Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Matias Soto will play each other in the 2nd round of the Antofagasta Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Manuel Cerundolo who should win in 3 sets.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo -> 1.48
Matias Soto -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Matias Soto
This will be the 3rd time that Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Matias Soto square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Manuel Cerundolo (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Manuel Cerundolo won 6-4 6-4 in the qualifications in Santiago back in February 2024.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo
31 - 22win/loss
206
79
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-22 | 0-3 | 32-19 | 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 |
Ranked no. 206, Juan reached the 2nd round after beating Jose Pereira 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Pereira (6-4 6-4). During the match, Manuel Cerundolo scored 64 points vs Pereira’s 53. Juan was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Manuel Cerundolo blasted 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Juan Manuel Cerundolo was very efficient on serve to win 80% (20/25) of his 1st serve and 53% (19/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Argentine broke Pereira 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Manuel Cerundolo has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (230-143). 31-19 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Manuel Cerundolo has an overall221-123 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Lima 1 Challenger where he beat 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.
The Argentine has an aggregate 31-22 win-loss record in 2024, 31-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Antofagasta Challenger
Matias Soto
35 - 19win/loss
308
308
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-20 | 6-7 | 25-12 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-19 | 4-4 | 14-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-7 | 7-3 | 14-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-9 | 6-3 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 308 (career-high), Soto reached the 2nd round after beating Juan Pablo Ficovich 6-0 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Chilean had a good straight sets win against Pablo Ficovich (6-0 6-3). During the match Soto scored 60 points vs Pablo Ficovich’s 30. Matias was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Soto fired 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Matias Soto was very efficient on serve to win 92% (24/26) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Chilean broke Pablo Ficovich 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Soto’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the San Luis Potosi Challenger,M25 Trelew and M25 Arequipa.
Matias has an overall 35-19 win-loss record in 2024, 25-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Antofagasta Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Manuel Cerundolo | Soto |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 15 |
| Pts | 64-53 | 60-30 |
| Total Points | 117 | 90 |
| Winners | 20 | 24 |
| %Winners | 31% | 40% |
Both Manuel Cerundolo and Soto played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Manuel Cerundolo and Soto have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Manuel Cerundolo played 5 games more than Soto. Juan scored 20 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Soto bagged 24 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Manuel Cerundolo | Soto |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 25/61 | 26/41 |
| %1st in | 41% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 20/25 | 24/26 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 92% |
| 2nd pts | 19/36 | 9/15 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 60% |
Manuel Cerundolo bagged 4 aces . Soto fired 2 aces . Manuel Cerundolo won 80% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Soto won 92% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Manuel Cerundolo | Soto |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 80% | 40% |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Juan broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Argentine dropped his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Soto broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Matias was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Manuel Cerundolo | |||
| R1 Pereira | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 64-53 | 64-53 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 25/61 | 25/61 | |
| % 1st in | 41% | 41% | |
| 1st pts | 20/25 | 20/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/36 | 19/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Soto | |||
| R1 Pablo Ficovich | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 60-30 | 60-30 | |
| Total points | 90 | 90 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 26/41 | 26/41 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 24/26 | 24/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 9/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Antofagasta Challenger
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Karue SellSell (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo – Hugo DellienDellien (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi – Facundo MenaMena (7-65 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Jesper De JongDe Jong (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matias SotoSoto – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida – Andrea CollariniCollarini (3-2) – H2H and prediction