Alexander Blockx and Cezar Cretu will square off in the 2^nd round of the Cordenons Challenger for the 2^nd 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 2^nd 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 2^nd round in M15 Duffel back in 2022.

Alexander Blockx

Ranked no. 290, Blockx got to the 2^nd round after defeating Daniel Rincon 3-6 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 293 (career-high), Cezar got to the 2^nd round after beating Marvin Moeller 6-4 6-1.

In the 1^st 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)

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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

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