Alexandre Muller and Juan Manuel Cerundolo will clash against each other in the quarter of the San Marino Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexandre Muller who should win in 3 sets.
Alexandre Muller -> 1.56
Juan Manuel Cerundolo -> 2.33
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Prediction and head to head Alexandre Muller vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo
This will be the 3rd time that Alexandre Muller and Juan Manuel Cerundolo play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Manuel (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Manuel won 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in the Vicenza Challenger back in 2022.
Alexandre Muller
26 - 22win/loss
99
71
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-22 | 7-8 | 17-12 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 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. 99, Alexandre reached the quarter after defeating Remy Bertola 6-1 7-6(3) and Giovanni Fonio 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Alexandre had a good straight sets win against Fonio (6-3 6-3). During the match, Muller scored 62 points vs Fonio’s 44. Alexandre was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Muller scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexandre Muller was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alexandre broke Fonio 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points he played.
Muller has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (389-261). 17-12 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Muller has an overall 229-145 record in the last years on clay.
Muller’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Lyon Challenger.
Alexandre has a composed 26-22 win-loss record in 2024, 17-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Marino Challenger
Juan Manuel Cerundolo
29 - 19win/loss
157
79
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-19 | 0-2 | 29-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-32 | 4-2 | 37-28 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-17 | 3-6 | 24-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-26 | 0-0 | 53-22 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-17 | 2-2 | 17-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 157, the Argentine reached the quarter after defeating Gonzalo Bueno 6-2 6-1 and Marco Cecchinato 6-4 7-6(2).
In the 2nd round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Cecchinato (6-4 7-62). During the match Manuel scored 81 points vs Cecchinato’s 67. Manuel was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Manuel fired 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Juan Manuel Cerundolo was pretty effective on serve to win 88% (30/34) of his 1st serve and 62% (21/34) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Juan broke Cecchinato once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Juan hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Lima 1 Challenger where he defeated Pedro Boscardin Dias in the final 6-4 6-3 and the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger where he overcame Alvaro Guillen Meza in the final 3-6 6-1 6-4.
Manuel has a compiled 29-19 win-loss record in 2024, 29-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Marino Challenger
Manuel has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Muller | Manuel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 38 |
| Pts | 138-99 | 155-119 |
| Total Points | 237 | 274 |
| Winners | 55 | 53 |
| %Winners | 40% | 34% |
Both Muller and Manuel played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Muller and Manuel have played the same amount of sets 4. They also played the same amount of games (38). The French player scored 55 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Manuel blasted 53 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Muller | Manuel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 73/115 | 65/124 |
| %1st in | 63% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 55/73 | 53/65 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 30/42 | 36/59 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 61% |
Muller struck 6 aces (3 per match). Manuel struck 11 aces (5.5 per match). Muller won 75% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Manuel won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Muller | Manuel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/13 | 5/16 |
| % Converted | 46% | 31% |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 |
| Saved | 5 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Muller broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Muller quite strong on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 5 break points. Juan broke his opponents 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. The Argentine was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 7 break points.
| Muller | ||||
| R1 Bertola | R2 Fonio | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-63 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 38 | |
| pts | 76-55 | 62-44 | 138-99 | |
| Total points | 131 | 106 | 237 | |
| Winners | 28 | 27 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 44% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/62 | 35/53 | 73/115 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 66% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 28/38 | 27/35 | 55/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 77% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/24 | 13/18 | 30/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 72% | 71% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/6 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 50% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 2/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Manuel | ||||
| R1 Bueno | R2 Cecchinato | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 23 | 38 | |
| pts | 74-52 | 81-67 | 155-119 | |
| Total points | 126 | 148 | 274 | |
| Winners | 23 | 30 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 37% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 31/56 | 34/68 | 65/124 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 50% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 30/34 | 53/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 88% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 21/34 | 36/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 62% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 1/5 | 5/16 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 20% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 3/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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