H2H, prediction of Santiago Rodriguez Taverna vs Cezar Cretu in Todi Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 16th August 2024

PREVIEW. Todi Challenger. Rodriguez Taverna and Cretu will play each other in the semifinal of the Todi Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Friday the 16th of August

Prediction and head to head Santiago Rodriguez Taverna vs. Cezar Cretu

Santiago Rodriguez Taverna and Cezar Cretu will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Todi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cezar Cretu who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Cezar Cretu is the pick to win this match.
Cezar Cretu -> 1.66
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna -> 2.14

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Prediction and head to head Santiago Rodriguez Taverna vs. Cezar Cretu

There is no head to head record between Santiago Rodriguez Taverna and Cezar Cretu since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Santiago Rodriguez Taverna

Santiago Rodriguez Taverna
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna

21 - 22win/loss

Hard
3-3
I Hard
0-0
Clay
18-19
Rank
226
High
157
WLLWWWLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 32-32 4-3 28-28 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 41-35 7-7 34-27 0-1 0-0 0-0
2022 36-27 0-2 35-24 0-0 1-1 0-0
2021 67-26 40-16 26-9 1-1 0-0 0-0
2020 9-4 0-0 9-4 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 280, Rodriguez Taverna reached the semifinal after beating Filip Cristian Jianu 6-4 0-6 6-3, Luca Castagnola 7-6(7) 6-3 and Lorenzo Giustino 2-6 6-2 6-4.

In the quarter against Giustino, Santiago recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 6-4). During the match, Rodriguez Taverna scored 83 points vs Giustino’s 73. Rodriguez Taverna was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about the service games, Rodriguez Taverna scored 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Santiago Rodriguez Taverna lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Rodriguez Taverna put 63% of his first serves in, winning 74% (34/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (12/27) on the 2nd serve. Rodriguez Taverna broke Giustino 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Santiago has conceded 2 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Rodriguez Taverna has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (277-194). 17-19 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rodriguez Taverna has a composed206-147 match record in the last 9 years on clay.

Rodriguez Taverna’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Santos Challenger.

The Argentine has an overall 20-22 win-loss record in 2024, 17-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Todi Challenger

Rodriguez Taverna
Todi Challenger
Rodriguez Taverna's Record

Cezar Cretu

Cezar Cretu
Cezar Cretu

40 - 17win/loss

Clay
40-17
Rank
290
High
288
LWWLWLWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 49-24 4-5 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. 315, Cezar got to the semifinal after beating Giovanni Fonio 6-2 6-1, Felix Gill 2-6 7-6(5) 6-4 and Facundo Juarez 5-7 7-5 ret..

In the quarter against Juarez, Cretu had a free pass after Juarez retired on a 5-7 7-5 . scoreline.

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.

The Romanian has a composed 40-16 win-loss record in 2024, 40-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Cretu
Todi Challenger
Cretu's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

S.Fa Taverna
C.Cretu
5h:40
5h:40
Time on court​
5h:45
5h:45
!
2h:08
2h:08
Last match​
1h:58
1h:58
3
3
Match played
3
3
73
73
Games Played​
70
70
8
8
Set played​​
8
8
232
232
Total points​
234
234
77.3
77.3
Avg point​
78
78
98
98
Winners
92
92
32.7
32.7
Avg Winners​
30.7
30.7
42%
42%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
14
14
Aces
12
12
4.7
4.7
Avg Aces
4
4
9
9
Double Faults
11
11
3
3
Avg Double Faults
3.7
3.7
98/128
98/128
1st won total​
92/138
92/138
!
77%
77%
1st won %
67%
67%
46/84
46/84
2nd won total​
51/106
51/106
55%
55%
2nd won %
48%
48%
-- Break Points --
8/22
8/22
BP won
11/28
11/28
2.7/7.3
2.7/7.3
Avg BP won
3.7/9.3
3.7/9.3
36%
36%
Won
39%
39%
14
14
Conceded
20
20
4.7
4.7
Avg Conceded
6.7
6.7
6
6
Broken
8
8
2
2
Avg Broken
2.7
2.7
8
8
Saved
12
12

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Rodriguez Taverna Cretu
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 8 8
Tot Games 73 70
Pts 232-208 234-230
Total Points 440 464
Winners 98 92
%Winners 42% 39%

Both Rodriguez Taverna and Cretu played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Santiago Rodriguez Taverna surrendered 2 sets, while Cezar Cretu surrendered 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Rodriguez Taverna and Cretu have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Rodriguez Taverna played 3 games more than Cretu. Rodriguez Taverna scored 98 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian bagged 92 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Rodriguez Taverna Cretu
Aces 14 12
Avg per match 4.7 4
1st in 128/212 138/244
%1st in 60% 57%
1st pts 98/128 92/138
%1st pts 77% 67%
2nd pts 46/84 51/106
%2nd pts 55% 48%

Rodriguez Taverna bagged 14 aces (4.7 per match). Cretu scored 12 aces (4 per match). Rodriguez Taverna won 77% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Cretu won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Rodriguez Taverna Cretu
Won 8 11
Converted 8/22 11/28
% Converted 36% 39%
Conceded 14 20
Saved 8 12
% Saved 57% 60%
Times Broken 6 8

The Argentine broke his opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. Santiago conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Cezar broke his opponents 11 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Rodriguez Taverna
R1
Cristian Jianu
R2
Castagnola
1/4
Giustino
Total
Score 6-4 0-6 6-3 7-67 6-3 2-6 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 3 2 3 8
Tot Games 25 22 26 73
pts 77-77 72-58 83-73 232-208
Total points 154 130 156 440
Winners 30 34 34 98
%Winners 39% 47% 41% 42%
SERVE
Aces 3 6 5 14
Double Faults 7 0 2 9
1st in 39/73 43/66 46/73 128/212
% 1st in 53% 65% 63% 60%
1st pts 30/39 34/43 34/46 98/128
% 1st pts 77% 79% 74% 77%
2nd pts 17/34 17/23 12/27 46/84
% 2nd pts 50% 74% 44% 55%
Breaks
Won 3 1 4 8
Converted 3/10 1/2 4/10 8/22
Converted % 30% 50% 40% 36%
Conceded 8 0 6 14
Saved 5/8 0/0 3/6 8
Saved % 63% 50% 38%
Times Broken 3 0 3 6
Cretu
R1
Fonio
R2
Gill
1/4
Juarez
Total
Score 6-2 6-1 2-6 7-65 6-4 5-7 7-5 ret.
Tot Set 2 3 2 7
Tot Games 15 31 24 70
pts 61-38 90-103 83-89 234-230
Total points 99 193 172 464
Winners 23 36 33 92
%Winners 38% 40% 40% 39%
SERVE
Aces 5 4 3 12
Double Faults 1 5 5 11
1st in 30/56 57/101 51/87 138/244
% 1st in 54% 56% 59% 57%
1st pts 23/30 36/57 33/51 92/138
% 1st pts 77% 63% 65% 67%
2nd pts 14/26 18/44 19/36 51/106
% 2nd pts 54% 41% 53% 48%
Breaks
Won 4 5 2 11
Converted 4/8 5/9 2/11 11/28
Converted % 50% 56% 18% 39%
Conceded 4 8 8 20
Saved 4/4 2/8 6/8 12
Saved % 100% 25% 75% 67%
Times Broken 0 6 2 8

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Rodriguez Taverna
WLLWWWLLWL
Cretu
LWWLWLWLLW
2024 2023 2022
32 - 32
47 - 24
4-3
Hard
4-5
28-28
Clay
43-19

Tennis Scores in Todi Challenger

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