Francisco Cerundolo and Justin Engel will face off in the 2nd round of the Almaty Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francisco Cerundolo who should win in 2 sets.
Francisco Cerundolo -> 1.093
Justin Engel -> 7.2
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Prediction and head to head Francisco Cerundolo vs. Justin Engel
There is no head to head record between Francisco Cerundolo and Justin Engel since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Francisco Cerundolo
29 - 27win/loss
30
19
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-31 | 5-10 | 21-13 | 9-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-26 | 10-10 | 19-12 | 4-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-28 | 7-8 | 25-10 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-24 | 3-2 | 39-21 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 36-11 | 5-0 | 31-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 31, Cerundolo will start his run in Almaty after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 7-6(7) 7-5 to Shevchenko in the 2nd round on the 5th of October.
Cerundolo has a composed 29-27 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title in Umag where he beat Lorenzo Musetti in the final 2-6 6-4 7-6(5).
Talking about his overall career, Cerundolo has an overall 307-163 record. He has a negative 10-11 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Almaty
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
Justin Engel
36 - 14win/loss
395
393
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-17 | 4-3 | 32-12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-12 | 0-0 | 11-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 458 (career-high), Engel got to the 2nd round after defeating Chak Lam Coleman Wong 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, The German had a good straight sets win against Lam Coleman Wong (7-5 6-4). During the match Engel scored 82 points vs Lam Coleman Wong’s 73. Justin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Engel bagged 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Justin Engel lost the serve once and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Engel put 76% of his first serves in, winning 71% (40/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. Justin broke Lam Coleman Wong 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Justin’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Villach,M15 Uslar,M15 Trier and M15 Cap d’Agde.
The German has a compiled 36-14 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Almaty
- Daniel EvansEvans – Taro DanielDaniel (6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (5-7 7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander Shevchenko/Timofey SkatovShevchenko/Timofey Skatov – Evan King/Reese StalderKing/Reese Stalder (6-1 7-65) – See score progression
- Jakob Schnaitter/Mark WallnerSchnaitter/Mark Wallner – Yuki Bhambri/Albano OlivettiBhambri/Albano Olivetti (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Justin EngelEngel – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli/Arjun KadheChoudary Bollipalli/Arjun Kadhe – Marco Bortolotti/Patrik Niklas-SalminenBortolotti/Patrik Niklas-Salminen (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Taro DanielDaniel (6-2 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (5-7 7-6(4) 6-3) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Aleksandar VukicVukic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Borna CoricCoric – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Daniel EvansEvans (5-4) – H2H and prediction
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-1) – H2H and prediction