Nerman Fatic and Cezar Cretu will fight against each other in the quarter of the Brasov Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 10:30 am on CENTER. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nerman Fatic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nerman Fatic is the pick to win this match.
Nerman Fatic -> 1.52
Cezar Cretu -> 2.38
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Prediction and head to head Nerman Fatic vs. Cezar Cretu
This will be the 2nd time that Nerman Fatic and Cezar Cretu clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Fatic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Fatic won 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in M25 Antalya back in 2022.
Nerman Fatic
12 - 16win/loss
390
191
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 18-26 | 3-5 | 14-20 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2023 | 37-28 | 0-1 | 35-25 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
2022 | 34-27 | 0-1 | 31-19 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
2021 | 37-26 | 1-1 | 30-22 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 11-3 | 0-0 | 9-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 244, Nerman got to the quarter after defeating Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 6-4 7-6(4) and Vitaliy Sachko 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Nerman had a good straight sets win against Sachko (6-4 6-4). During the match, Fatic scored 62 points vs Sachko’s 54. Nerman was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Fatic recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Nerman Fatic lost the serve once. Furthermore, Fatic put 70% of his first serves in, winning 79% (31/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. The Bosnian broke Sachko 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nerman hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Fatic has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (302-210). 8-12 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Fatic has a composed 256-162 record in the last years on clay.
Fatic’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Vicenza Challenger.
Fatic has an overall 12-16 win-loss record in 2024, 8-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Brasov Challenger
The Bosnian has never competed in this tournament before.
Cezar Cretu
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 49-23 | 4-4 | 43-19 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 55-22 | 13-9 | 42-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 60-26 | 0-0 | 60-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 41-19 | 0-3 | 41-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 21-9 | 14-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 376, the Romanian got to the quarter after beating Luka Mikrut 7-5 4-6 6-2, Valentin Royer 6-4 7-6(4) and Nerman Fatic .
In the 2nd round, Cretu had a good straight sets win against Royer (6-4 7-64). During the match Cretu scored 83 points vs Royer’s 69. The Romanian was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Cretu bagged 4 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Cezar Cretu was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (37/49) of his 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Romanian broke Royer twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cretu has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Romanian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Oradea and M25 Satu Mare.
Cezar has an overall 31-12 win-loss record in 2024, 31-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Fatic | Cretu |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
Tot Games | 43 | 53 |
Pts | 148-128 | 194-166 |
Total Points | 276 | 360 |
Winners | 62 | 75 |
%Winners | 42% | 39% |
Both Fatic and Cretu played 2 matches. At the moment, Cezar Cretu surrendered 1 set while Nerman Fatic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Fatic has played 1 set(s) less than Cretu (4 vs 5). Therefore, Fatic played 10 games less than Cretu. The Bosnian scored 62 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Cretu blasted 75 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Fatic | Cretu |
---|---|---|
Aces | 11 | 8 |
Avg per match | 5.5 | 4 |
1st in | 83/136 | 109/152 |
%1st in | 61% | 72% |
1st pts | 62/83 | 75/109 |
%1st pts | 75% | 69% |
2nd pts | 29/53 | 31/43 |
%2nd pts | 55% | 72% |
Fatic scored 11 aces (5.5 per match). Cretu made 8 aces (4 per match). Fatic won 75% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Cretu won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 72% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Fatic | Cretu |
---|---|---|
Won | 5 | 6 |
Converted | 5/9 | 6/30 |
% Converted | 56% | 20% |
Conceded | 7 | 5 |
Saved | 5 | 2 |
% Saved | 71% | 40% |
Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The Bosnian broke his opponents 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Bosnian lost his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Cretu broke his opponents 6 times with a 20% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
Fatic | ||||
R1 Daniel |
R2 Sachko |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-4 7-64 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 23 | 20 | 43 | |
pts | 86-74 | 62-54 | 148-128 | |
Total points | 160 | 116 | 276 | |
Winners | 31 | 31 | 62 | |
%Winners | 36% | 50% | 42% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
1st in | 44/80 | 39/56 | 83/136 | |
% 1st in | 55% | 70% | 61% | |
1st pts | 31/44 | 31/39 | 62/83 | |
% 1st pts | 70% | 79% | 75% | |
2nd pts | 21/36 | 8/17 | 29/53 | |
% 2nd pts | 58% | 47% | 55% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Converted | 2/5 | 3/4 | 5/9 | |
Converted % | 40% | 75% | 56% | |
Conceded | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
Saved | 5/6 | 0/1 | 5 | |
Saved % | 83% | 0% | 42% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Cretu | ||||
R1 Mikrut |
R2 Royer |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-5 4-6 6-2 | 6-4 7-64 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 30 | 23 | 53 | |
pts | 111-97 | 83-69 | 194-166 | |
Total points | 208 | 152 | 360 | |
Winners | 38 | 37 | 75 | |
%Winners | 34% | 45% | 39% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
1st in | 60/90 | 49/62 | 109/152 | |
% 1st in | 67% | 79% | 72% | |
1st pts | 38/60 | 37/49 | 75/109 | |
% 1st pts | 63% | 76% | 69% | |
2nd pts | 22/30 | 9/13 | 31/43 | |
% 2nd pts | 73% | 69% | 72% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
Converted | 4/22 | 2/8 | 6/30 | |
Converted % | 18% | 25% | 20% | |
Conceded | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Saved | 2/4 | 0/1 | 2 | |
Saved % | 50% | 0% | 25% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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