Alexandre Muller and Filip Cristian Jianu will play each other in the quarter of the Lyon Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT SOPRA STERIA. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexandre Muller who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexandre Muller is the pick to win this match.
Alexandre Muller -> 1.161
Filip Cristian Jianu -> 4.65
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Prediction and head to head Alexandre Muller vs. Filip Cristian Jianu
This will be the 3rd time that Alexandre Muller and Filip Cristian Jianu square off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Muller won 6-4 7-6(3) in the 1st round in the Oeiras 3 Challenger back in 2023.
Alexandre Muller
20 - 17win/loss
103
71
LLWWWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-19 | 7-8 | 14-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-33 | 20-13 | 18-12 | 7-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-31 | 6-6 | 27-20 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-31 | 6-7 | 16-15 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-13 | 3-2 | 15-9 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 78, the French player reached the quarter after beating Juan Pablo Ficovich 7-5 6-0 and Alibek Kachmazov 6-0 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Muller had a good straight sets win against Kachmazov (6-0 6-2). During the match, Muller scored 62 points vs Kachmazov’s 38. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Muller fired 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexandre Muller was quite efficient on serve to win 72% (21/29) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alexandre broke Kachmazov 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 60% of the points he played.
Muller has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (383-256). 12-8 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Muller has a composed 224-141 match record in the last years on clay.
Muller has a compiled 20-17 win-loss record in 2024, 12-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lyon Challenger
Filip Cristian Jianu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51-16 | 0-0 | 51-16 | 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. 292, Filip got to the quarter after beating Federico Agustin Gomez 6-4 2-1 ret. and Ugo Blanchet 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Filip had a good straight sets win against Blanchet (6-4 6-3). During the match Cristian scored 64 points vs Blanchet’s 52. The Romanian was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Cristian scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Filip Cristian Jianu lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Cristian put 79% of his first serves in, winning 62% (26/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (7/11) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Blanchet 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Filip’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya,M25 Hammamet and M15 Kish Island.
Filip has a compiled 47-14 win-loss record in 2024, 47-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Muller | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 |
| Pts | 134-88 | 115-94 |
| Total Points | 222 | 209 |
| Winners | 42 | 45 |
| %Winners | 31% | 39% |
Both Muller and Cristian played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Muller has played 1 set(s) less than Cristian (4 vs 5). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (32). The French player scored 42 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Filip struck 45 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Muller | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 62/118 | 79/105 |
| %1st in | 53% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 42/62 | 45/79 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 57% |
| 2nd pts | 36/56 | 18/26 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 69% |
Muller recorded 4 aces (2 per match). Cristian recorded 1 ace (0.5 per match). Muller won 68% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Cristian won 57% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Muller | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 9 |
| Converted | 10/19 | 9/16 |
| % Converted | 53% | 56% |
| Conceded | 16 | 16 |
| Saved | 15 | 12 |
| % Saved | 94% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
The French player broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. The French player dropped his serve once and he saved 94% of the break points that he conceded. The Romanian broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Cristian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Muller | ||||
| R1 Pablo Ficovich |
R2 Kachmazov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-0 | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 14 | 32 | |
| pts | 72-50 | 62-38 | 134-88 | |
| Total points | 122 | 100 | 222 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 34% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 33/64 | 29/54 | 62/118 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 54% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 21/33 | 21/29 | 42/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 72% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/31 | 15/25 | 36/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 60% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/9 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 56% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 6 | 16 | |
| Saved | 9/10 | 6/6 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 90% | 100% | 95% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cristian | ||||
| R1 Agustin Gomez |
R2 Blanchet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-1 ret. | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 19 | 32 | |
| pts | 51-42 | 64-52 | 115-94 | |
| Total points | 93 | 116 | 209 | |
| Winners | 19 | 26 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 41% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 37/52 | 42/53 | 79/105 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 79% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 19/37 | 26/42 | 45/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 51% | 62% | 57% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 7/11 | 18/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 64% | 69% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 5/11 | 9/16 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 45% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 4 | 16 | |
| Saved | 10/12 | 2/4 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 50% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
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