Gustavo Heide and Filip Cristian Jianu will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Brasov Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on CENTER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gustavo Heide who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Gustavo Heide is the pick to win this match.
Gustavo Heide -> 1.44
Filip Cristian Jianu -> 2.66

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Prediction and head to head Gustavo Heide vs. Filip Cristian Jianu

There is no head to head record between Gustavo Heide and Filip Cristian Jianu since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Gustavo Heide

Ranked no. 185, Gustavo got to the 2^nd round after beating Orlando Luz 7-5 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Brazilian had a good straight sets win against Luz (7-5 6-4). During the match, Heide scored 82 points vs Luz’s 65. Gustavo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Regarding the service games, Heide blasted 3 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Gustavo Heide was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (25/35) of his 1st serve and 83% (19/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gustavo broke Luz 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

Heide has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (118-64). 15-7 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Heide has a compiled102-50 record in the last 7 years on clay.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Asuncion Challenger where he beat Joao Fonseca in the final 7-5 6-7(6) 6-1.

The Brazilian has an overall 15-9 win-loss record in 2024, 15-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Brasov Challenger

Gustavo has never competed in this tournament before.

Filip Cristian Jianu

Ranked no. 246 (career-high), the Romanian got to the 2^nd round after beating Moez Echargui 4-6 7-5 6-1.

In the 1^st round against Echargui, Filip recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-1). During the match Cristian scored 89 points vs Echargui’s 80. Filip was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.

About the serving games, Cristian bagged 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Filip Cristian Jianu was very efficient on serve to win 72% (39/54) of his 1st serve and 65% (20/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Cristian broke Echargui 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Cristian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya,M25 Hammamet,M15 Kish Island and the Milan Challenger.

Filip has a compiled 53-17 win-loss record in 2024, 53-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Heide	Cristian
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	22	29
Pts	82-65	89-80
Total Points	147	169
Winners	25	39
%Winners	30%	44%

Both Heide and Cristian played 1 match. At the moment, Filip Cristian Jianu conceded 1 set while Gustavo Heide hasn’t conceded a set so far. Heide has played 1 set(s) less than Cristian (2 vs 3). Therefore, Heide played 7 games less than Cristian. Gustavo scored 25 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Cristian struck 39 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Heide	Cristian
Aces	3	2
Avg per match	3	2
1st in	35/58	54/85
%1st in	60%	64%
1st pts	25/35	39/54
%1st pts	71%	72%
2nd pts	19/23	20/31
%2nd pts	83%	65%

Heide scored 3 aces . Cristian managed to score 2 aces . Heide won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 83% of the points. On the other side, Cristian won 72% 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	Heide	Cristian
Won	3	3
Converted	3/11	3/4
% Converted	27%	75%
Conceded	1	4
Saved	0	3
% Saved	0%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

Gustavo broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Brazilian dropped his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Romanian broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Filip conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Heide
	R1 Luz	Total
Score	7-5 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	82-65	82-65
Total points	147	147
Winners	25	25
%Winners	30%	30%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	35/58	35/58
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	25/35	25/35
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	19/23	19/23
% 2nd pts	83%	83%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/11	3/11
Converted %	27%	27%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Cristian
	R1 Echargui	Total
Score	4-6 7-5 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	89-80	89-80
Total points	169	169
Winners	39	39
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	54/85	54/85
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	39/54	39/54
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	20/31	20/31
% 2nd pts	65%	65%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/4
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Brasov Challenger

• Radu Mihai PapoeMihai Papoe – Vladyslav OrlovOrlov (6-3 6-7⁵ 7-5) – See score progression
• Gustavo HeideHeide – Orlando LuzLuz (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Matej DodigDodig – Jelle SelsSels (3-6 7-6³ 6-2) – See score progression
• Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Gabi Adrian BoitanAdrian Boitan (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Cezar CretuCretu – Luka MikrutMikrut (7-5 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga (6-4 0-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Ergi KirkinKirkin – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (2-6 7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Moez EcharguiEchargui (4-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Martin KrumichKrumich (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Hynek BartonBarton (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Vlad Andrei DancuAndrei Dancu (7-6⁴ 6-1) – See score progression
• Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Ioan Alexandru ChiritaAlexandru Chirita (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Nerman FaticFatic – Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Gastao EliasElias (7-6⁶ 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Nerman FaticFatic (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Ergi KirkinKirkin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Stefan PalosiPalosi – Alexander WeisWeis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Cezar Cretu (ROU)Cretu (ROU) (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Radu Mihai PapoeMihai Papoe (0-0) – H2H and prediction