Alexander Blockx and Cezar Cretu will square off in the 2nd round of the Cordenons Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on SERENA MANIVA CENTER. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cezar Cretu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Cezar Cretu is the pick to win this match.
Cezar Cretu -> 1.73
Alexander Blockx -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Blockx vs. Cezar Cretu
This will be the 2nd time that Alexander Blockx and Cezar Cretu clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cretu (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Cretu won 7-6(5) 2-6 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in M15 Duffel back in 2022.
Alexander Blockx
13 - 15win/loss
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LWWWWWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-24 | 7-11 | 7-3 | 17-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-15 | 4-3 | 11-7 | 24-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 290, Blockx got to the 2nd round after defeating Daniel Rincon 3-6 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Rincon, Alexander recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-4). During the match, Blockx scored 98 points vs Rincon’s 96. Blockx was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Blockx made 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexander Blockx lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Blockx put 49% of his first serves in, winning 53% (23/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (27/45) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Rincon 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Blockx has a solid match record in the last 3 years having won 60% of his matches (55-37). 2-2 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Blockx has a compiled15-13 match record in the last 3 years on clay.
Alexander’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Nottingham Challenger and the Hamburg Challenger.
Alexander has a compiled 12-15 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cordenons Challenger
Blockx has never competed in this tournament before.
Cezar Cretu
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 50-24 | 4-5 | 44-19 | 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. 293 (career-high), Cezar got to the 2nd round after beating Marvin Moeller 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Moeller (6-4 6-1). During the match Cretu scored 61 points vs Moeller’s 45. Cretu was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Cretu blasted 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Cezar Cretu lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Cretu put 62% of his first serves in, winning 64% (21/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the 2nd serve. Cezar broke Moeller 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Cretu’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Oradea,M25 Satu Mare and M25+H Bacau.
Cezar has a compiled 37-15 win-loss record in 2024, 37-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blockx | Cretu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 17 |
| Pts | 98-96 | 61-45 |
| Total Points | 194 | 106 |
| Winners | 23 | 21 |
| %Winners | 23% | 34% |
Both Blockx and Cretu played 1 match. At the moment, Alexander Blockx lost 1 set while Cezar Cretu hasn’t conceded a set so far. Blockx has played 1 set more than Cretu (3 vs 2). Therefore, Blockx played 12 games more than Cretu. The Belgian scored 23 winners (23% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian made 21 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blockx | Cretu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 43/88 | 33/53 |
| %1st in | 49% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 23/43 | 21/33 |
| %1st pts | 53% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 27/45 | 12/20 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 60% |
Blockx bagged 4 aces . Cretu struck 3 aces . Blockx won 53% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Cretu won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blockx | Cretu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 36% | 56% |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 33% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
The Belgian broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Blockx lost his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Cezar broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Cretu conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Blockx | |||
| R1 Rincon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 98-96 | 98-96 | |
| Total points | 194 | 194 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 23% | 23% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 43/88 | 43/88 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 23/43 | 23/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 53% | 53% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/45 | 27/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Cretu | |||
| R1 Moeller |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 61-45 | 61-45 | |
| Total points | 106 | 106 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 33/53 | 33/53 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 21/33 | 21/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 12/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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WLWWLWLWLL Tennis Scores in Cordenons Challenger
- Alessandro PecciPecci – Ryan NijboerNijboer (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-72 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Andrew PaulsonPaulson – Filip Jeff PlaninsekJeff Planinsek (7-610 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-4 1-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Andrea PicchionePicchione (7-5 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Luka MikrutMikrut (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler – Nerman FaticFatic (7-5 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Sandro KoppKopp – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (7-66 6-2) – See score progression
- Vilius GaubasGaubas – Felix GillGill (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Oliver CrawfordCrawford (1-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Cezar CretuCretu – Marvin MoellerMoeller (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Matej DodigDodig (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander BlockxBlockx – Daniel RinconRincon (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Andrea CollariniCollarini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Sandro KoppKopp (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cezar Cretu (ROU)Cretu (ROU) – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrew PaulsonPaulson – Ergi KirkinKirkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
