Elias Ymer and Cezar Cretu will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:00 pm on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elias Ymer who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elias Ymer is the pick to win this match.
Elias Ymer -> 1.17
Cezar Cretu -> 4.65
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Prediction and head to head Elias Ymer vs. Cezar Cretu
There is no head to head record between Elias Ymer and Cezar Cretu since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Elias Ymer
13 - 22win/loss
315
105
LWWLWLLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-30 | 5-13 | 6-9 | 8-7 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-41 | 10-13 | 24-17 | 7-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-32 | 12-11 | 20-15 | 5-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-29 | 9-9 | 20-11 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-12 | 1-4 | 8-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 223, Elias will start his run in the Istanbul Challenger after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 7-6(6) 7-6(3) to Kypson in the qualifications on the 20th of August.
The Swede has a composed 13-22 win-loss record in 2024, 3-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Swede’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Oeiras 4 Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Elias has an overall 389-323 record. He has a negative 76-93 record on hard.
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2015. See his history.
Cezar Cretu
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| 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. 296, Cezar will start his run in the Istanbul Challenger after he played his last match in the Dobrich Challenger where he lost 6-0 7-6(3) to Nesterov in the 1st round on the 20th of August.
Cretu has an overall 40-18 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on hard.
Cezar’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Oradea,M25 Satu Mare and M25+H Bacau.
In terms of his career, The Romanian has an overall 232-102 record. He has a positive 27-17 record on hard.
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