Filip Cristian Jianu and Marco Cecchinato will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Skopje Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:30 am on COURT 5. 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 -> 1.727
Filip Cristian Jianu -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Filip Cristian Jianu vs. Marco Cecchinato
There is no head to head record between Filip Cristian Jianu and Marco Cecchinato since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Filip Cristian Jianu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 52-17 | 0-0 | 52-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-35 | 2-2 | 44-29 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-38 | 3-9 | 22-20 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 50-39 | 7-5 | 41-28 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 19-15 | 9-5 | 10-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 286, Filip got to the 2nd round after defeating Federico Cina 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Cina (6-4 6-3). During the match, Cristian Jianu scored 68 points vs Cina’s 54. Filip was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cristian Jianu scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Filip Cristian Jianu was quite effective on serve to win 71% (25/35) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Cristian Jianu broke Cina 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Cristian Jianu has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (257-173). 43-12 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Cristian Jianu has a compiled214-125 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Romanian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M25 Hammamet and M15 Kish Island.
The Romanian has an overall 43-12 win-loss record in 2024, 43-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Skopje Challenger
Marco Cecchinato
11 - 14win/loss
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WLWLWWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-19 | 0-2 | 20-17 | 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. 387, Marco reached the 2nd round after beating Alexandar Lazarov 7-65 6-1.
In the 1st round, Cecchinato had a good straight sets win against Lazarov (7-65 6-1). During the match Cecchinato scored 81 points vs Lazarov’s 65. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Cecchinato recorded 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Marco Cecchinato lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Cecchinato put 56% of his first serves in, winning 68% (28/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. Marco broke Lazarov 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Cecchinato’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Punta Del Este Challenger.
The Italian has a composed 11-14 win-loss record in 2024, 11-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Skopje Challenger
Marco has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cristian Jianu | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 |
| Pts | 68-54 | 81-65 |
| Total Points | 122 | 146 |
| Winners | 25 | 28 |
| %Winners | 37% | 35% |
Both Cristian Jianu and Cecchinato played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Cristian Jianu and Cecchinato have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Cristian Jianu played 1 game less than Cecchinato. The Romanian scored 25 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian managed to score 28 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cristian Jianu | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 35/50 | 41/73 |
| %1st in | 70% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 25/35 | 28/41 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 16/32 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 50% |
Cristian Jianu fired 1 ace . Cecchinato also scored 2 aces . Cristian Jianu won 71% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Cecchinato won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cristian Jianu | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 42% | 38% |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 60% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The Romanian broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Filip surrendered his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Marco broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Marco conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cristian Jianu | |||
| R1 Cina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 68-54 | 68-54 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 35/50 | 35/50 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 25/35 | 25/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 8/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Cecchinato | ||||
| R1 Lazarov |
R1 Lazarov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-1 | 7-65 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | 40 | |
| pts | 81-65 | 81-65 | 162-130 | |
| Total points | 146 | 146 | 292 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 41/73 | 41/73 | 82/146 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 28/41 | 28/41 | 56/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/32 | 16/32 | 32/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | 10/26 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | 120% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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WLWLWWWWLW Tennis Scores in Skopje Challenger
- Neil OberleitnerOberleitner – Bor ArtnakArtnak (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Ryan NijboerNijboer (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Ryan SeggermanSeggerman – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Mirza BasicBasic – Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri (7-67 6-1) – See score progression
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Luka MikrutMikrut (6-4 7-68) – See score progression
- Alexander WeisWeis – Johan NiklesNikles (3-6 7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Alexandar LazarovLazarov (7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Andrew PaulsonPaulson – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler – Sergey FominFomin (5-7 7-5 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Federico CinaCina (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski – Orlando LuzLuz (6-75 7-69 4-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Gerard Campana LeeCampana Lee – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-1 6-74 6-3) – See score progression
- Matej DodigDodig – Alexis GautierGautier (7-5 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander WeisWeis – Johan NiklesNikles (3-6 7-6(3) 6-4) – See score progression
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Ryan SeggermanSeggerman – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Mirza BasicBasic – Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri (7-6(7) 6-1) – See score progression
- Andrew PaulsonPaulson – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Luka MikrutMikrut (6-4 7-6(8)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mirza BasicBasic – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Alexander WeisWeis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Neil OberleitnerOberleitner – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ryan SeggermanSeggerman – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (0-0) – H2H and prediction
