Cezar Cretu and Facundo Juarez will fight against each other in the quarter of the Todi Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Facundo Juarez who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Facundo Juarez is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Juarez -> 1.8
Cezar Cretu -> 1.94
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Prediction and head to head Cezar Cretu vs. Facundo Juarez
This will be the 3rd time that Cezar Cretu and Facundo Juarez face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Juarez (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Juarez won 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in M15 Antalya back in 2021.
Cezar Cretu
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 52-26 | 4-5 | 46-21 | 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. 315, the Romanian got to the quarter after beating Giovanni Fonio 6-2 6-1 and Felix Gill 2-6 7-6(5) 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Gill, Cezar recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-65 6-4).During the match, Cretu scored less points (13) than Gill. In fact, the world no. 315 won 90 points vs Gill’s. That means that Cretu was more focused during the important points. The Romanian was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cretu recorded 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Cezar Cretu lost the serve 6 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Cretu put 56% of his first serves in, winning 63% (36/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (18/44) on the 2nd serve. Cretu broke Gill 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Romanian has conceded 1 set in this event to win 52% of the points he played.
Cretu has a fantastic match record in the last 7 years having won 70% of his matches (231-100). 39-16 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cretu has a compiled204-83 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
Cezar’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Oradea,M25 Satu Mare and M25+H Bacau.
Cretu has a compiled 39-16 win-loss record in 2024, 39-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Todi Challenger
The Romanian has never competed in this tournament before.
Facundo Juarez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-10 | 0-0 | 33-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-20 | 0-0 | 22-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-24 | 0-1 | 28-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 65-30 | 0-1 | 65-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-5 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 599, Facundo reached the quarter after beating Alessandro Giannessi 6-2 6-0, Max Alcala Gurri 6-3 7-6(3), Martin Klizan 6-4 6-3 and Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Emanuel Ambrogi (6-3 6-2). During the match Juarez scored 67 points vs Emanuel Ambrogi’s 47. Juarez was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Juarez couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Facundo Juarez was quite effective on serve to win 78% (28/36) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Facundo broke Emanuel Ambrogi 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Juarez started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Juarez’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya and M15 Perugia.
The Argentine has a compiled 25-4 win-loss record in 2024, 25-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Todi Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cretu | Juarez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 72 |
| Pts | 151-141 | 278-208 |
| Total Points | 292 | 486 |
| Winners | 59 | 110 |
| %Winners | 39% | 40% |
Cretu played 2 matches while Juarez competed in 4 matches. Juarez started his run from the qualifications while Cretu had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Cezar Cretu dropped 1 set while Facundo Juarez hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cretu has played 3 set(s) less than Juarez (5 vs 8). Therefore, Cretu played 26 games less than Juarez. Cezar scored 59 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine made 110 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cretu | Juarez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 87/157 | 164/247 |
| %1st in | 55% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 59/87 | 110/164 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 32/70 | 48/83 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 58% |
Cretu struck 9 aces (4.5 per match). Juarez made 5 aces (1.3 per match). Cretu won 68% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Juarez won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cretu | Juarez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 17 |
| Converted | 9/17 | 17/35 |
| % Converted | 53% | 49% |
| Conceded | 12 | 16 |
| Saved | 6 | 10 |
| % Saved | 50% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 |
Cretu broke his opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. Cretu dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponents 17 times with a 49% conversion rate. Facundo conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cretu | ||||
| R1 Fonio |
R2 Gill |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 2-6 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 31 | 46 | |
| pts | 61-38 | 90-103 | 151-141 | |
| Total points | 99 | 193 | 292 | |
| Winners | 23 | 36 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 30/56 | 57/101 | 87/157 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 56% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 36/57 | 59/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 63% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 18/44 | 32/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 41% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/9 | 9/17 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 56% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 2/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 25% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Juarez | ||||||
| Q1 Giannessi |
Q3 Alcala |
R1 Klizan |
R2 Emanuel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | 6-3 7-63 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 72 | |
| pts | 55-28 | 88-79 | 68-54 | 67-47 | 278-208 | |
| Total points | 83 | 167 | 122 | 114 | 486 | |
| Winners | 21 | 35 | 26 | 28 | 110 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% | 38% | 42% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 26/38 | 55/80 | 47/70 | 36/59 | 164/247 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 69% | 67% | 61% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 35/55 | 26/47 | 28/36 | 110/164 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 64% | 55% | 78% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/12 | 12/25 | 15/23 | 13/23 | 48/83 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 48% | 65% | 57% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/13 | 5/7 | 3/6 | 17/35 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 31% | 71% | 50% | 49% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 16 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 4/7 | 3/6 | 2/2 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 57% | 50% | 100% | 154% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
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