Cezar Cretu and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo will play each other in the 1st round of the Sibiu Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on COURT CENTRE. In the following paragraphs, 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.
Cezar Cretu -> 1.58
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Cezar Cretu vs. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
There is no head to head record between Cezar Cretu and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Cezar Cretu
40 - 19win/loss
307
292
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-19 | 0-1 | 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. 307, Cretu will start his run in the Sibiu Challenger after he played his last match in the Istanbul Challenger where he lost 7-6(5) 6-4 to Ymer in the 1st round on the 2nd of September.
Cezar has a compiled 40-19 win-loss record in 2024, 40-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Cretu’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Oradea,M25 Satu Mare and M25+H Bacau.
Talking about his overall career, Cezar has an overall 232-103 record. He has a positive 205-85 record on clay.
Previously in the Sibiu Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
24 - 31win/loss
316
238
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-31 | 2-2 | 22-28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-31 | 4-5 | 41-23 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-29 | 5-0 | 26-25 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-32 | 0-2 | 39-28 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 33-16 | 1-1 | 32-13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 316, Nikolas will start his run in the Sibiu Challenger after he played his last match in the Dobrich 2 Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-3 to Royer in the 1st
round on the 10th of September.Nikolas has a composed 24-31 win-loss record in 2024, 22-28 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Spaniard’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Sabadell.
In terms of his career, Sanchez-Izquierdo has an overall 283-204 record. He has a positive 264-177 record on clay.
Previously in the Sibiu Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Sibiu Challenger
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Jorge PlansPlans (6-0 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Sebastian GimaGima (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gastao EliasElias – Luka PavlovicPavlovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Miguel DamasDamas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Timofey SkatovSkatov (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jelle SelsSels – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Corentin DenollyDenolly – Liam DraxlDraxl (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Ivan GakhovGakhov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Cezar Cretu (ROU)Cretu (ROU) (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Stefan PalosiPalosi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon (0-0) – H2H and prediction