ugo Blanchet in the final 6-4 3-6 7-5.
Comesana has an aggregate 15-11 win-loss record in 2024, 14-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mauthausen Challenger
Comesana has never competed in this tournament before.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo
14 - 13win/loss
139
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. 167, the Argentine reached the 2nd round after defeating Sandro Kopp 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Juan had a good straight sets win against Kopp (6-2 6-3). During the match Manuel scored 63 points vs Kopp’s 49. Manuel was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Manuel scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Juan Manuel Cerundolo lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Manuel put 47% of his first serves in, winning 71% (22/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (13/35) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Kopp 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Manuel has an overall 14-13 win-loss record in 2024, 14-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Comesana | Manuel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 |
| Pts | 65-53 | 63-49 |
| Total Points | 118 | 112 |
| Winners | 31 | 22 |
| %Winners | 48% | 35% |
Both Comesana and Manuel played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Comesana and Manuel have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Comesana played 1 game more than Manuel. The Argentine scored 31 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Manuel recorded 22 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Comesana | Manuel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
| 1st in | 42/63 | 31/66 |
| %1st in | 67% | 47% |
| 1st pts | 31/42 | 22/31 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 13/35 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 37% |
Comesana fired 4 aces . Manuel made 1 ace . Comesana won 74% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Manuel won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 37% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Comesana | Manuel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 6/8 |
| % Converted | 75% | 75% |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Francisco broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Comesana had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Argentine broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Juan conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Comesana | |||
| R1 De Loore |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 65-53 | 65-53 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/63 | 42/63 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 31/42 | 31/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 12/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Manuel | |||
| R1 Kopp |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 63-49 | 63-49 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 31/66 | 31/66 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 22/31 | 22/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/35 | 13/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | 37% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWLWLWW Tennis Scores in Mauthausen Challenger
- Gerald MelzerMelzer – Jerome KymKym (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg – Sebastian SorgerSorger (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Vilius GaubasGaubas (6-0 7-60) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Joris De LooreDe Loore (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Gustavo HeideHeide – Arthur GeaGea (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Gabriel DialloDiallo (4-6 7-5 4-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler – Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz (7-61 6-4) – See score progression
- Lucas PouillePouille – Dennis NovakNovak (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Matteo MartineauMartineau (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (5-7 6-1 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-2 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Sandro KoppKopp (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-2 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Joris De LooreDe Loore (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg – Sebastian SorgerSorger (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Lucas PouillePouille – Dennis NovakNovak (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler – Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz (7-6(1) 6-4) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Gabriel DialloDiallo (4-6 7-5 4-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Vilius GaubasGaubas (6-0 7-6(0)) – See score progression
- Gustavo HeideHeide – Arthur GeaGea (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Gerald MelzerMelzer – Jerome KymKym (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Elias YmerYmer (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gerald MelzerMelzer – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lucas PouillePouille – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (0-2) – H2H and prediction
