Cezar Cretu and Artem Dubrivnyy will face off in the 2nd round of the Sibiu Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:30 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.
As per the initial odds, Cezar Cretu is the pick to win this match.
Cezar Cretu -> 1.45
Artem Dubrivnyy -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Cezar Cretu vs. Artem Dubrivnyy
There is no head to head record between Cezar Cretu and Artem Dubrivnyy since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Cezar Cretu
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43 - 19win/loss
307
288
LWWLWLWWLW | 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. 307, the Romanian got to the 2nd round after beating Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-4 7-6(3).
In the 1st round, Cretu had a good straight sets win against Sanchez-Izquierdo (6-4 7-63). During the match, Cretu scored 72 points vs Sanchez-Izquierdo’s 67. The Romanian was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cretu scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Cezar Cretu lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Cretu put 68% of his first serves in, winning 72% (33/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Sanchez-Izquierdo 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Cretu has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 70% of his matches (235-103). 41-18 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Cretu has a compiled206-85 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.
The Romanian has an aggregate 43-19 win-loss record in 2024, 41-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sibiu Challenger
Artem Dubrivnyy
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-16 | 4-3 | 4-5 | 14-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 18-17 | 11-8 | 3-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Artem got to the 2nd round after defeating Robert Strombachs 6-4 7-6(2), Pedro Araujo 6-2 6-2 and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer 4-6 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round against Budkov Kjaer, Dubrivnyy recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-1). During the match Dubrivnyy scored 84 points vs Budkov Kjaer’s 69. Artem was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Dubrivnyy scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Artem Dubrivnyy was extremely efficient on serve to win 73% (32/44) of his 1st serve and 70% (21/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Dubrivnyy broke Budkov Kjaer 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
The Russian has a composed 3-1 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sibiu Challenger
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cretu | Dubrivnyy |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 66 |
| Pts | 72-67 | 226-177 |
| Total Points | 139 | 403 |
| Winners | 33 | 86 |
| %Winners | 46% | 38% |
Cretu played 1 match while Dubrivnyy competed in 3 matches. Dubrivnyy started his run from the qualifications while Cretu had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Artem Dubrivnyy conceded 1 set while Cezar Cretu hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cretu has played 5 set(s) less than Dubrivnyy (2 vs 7). Therefore, Cretu played 43 games less than Dubrivnyy. Cretu scored 33 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian made 86 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cretu | Dubrivnyy |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 46/68 | 113/201 |
| %1st in | 68% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 33/46 | 86/113 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 52/88 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 59% |
Cretu fired 1 ace . Dubrivnyy also recorded 10 aces (3.3 per match). Cretu won 72% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Dubrivnyy won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cretu | Dubrivnyy |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 11 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 11/18 |
| % Converted | 60% | 61% |
| Conceded | 3 | 15 |
| Saved | 1 | 12 |
| % Saved | 33% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Cretu broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Cretu conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The Russian broke his opponents 11 times with a 61% conversion rate. Artem conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cretu | |||
| R1 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 72-67 | 72-67 | |
| Total points | 139 | 139 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 46/68 | 46/68 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 33/46 | 33/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 10/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Dubrivnyy | |||||
| Q1 Strombachs |
Q3 Araujo |
R1 Budkov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-62 | 6-2 6-2 | 4-6 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 16 | 27 | 66 | |
| pts | 84-72 | 58-36 | 84-69 | 226-177 | |
| Total points | 156 | 94 | 153 | 403 | |
| Winners | 32 | 22 | 32 | 86 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 41/81 | 28/46 | 44/74 | 113/201 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 61% | 59% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 22/28 | 32/44 | 86/113 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 79% | 73% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/40 | 12/18 | 21/30 | 52/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 67% | 70% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/7 | 4/6 | 11/18 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 57% | 67% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 1 | 4 | 15 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 1/1 | 3/4 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 100% | 75% | 255% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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