Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Adolfo Daniel Vallejo will play each other in the final of the Antofagasta Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on CANCHA CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.49
Adolfo Daniel Vallejo -> 2.47

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Prediction and head to head Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Adolfo Daniel Vallejo

This will be the 2^nd time that Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Adolfo Daniel Vallejo fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Daniel Vallejo (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played, Daniel Vallejo won 6-3 6-3 in the 2^nd round in the Iasi Challenger back in July 2024.

Juan Manuel Cerundolo

Ranked no. 206, Juan got to the final after defeating Jose Pereira 6-4 6-4, Matias Soto 7-6(5) 6-4, Juan Ignacio Londero 6-2 6-4 and Andrea Collarini 6-3 6-2.

In the semifinal, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Collarini (6-3 6-2). During the match, Manuel Cerundolo scored 68 points vs Collarini’s 48. Manuel Cerundolo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Manuel Cerundolo made 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Juan Manuel Cerundolo lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Manuel Cerundolo put 64% of his first serves in, winning 79% (31/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (8/22) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Collarini 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Argentine hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Manuel Cerundolo has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (233-143). 34-19 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Manuel Cerundolo has an aggregate224-123 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 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.

Manuel Cerundolo has a composed 34-22 win-loss record in 2024, 34-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Antofagasta Challenger

Adolfo Daniel Vallejo

Ranked no. 286 (career-high), the Paraguayan reached the final after defeating Gonzalo Villanueva 6-2 6-4, Hugo Dellien 6-3 6-2, Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi 6-4 2-6 6-1 and Jesper De Jong 6-2 6-4.

In the semifinal, Daniel Vallejo had a good straight sets win against De Jong (6-2 6-4). During the match Daniel Vallejo scored 73 points vs De Jong’s 58. The Paraguayan was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about serving, Daniel Vallejo scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Adolfo Daniel Vallejo lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Daniel Vallejo put 61% of his first serves in, winning 54% (21/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the 2nd serve. The Paraguayan broke De Jong 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Adolfo has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Sao Leopoldo Challenger where he overcame Enzo Couacaud in the final 6-3 6-2.

The Paraguayan has an aggregate 30-20 win-loss record in 2024, 23-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Antofagasta Challenger

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

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Manuel Cerundolo	Daniel Vallejo
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	8	9
Tot Games	78	78
Pts	273-222	298-241
Total Points	495	539
Winners	103	95
%Winners	38%	32%

Both Manuel Cerundolo and Daniel Vallejo played 4 matches. At the moment, Adolfo Daniel Vallejo lost 1 set while Juan Manuel Cerundolo hasn’t dropped a set so far. Manuel Cerundolo has played 1 set(s) less than Daniel Vallejo (8 vs 9). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (78). Manuel Cerundolo scored 103 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Adolfo recorded 95 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Manuel Cerundolo	Daniel Vallejo
Aces	12	3
Avg per match	3	0.8
1st in	137/253	146/257
%1st in	54%	57%
1st pts	103/137	95/146
%1st pts	75%	65%
2nd pts	55/116	70/111
%2nd pts	47%	63%

Manuel Cerundolo bagged 12 aces (3 per match). Daniel Vallejo scored 3 aces (0.8 per match). Manuel Cerundolo won 75% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Daniel Vallejo won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Manuel Cerundolo	Daniel Vallejo
Won	18	18
Converted	18/27	18/47
% Converted	67%	38%
Conceded	22	18
Saved	13	12
% Saved	59%	67%
Times Broken	9	6

Juan broke his opponents 18 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded. Daniel Vallejo broke his opponents 18 times with a 38% conversion rate. Adolfo conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Manuel Cerundolo
	R1 Pereira	R2 Soto	1/4 Londero	1/2 Collarini	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	7-65 6-4	6-2 6-4	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	8
Tot Games	20	23	18	17	78
pts	64-53	80-73	61-48	68-48	273-222
Total points	117	153	109	116	495
Winners	20	33	19	31	103
%Winners	31%	41%	31%	46%	38%
SERVE
Aces	4	3	2	3	12
Double Faults	4	2	3	4	13
1st in	25/61	47/79	26/52	39/61	137/253
% 1st in	41%	59%	50%	64%	54%
1st pts	20/25	33/47	19/26	31/39	103/137
% 1st pts	80%	70%	73%	79%	75%
2nd pts	19/36	14/32	14/26	8/22	55/116
% 2nd pts	53%	44%	54%	36%	47%
Breaks
Won	4	4	5	5	18
Converted	4/5	4/6	5/9	5/7	18/27
Converted %	80%	67%	56%	71%	67%
Conceded	6	8	3	5	22
Saved	4/6	5/8	1/3	3/5	13
Saved %	67%	63%	33%	60%	56%
Times Broken	2	3	2	2	9

Daniel Vallejo
	R1 Villanueva	R1 Villanueva	R2 Dellien	R2 Dellien	1/4 Emanuel Ambrogi	1/4 Emanuel Ambrogi	1/2 De Jong	Total
Score	6-2 6-4	6-2 6-4	6-3 6-2	6-3 6-2	6-4 2-6 6-1	6-4 2-6 6-1	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	16
Tot Games	18	18	17	17	25	25	18	138
pts	65-45	65-45	68-53	68-53	92-85	92-85	73-58	523-424
Total points	110	110	121	121	177	177	131	947
Winners	24	24	23	23	27	27	21	169
%Winners	37%	37%	34%	34%	29%	29%	29%	32%
SERVE
Aces	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	5
Double Faults	0	0	2	2	3	3	2	12
1st in	31/50	31/50	35/55	35/55	41/88	41/88	39/64	253/450
% 1st in	62%	62%	64%	64%	47%	47%	61%	56%
1st pts	24/31	24/31	23/35	23/35	27/41	27/41	21/39	169/253
% 1st pts	77%	77%	66%	66%	66%	66%	54%	67%
2nd pts	16/19	16/19	11/20	11/20	27/47	27/47	16/25	124/197
% 2nd pts	84%	84%	55%	55%	57%	57%	64%	63%
Breaks
Won	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	31
Converted	3/6	3/6	5/12	5/12	5/14	5/14	5/15	31/79
Converted %	50%	50%	42%	42%	36%	36%	33%	39%
Conceded	1	1	3	3	8	8	6	30
Saved	1/1	1/1	2/3	2/3	5/8	5/8	4/6	20
Saved %	100%	100%	67%	67%	63%	63%	67%	132%
Times Broken	0	0	1	1	3	3	2	10

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