Karen Khachanov and Francisco Cerundolo will fight against each other in the 3^rd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:30 pm on PIETRANGELI. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karen Khachanov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Karen Khachanov is the pick to win this match.
Karen Khachanov -> 1.63
Francisco Cerundolo -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Francisco Cerundolo

This will be the 5^th time that Karen Khachanov and Francisco Cerundolo square off. The head to head is 4-0 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Khachanov won 4-6 6-4 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Monte carlo back in April 2024.

Karen Khachanov

Ranked no. 18, the Russian got to the 3^rd round after beating Alexander Shevchenko 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Shevchenko (6-4 6-4). During the match, Khachanov scored 74 points vs Shevchenko’s 63. Karen was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Khachanov struck 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Karen Khachanov was pretty efficient on serve to win 84% (31/37) of his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Karen broke Shevchenko twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Khachanov has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (354-224). 6-2 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Khachanov has a composed 94-61 match record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Doha where he defeated Jakub Mensik in the final 7-6(12) 6-4.

The Russian has a compiled 18-8 win-loss record in 2024, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Francisco Cerundolo

Ranked no. 22, Cerundolo reached the 3^rd round after defeating Matteo Gigante 6-1 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Gigante (6-1 6-3). During the match Cerundolo scored 64 points vs Gigante’s 39. Cerundolo was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Cerundolo bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Francisco Cerundolo was very efficient on serve to win 75% (24/32) of his 1st serve and 64% (7/11) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Cerundolo broke Gigante 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).

Cerundolo’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Rio de Janeiro.

The Argentine has a compiled 13-13 win-loss record in 2024, 10-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Khachanov	Cerundolo
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	16
Pts	74-63	64-39
Total Points	137	103
Winners	31	24
%Winners	42%	38%

Both Khachanov and Cerundolo played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Khachanov and Cerundolo have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Khachanov played 4 games more than Cerundolo. Khachanov scored 31 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Francisco made 24 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Khachanov	Cerundolo
Aces	6	2
Avg per match	6	2
1st in	37/69	32/43
%1st in	54%	74%
1st pts	31/37	24/32
%1st pts	84%	75%
2nd pts	17/32	7/11
%2nd pts	53%	64%

Khachanov blasted 6 aces . Cerundolo fired 2 aces . Khachanov won 84% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Cerundolo won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Khachanov	Cerundolo
Won	2	5
Converted	2/3	5/14
% Converted	67%	36%
Conceded	3	4
Saved	3	3
% Saved	100%	75%
Times Broken	0	1

Karen broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Karen was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. Cerundolo broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Francisco conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Khachanov
	R2 Shevchenko	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	74-63	74-63
Total points	137	137
Winners	31	31
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	37/69	37/69
% 1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	31/37	31/37
% 1st pts	84%	84%
2nd pts	17/32	17/32
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/3	2/3
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	3/3	3
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Cerundolo
	R2 Gigante	Total
Score	6-1 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	64-39	64-39
Total points	103	103
Winners	24	24
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	32/43	32/43
% 1st in	74%	74%
1st pts	24/32	24/32
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	7/11	7/11
% 2nd pts	64%	64%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/14	5/14
Converted %	36%	36%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Rome

• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Jack DraperDraper (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Arthur FilsFils (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Sebastian Baez
  Baez – Dusan LajovicLajovic (7-6³ 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Rafael NadalNadal (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Nicolas JarryJarry – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-2 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Juncheng ShangShang (6-7³ 6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Ben SheltonShelton – Pavel KotovKotov (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Luciano DarderiDarderi – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Taylor FritzFritz – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Casper RuudRuud (0-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Flavio CobolliCobolli (7-6⁶ 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
• Francesco PassaroPassaro – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (4-6 6-3 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (7-5 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Matteo GiganteGigante (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Juncheng ShangShang (6-7(3) 6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Nicolas JarryJarry – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-2 7-6(6)) – See score progression
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Arthur FilsFils (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Rafael NadalNadal (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Dusan LajovicLajovic (7-6(3) 7-6(6)) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-6(4) 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Jack DraperDraper (7-5 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Marcos GironGiron – Andrey RublevRublev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Nicolas JarryJarry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ZverevZverev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Sebastian KordaKorda (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tommy PaulPaul – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (4-3) – H2H and prediction
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-4) – H2H and prediction
• Francesco PassaroPassaro – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-0) – H2H and prediction