Cezar Cretu and Luka Pavlovic will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Sibiu Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:00 pm on COURT CENTRE. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.64
Luka Pavlovic -> 2.15

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Prediction and head to head Cezar Cretu vs. Luka Pavlovic

This will be the 2nd time that Cezar Cretu and Luka Pavlovic square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Pavlovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Pavlovic won 6-2 6-2 in the final in M15 Pirot back in 2021.

Cezar Cretu

Cezar Cretu

45 - 19win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
2-0
Clay
43-18
Rank
313
High
288
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 50-24 4-5 44-19 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
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Ranked no. 307, Cretu reached the semifinal after defeating Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-4 7-6(3), Artem Dubrivnyy 6-3 6-1 and Stefano Travaglia 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter, Cretu had a good straight sets win against Travaglia (6-3 6-4). During the match, Cretu scored 73 points vs Travaglia’s 59. Cezar was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about the service games, Cretu made 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Cezar Cretu lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Cretu put 65% of his first serves in, winning 73% (35/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Cezar broke Travaglia 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Cretu hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Cretu has a fantastic match record in the last 7 years having won 70% of his matches (237-103). 43-18 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Cretu has an overall208-85 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.

The Romanian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Oradea,M25 Satu Mare and M25+H Bacau.

Cezar has a composed 45-19 win-loss record in 2024, 43-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sibiu Challenger

Sibiu Challenger
Cretu's Record

Luka Pavlovic

Luka Pavlovic

40 - 14win/loss

Clay
40-14
Rank
358
High
350
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 44-18 0-0 42-16 2-2 0-0 0-0
2023 39-12 0-1 38-10 1-1 0-0 0-0
2022 11-12 3-2 8-10 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 16-14 1-1 15-13 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 3-1 0-0 3-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 396, Pavlovic reached the semifinal after beating Gastao Elias 1-1 ret., Liam Draxl 6-2 6-3 and Rudolf Molleker 7-5 6-3.

In the quarter, The French player had a good straight sets win against Molleker (7-5 6-3). During the match Pavlovic scored 69 points vs Molleker’s 60. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Pavlovic recorded 12 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Luka Pavlovic was extremely efficient on serve to win 77% (33/43) of his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Molleker twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Luka hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Luka’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Porec,M25 Kursumlijska Banja and M15 Kursumlijska Banja.

The French player has a composed 40-14 win-loss record in 2024, 40-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sibiu Challenger

Pavlovic has never competed in this tournament before.

Sibiu Challenger
Pavlovic's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

C.Cretu
L.Pavlovic
!
4h:29
4h:29
Time on court​
2h:29
2h:29
1h:35
1h:35
Last match​
1h:14
1h:14
3
3
Match played
3
3
58
58
Games Played​
40
40
6
6
Set played​​
6
6
203
203
Total points​
140
140
67.7
67.7
Avg point​
46.7
46.7
88
88
Winners
61
61
29.3
29.3
Avg Winners​
20.3
20.3
43%
43%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
21
21
1.3
1.3
Avg Aces
7
7
5
5
Double Faults
3
3
1.7
1.7
Avg Double Faults
1
1
88/120
88/120
1st won total​
61/72
61/72
!
73%
73%
1st won %
!
85%
85%
35/65
35/65
2nd won total​
29/50
29/50
54%
54%
2nd won %
58%
58%
-- Break Points --
10/17
10/17
BP won
5/11
5/11
3.3/5.7
3.3/5.7
Avg BP won
1.7/3.7
1.7/3.7
!
59%
59%
Won
45%
45%
7
7
Conceded
4
4
2.3
2.3
Avg Conceded
1.3
1.3
3
3
Broken
0
0
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0
0
4
4
Saved
4
4
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Cretu Pavlovic
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 6 6
Tot Games 58 40
Pts 203-161 140-105
Total Points 364 245
Winners 88 61
%Winners 43% 44%

Both Cretu and Pavlovic played 3 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Cretu and Pavlovic have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Cretu played 18 games more than Pavlovic. Cretu scored 88 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The French player managed to score 61 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Cretu Pavlovic
Aces 4 21
Avg per match 1.3 7
1st in 120/185 72/122
%1st in 65% 59%
1st pts 88/120 61/72
%1st pts 73% 85%
2nd pts 35/65 29/50
%2nd pts 54% 58%

Cretu bagged 4 aces (1.3 per match). Pavlovic blasted 21 aces (7 per match). Cretu won 73% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Pavlovic won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Cretu Pavlovic
Won 10 5
Converted 10/17 5/11
% Converted 59% 45%
Conceded 7 4
Saved 4 4
% Saved 57% 100%
Times Broken 3 0

The Romanian broke his opponents 10 times with a 59% conversion rate. Cretu conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Luka broke his opponents 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The French player was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.

Cretu
R1
Sanchez-Izquierdo		 R2
Dubrivnyy		 1/4
Travaglia		 Total
Score 6-4 7-63 6-3 6-1 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 23 16 19 58
pts 72-67 58-35 73-59 203-161
Total points 139 93 132 364
Winners 33 20 35 88
%Winners 46% 34% 48% 43%
SERVE
Aces 1 1 2 4
Double Faults 3 0 2 5
1st in 46/68 26/43 48/74 120/185
% 1st in 68% 60% 65% 65%
1st pts 33/46 20/26 35/48 88/120
% 1st pts 72% 77% 73% 73%
2nd pts 10/22 12/17 13/26 35/65
% 2nd pts 45% 71% 50% 54%
Breaks
Won 3 4 3 10
Converted 3/5 4/7 3/5 10/17
Converted % 60% 57% 60% 59%
Conceded 3 0 4 7
Saved 1/3 0/0 3/4 4
Saved % 33% – 75% 36%
Times Broken 2 0 1 3
Pavlovic
R1
Elias		 R2
Draxl		 1/4
Molleker		 Total
Score 1-1 ret. 6-2 6-3 7-5 6-3
Tot Set 1 2 2 5
Tot Games 2 17 21 40
pts 6-4 65-41 69-60 140-105
Total points 10 106 129 245
Winners 4 24 33 61
%Winners 67% 37% 48% 44%
SERVE
Aces 3 6 12 21
Double Faults 0 0 3 3
1st in 4/4 25/46 43/72 72/122
% 1st in 100% 54% 60% 59%
1st pts 4/4 24/25 33/43 61/72
% 1st pts 100% 96% 77% 85%
2nd pts 0/0 12/21 17/29 29/50
% 2nd pts 0% 57% 59% 58%
Breaks
Won 0 3 2 5
Converted 0/0 3/7 2/4 5/11
Converted % 0% 43% 50% 45%
Conceded 0 0 4 4
Saved 0/0 0/0 4/4 4
Saved % – – 100% 33%
Times Broken 0 0 0 0

Tennis Scores in Sibiu Challenger

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