Clement Chidekh and Marco Cecchinato will square off in the qualifications of the Tunis Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT AZIZ ZOUHIR. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marco Cecchinato who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marco Cecchinato is the pick to win this match.
Marco Cecchinato -> 1.52
Clement Chidekh -> 2.42
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Prediction and head to head Clement Chidekh vs. Marco Cecchinato
There is no head to head record between Clement Chidekh and Marco Cecchinato since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Clement Chidekh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-12 | 0-0 | 7-6 | 27-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-17 | 11-9 | 0-0 | 24-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-9 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 26-5 | 23-4 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 290, the French player reached the qualifications after defeating Anas Bennour Dit Sahli 6-0 5-7 6-0.
In the qualifications, Clement defeated Bennour Dit Sahli (6-0 5-7 6-0). During the match, Chidekh scored 87 points vs Bennour Dit Sahli’s 61. Clement was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Chidekh was unable to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 8 double faults. Clement Chidekh lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Chidekh put 54% of his first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (18/36) on the 2nd serve. Clement broke Bennour Dit Sahli 8 times after converting 73% of his break points (8/11).
Chidekh has a fantastic match record in the last 7 years having won 70% of his matches (117-51). 7-4 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Chidekh has a composed7-5 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Glasgow Challenger where he beat Paul Jubb in the final 0-6 6-4 6-1.
Chidekh has an overall 34-10 win-loss record in 2024, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tunis Challenger
Clement has never competed in this tournament before.
Marco Cecchinato
10 - 13win/loss
387
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LWWLWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-14 | 0-2 | 12-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-23 | 1-4 | 12-17 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-33 | 0-3 | 43-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-27 | 1-5 | 31-19 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-17 | 1-4 | 22-11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 328, Cecchinato got to the qualifications after beating Carlos Sanchez Jover 6-1 1-6 6-1.
In the qualifications, Cecchinato defeated Sanchez Jover (6-1 1-6 6-1). During the match Cecchinato scored 70 points vs Sanchez Jover’s 57. Cecchinato was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Cecchinato made 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Marco Cecchinato lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Cecchinato put 76% of his first serves in, winning 64% (34/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the 2nd serve. Marco broke Sanchez Jover 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Marco’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Punta Del Este Challenger.
The Italian has an aggregate 9-13 win-loss record in 2024, 9-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Chidekh | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 21 |
| Pts | 87-61 | 70-57 |
| Total Points | 148 | 127 |
| Winners | 30 | 34 |
| %Winners | 34% | 49% |
Both Chidekh and Cecchinato played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Clement Chidekh lost 1 set, while Marco Cecchinato dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Chidekh and Cecchinato have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Chidekh played 3 games more than Cecchinato. Chidekh scored 30 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Marco made 34 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Chidekh | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 2 |
| 1st in | 43/79 | 53/70 |
| %1st in | 54% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | 34/53 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 18/36 | 11/17 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 65% |
Chidekh didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Cecchinato bagged 2 aces . Chidekh won 70% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Cecchinato won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Chidekh | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 4 |
| Converted | 8/11 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 73% | 67% |
| Conceded | 9 | 8 |
| Saved | 6 | 6 |
| % Saved | 67% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Clement broke his opponent 8 times with a 73% conversion rate. Chidekh surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Marco broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Marco conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Chidekh | |||
| Q1 Bennour Dit Sahli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 5-7 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 87-61 | 87-61 | |
| Total points | 148 | 148 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 43/79 | 43/79 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | 30/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/36 | 18/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/11 | 8/11 | |
| Converted % | 73% | 73% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Cecchinato | |||
| Q1 Sanchez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 1-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 70-57 | 70-57 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 53/70 | 53/70 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 34/53 | 34/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 11/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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