H2H, prediction of Stefano Travaglia vs Cezar Cretu in Sibiu Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 20th September 2024

PREVIEW. Sibiu Challenger. Travaglia and Cretu will clash against each other in the quarter of the Sibiu Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Friday the 20th of September

Prediction and head to head Stefano Travaglia vs. Cezar Cretu

Stefano Travaglia and Cezar Cretu will square off in the quarter of the Sibiu Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:30 pm on COURT CENTRE. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefano Travaglia who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Stefano Travaglia is the pick to win this match.
Stefano Travaglia -> 1.43
Cezar Cretu -> 2.69

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Prediction and head to head Stefano Travaglia vs. Cezar Cretu

There is no head to head record between Stefano Travaglia and Cezar Cretu since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Stefano Travaglia

Stefano Travaglia
Stefano Travaglia

31 - 29win/loss

Hard
4-5
I Hard
3-2
Clay
24-21
Grass
0-1
Rank
191
High
60
LWLWLWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 33-32 5-6 24-22 4-3 0-1 0-0
2023 43-37 9-7 29-24 5-6 0-0 0-0
2022 17-27 5-8 2-11 10-7 0-1 0-0
2021 32-28 7-7 20-14 4-4 1-3 0-0
2020 19-14 9-7 8-4 2-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 196, Stefano got to the quarter after defeating Filip Jeff Planinsek 6-2 6-3 and Miguel Damas 6-3 6-7(4) 6-4.

In the 2nd round, The Italian defeated Damas (6-3 6-74 6-4). During the match, Travaglia scored 109 points vs Damas’s 94. Stefano was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about the service games, Travaglia bagged 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Stefano Travaglia was pretty efficient on serve to win 73% (37/51) of his 1st serve and 63% (25/40) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Italian broke Damas 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Italian has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Travaglia has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (365-244). 24-21 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Travaglia has a composed 250-143 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

The Italian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Tenerife 2 Challenger.

Travaglia has a composed 31-29 win-loss record in 2024, 24-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sibiu Challenger

Travaglia
Sibiu Challenger
Travaglia's Record

Cezar Cretu

Cezar Cretu
Cezar Cretu

44 - 19win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
2-0
Clay
42-18
Rank
288
High
288
LWLWLLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 47-23 2-4 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. 307, Cretu reached the quarter after defeating Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-4 7-6(3) and Artem Dubrivnyy 6-3 6-1.

In the 2nd round, Cretu had a good straight sets win against Dubrivnyy (6-3 6-1). During the match Cretu scored 58 points vs Dubrivnyy’s 35. Cretu was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.

About the serving games, Cretu scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Cezar Cretu was quite efficient on serve to win 77% (20/26) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Cezar broke Dubrivnyy 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Cezar hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Cezar’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Oradea,M25 Satu Mare and M25+H Bacau.

Cezar has a compiled 44-19 win-loss record in 2024, 42-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sibiu Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.

Cretu
Sibiu Challenger
Cretu's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

S.Travaglia
C.Cretu
4h:11
4h:11
Time on court​
2h:54
2h:54
!
2h:47
2h:47
Last match​
1h:03
1h:03
2
2
Match played
2
2
49
49
Games Played​
39
39
5
5
Set played​​
4
4
181
181
Total points​
130
130
90.5
90.5
Avg point​
65
65
59
59
Winners
53
53
29.5
29.5
Avg Winners​
26.5
26.5
33%
33%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
2
2
4.5
4.5
Avg Aces
1
1
2
2
Double Faults
3
3
1
1
Avg Double Faults
1.5
1.5
59/81
59/81
1st won total​
53/72
53/72
!
73%
73%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
39/59
39/59
2nd won total​
22/39
22/39
!
66%
66%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
9/25
9/25
BP won
7/12
7/12
4.5/12.5
4.5/12.5
Avg BP won
3.5/6
3.5/6
36%
36%
Won
!
58%
58%
7
7
Conceded
3
3
3.5
3.5
Avg Conceded
1.5
1.5
2
2
Broken
2
2
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
5
5
Saved
1
1

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Travaglia Cretu
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 4
Tot Games 49 39
Pts 181-146 130-102
Total Points 327 232
Winners 59 53
%Winners 33% 41%

Both Travaglia and Cretu played 2 matches. At the moment, Stefano Travaglia conceded 1 set while Cezar Cretu hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Travaglia has played 1 set more than Cretu (5 vs 4). Therefore, Travaglia played 10 games more than Cretu. The Italian scored 59 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian blasted 53 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Travaglia Cretu
Aces 9 2
Avg per match 4.5 1
1st in 81/140 72/111
%1st in 58% 65%
1st pts 59/81 53/72
%1st pts 73% 74%
2nd pts 39/59 22/39
%2nd pts 66% 56%

Travaglia recorded 9 aces (4.5 per match). Cretu recorded 2 aces (1 per match). Travaglia won 73% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Cretu won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Travaglia Cretu
Won 9 7
Converted 9/25 7/12
% Converted 36% 58%
Conceded 7 3
Saved 5 1
% Saved 71% 33%
Times Broken 2 2

Travaglia broke his opponents 9 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Italian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Romanian broke his opponents 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Cretu conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Travaglia
R1
Jeff
R2
Damas
Total
Score 6-2 6-3 6-3 6-74 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 17 32 49
pts 72-52 109-94 181-146
Total points 124 203 327
Winners 22 37 59
%Winners 31% 34% 33%
SERVE
Aces 3 6 9
Double Faults 1 1 2
1st in 30/49 51/91 81/140
% 1st in 61% 56% 58%
1st pts 22/30 37/51 59/81
% 1st pts 73% 73% 73%
2nd pts 14/19 25/40 39/59
% 2nd pts 74% 63% 66%
Breaks
Won 4 5 9
Converted 4/13 5/12 9/25
Converted % 31% 42% 36%
Conceded 5 2 7
Saved 5/5 0/2 5
Saved % 100% 0% 50%
Times Broken 0 2 2
Cretu
R1
Sanchez-Izquierdo
R2
Dubrivnyy
Total
Score 6-4 7-63 6-3 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 23 16 39
pts 72-67 58-35 130-102
Total points 139 93 232
Winners 33 20 53
%Winners 46% 34% 41%
SERVE
Aces 1 1 2
Double Faults 3 0 3
1st in 46/68 26/43 72/111
% 1st in 68% 60% 65%
1st pts 33/46 20/26 53/72
% 1st pts 72% 77% 74%
2nd pts 10/22 12/17 22/39
% 2nd pts 45% 71% 56%
Breaks
Won 3 4 7
Converted 3/5 4/7 7/12
Converted % 60% 57% 58%
Conceded 3 0 3
Saved 1/3 0/0 1
Saved % 33% 17%
Times Broken 2 0 2

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Travaglia
LWLWLWWLWW
Cretu
LWLWLLWWWW
2024 2023 2022
33 - 32
45 - 23
5-6
Hard
2-4
4-3
I Hard
0-0
24-22
Clay
43-19

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