Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Juan Bautista Torres will face off in the 2nd round of the Cali Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Manuel Cerundolo who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Juan Manuel Cerundolo is the pick to win this match.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo -> 1.76
Juan Bautista Torres -> 1.99

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Prediction and head to head Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Juan Bautista Torres

This will be the 4th time that Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Juan Bautista Torres clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Manuel Cerundolo (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Manuel Cerundolo won 7-6(5) 5-7 6-4 in the semifinal in the Lima 1 Challenger back in June 2024.

Juan Manuel Cerundolo

Juan Manuel Cerundolo

30 - 22win/loss

Hard
0-3
I Hard
0-0
Clay
30-19
Rank
141
High
79
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 46-28 0-3 46-25 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 41-32 4-2 37-28 0-0 0-2 0-0
2022 27-17 3-6 24-11 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 53-26 0-0 53-22 0-3 0-1 0-0
2020 19-17 2-2 17-14 0-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 203, Juan got to the 2nd round after defeating Samuel Heredia 6-2 7-5.

In the 1st

round, Manuel Cerundolo had a good straight sets win against Heredia (6-2 7-5). During the match, Manuel Cerundolo scored 74 points vs Heredia’s 58. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Manuel Cerundolo struck 5 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Juan Manuel Cerundolo lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Manuel Cerundolo put 43% of his first serves in, winning 80% (24/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (19/40) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Heredia 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Manuel Cerundolo has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (229-142). 30-18 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Manuel Cerundolo has a compiled220-122 match record in the last 7 years on clay.

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Lima 1 Challenger where he defeated Pedro Boscardin Dias in the final 6-4 6-3 and the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger where he overcame Alvaro Guillen Meza in the final 3-6 6-1 6-4.

Juan has a composed 30-21 win-loss record in 2024, 30-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cali Challenger

Manuel Cerundolo has never competed in this tournament before.

Cali Challenger
Manuel Cerundolo's Record

Juan Bautista Torres

Juan Bautista Torres

36 - 21win/loss

Clay
36-21
Rank
284
High
226
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 44-27 0-0 44-27 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 34-19 0-0 34-19 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 34-28 1-2 33-26 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 44-23 12-10 32-13 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 8-6 0-1 8-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 334, the Argentine reached the 2nd round after beating Juan Carlos Prado Angelo 6-3 6-1.

In the 1st round, Juan had a good straight sets win against Carlos Prado Angelo (6-3 6-1). During the match Bautista Torres scored 65 points vs Carlos Prado Angelo’s 48. Juan was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.

About the serving games, Bautista Torres couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Juan Bautista Torres was pretty effective on serve to win 73% (19/26) of his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Juan broke Carlos Prado Angelo 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Dobrich Challenger where he defeated Ivan Gakhov in the final 5-7 6-0 7-5.

Juan has an aggregate 35-21 win-loss record in 2024, 35-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Cali Challenger
Bautista Torres's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

J.Manuel Cerundolo
J.Bautista Torres
1h:33
1h:33
Time on court​
1h:27
1h:27
1h:33
1h:33
Last match​
1h:27
1h:27
1
1
Match played
1
1
20
20
Games Played​
16
16
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
74
74
Total points​
65
65
74
74
Avg point​
65
65
24
24
Winners
19
19
24
24
Avg Winners​
19
19
32%
32%
Ratio winners
29%
29%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
0
0
5
5
Avg Aces
0
0
6
6
Double Faults
1
1
!
6
6
Avg Double Faults
1
1
24/30
24/30
1st won total​
19/26
19/26
!
80%
80%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
19/40
19/40
2nd won total​
18/29
18/29
48%
48%
2nd won %
!
62%
62%
-- Break Points --
5/7
5/7
BP won
4/5
4/5
5/7
5/7
Avg BP won
4/5
4/5
!
71%
71%
Won
!
80%
80%
5
5
Conceded
3
3
5
5
Avg Conceded
3
3
2
2
Broken
0
0
2
2
Avg Broken
!
0
0
3
3
Saved
3
3
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Manuel Cerundolo Bautista Torres
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 16
Pts 74-58 65-48
Total Points 132 113
Winners 24 19
%Winners 32% 29%

Both Manuel Cerundolo and Bautista Torres played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Manuel Cerundolo and Bautista Torres have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Manuel Cerundolo played 4 games more than Bautista Torres. Manuel Cerundolo scored 24 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Juan bagged 19 winners (29%).

Serve Performance

Serve Manuel Cerundolo Bautista Torres
Aces 5 0
Avg per match 5 0
1st in 30/70 26/55
%1st in 43% 47%
1st pts 24/30 19/26
%1st pts 80% 73%
2nd pts 19/40 18/29
%2nd pts 48% 62%

Manuel Cerundolo made 5 aces . Bautista Torres didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Manuel Cerundolo won 80% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Bautista Torres won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Manuel Cerundolo Bautista Torres
Won 5 4
Converted 5/7 4/5
% Converted 71% 80%
Conceded 5 3
Saved 3 3
% Saved 60% 100%
Times Broken 2 0

The Argentine broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Manuel Cerundolo dropped his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Bautista Torres broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Juan was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.

Manuel Cerundolo
R1
Heredia 		Total
Score 6-2 7-5
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 74-58 74-58
Total points 132 132
Winners 24 24
%Winners 32% 32%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 30/70 30/70
% 1st in 43% 43%
1st pts 24/30 24/30
% 1st pts 80% 80%
2nd pts 19/40 19/40
% 2nd pts 48% 48%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/7 5/7
Converted % 71% 71%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 3/5 3
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 2 2
Bautista Torres
R1
Carlos Prado Angelo		 Total
Score 6-3 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 65-48 65-48
Total points 113 113
Winners 19 19
%Winners 29% 29%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 26/55 26/55
% 1st in 47% 47%
1st pts 19/26 19/26
% 1st pts 73% 73%
2nd pts 18/29 18/29
% 2nd pts 62% 62%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/5 4/5
Converted % 80% 80%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 3/3 3
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Tennis Scores in Cali Challenger

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