Cezar Cretu and Petr Nesterov will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Dobrich Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. 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 Petr Nesterov who should win in 3 sets.
Petr Nesterov -> 1.87
Cezar Cretu -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Cezar Cretu vs. Petr Nesterov
This will be the 3rd time that Cezar Cretu and Petr Nesterov square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Cretu and Nesterov (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Nesterov won 6-4 4-6 7-6(5) in the quarter in M15 Curtea de Arges back in 2023.
Cezar Cretu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-18 | 0-0 | 40-18 | 0-0 | 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 will start his run in the Dobrich Challenger after he played his last match in the Todi Challenger where he lost 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4 to Rodriguez in the semifinal on the 16th of August.
Cretu has a compiled 40-17 win-loss record in 2024, 40-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Romanian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Oradea,M25 Satu Mare and M25+H Bacau.
Talking about his overall career, Cezar has an overall 232-101 record. He has a positive 205-84 record on clay.
Previously in the Dobrich Challenger
Cezar has never competed in this tournament before.
Petr Nesterov
31 - 12win/loss
410
410
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-13 | 3-3 | 22-8 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-22 | 30-9 | 21-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-18 | 5-6 | 18-10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-6 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 436 (career-high), Petr will start his run in the Dobrich Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Muttenz where he lost 6-4 6-0
to Brunold in the semifinal on the 17th of August.Petr has a composed 30-12 win-loss record in 2024, 20-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Nesterov’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Aktobe and M15 Bucharest.
In terms of his career, Nesterov has an overall 107-58 record. He has a positive 59-31 record on clay.
Tennis Scores in Dobrich Challenger
- Moez EcharguiEchargui – Anthony GenovGenov (3-6 6-4 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud (6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres – Gabi Adrian BoitanAdrian Boitan (7-64 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gabriel DebruDebru – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yshai OlielOliel – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Marvin MoellerMoeller (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrej MartinMartin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Robert StrombachsStrombachs (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jelle SelsSels – Martin KrumichKrumich (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Yshai OlielOliel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini – Alexander DonskiDonski (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cezar Cretu (ROU)Cretu (ROU) – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Hady HabibHabib (0-0) – H2H and prediction