Stefanos Tsitsipas outlasts Francisco Cerundolo 6-3 6-7(3) 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Basel on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle. Tsitsipas will fight against Botic Van De Zandschulp in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 32 minutes. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.

Basel
Tsitsipas's Record

The Greek added to his prize money € 16,275 after winning this match. He has already won € 34,880 after this win. If he wins the next match, Tsitsipas will add € 30,465 to his earnings to get in total € 65,345 in total.

Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Francisco Cerundolo Swiss Indoors Basel – Basel

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tsitsipas
Cerundolo
6-3 6-73 7-64
2h:32
120
120
Total points
111
111
56
56
Winners
43
43
47%
47%
Ratio Winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
9
9
1
1
Double Faults
3
3
61%
61%
1st in
63%
63%
77%
77%
1st won
61%
61%
56/73
56/73
1st won
43/70
43/70
47%
47%
2nd won
63%
63%
22/47
22/47
2nd won
26/41
26/41
-- Break Points --
3/12
3/12
Total
2/7
2/7
25%
25%
Won
29%
29%
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At the end of the match, Tsitsipas scored 120 points vs. Cerundolo’s 111.

Tsitsipas

Stefanos served very well to win 77% of the points (56/73) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 47% points (22/47) on his second serve. Tsitsipas won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 25% (3/12) of the procured opportunities.

Cerundolo

On the other side, Cerundolo was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Cerundolo is 1-0 for Stefanos.

Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp – stats

Tsitsipas will compete against Van De Zandschulp in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Botic Van De Zandschulp face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Tsitsipas 6-3
TsitsipasCerundolo
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
TsitsipasCerundolo
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
TsitsipasCerundolo
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
TsitsipasCerundolo
5
2
15
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
TsitsipasCerundolo
4
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
TsitsipasCerundolo
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
TsitsipasCerundolo
3
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
TsitsipasCerundolo
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
TsitsipasCerundolo
2
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
TsitsipasCerundolo
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15

Tsitsipas was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Francisco Cerundolo in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was sufficient for Tsitsipas to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

They played 54 points. Stefanos was the one to win the set after conquering 14 more points than Cerundolo (34-20). The Greek was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). on the other side of the court, Francisco conceded 14 points on serve (16-14).

2nd Set -
Cerundolo 7-6
CerundoloTsitsipas
7
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
CerundoloTsitsipas
7
6
0
1
0
2
0
2
1
2
1
3
2
3
3
3
4
3
5
3
6
3
CerundoloTsitsipas
6
6
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
CerundoloTsitsipas
6
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
CerundoloTsitsipas
5
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
CerundoloTsitsipas
5
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
CerundoloTsitsipas
4
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
CerundoloTsitsipas
3
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
CerundoloTsitsipas
2
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
CerundoloTsitsipas
2
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
CerundoloTsitsipas
1
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
CerundoloTsitsipas
1
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
CerundoloTsitsipas
0
2
0
15
0
30
0
40

Tsitsipas enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Francisco Cerundolo in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was crucial for Francisco to win the set (7-6) since there were no other breaks anymore.

Francisco lost 11 points on serve (24-11). On the losing side, Tsitsipas conceded 21 points on serve (34-21).

3rd Set -
Tsitsipas 7-6
TsitsipasCerundolo
7
6
T
1
0
C
1
1
C
1
2
T
2
2
T
2
3
C
2
4
C
3
4
T
4
4
T
5
4
C
6
4
C
7
4
TsitsipasCerundolo
6
6
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
TsitsipasCerundolo
5
6
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
TsitsipasCerundolo
5
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
TsitsipasCerundolo
5
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
TsitsipasCerundolo
4
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
TsitsipasCerundolo
4
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
TsitsipasCerundolo
3
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
TsitsipasCerundolo
3
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
TsitsipasCerundolo
2
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
TsitsipasCerundolo
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
TsitsipasCerundolo
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40

Tsitsipas clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 11th (5-6) game, The Greek broke back in the 12th (6-6) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-4.

Tiebreak

Stefanos won 3 minibreaks in the 7th (3-4), 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Francisco won a minibreak in the 5th (3-2) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

Stefanos converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 12th game (5-6 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Argentine converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 7th (3-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 9th (4-4 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40).

They played 89 points. It’s worth to point out that, Stefanos won this set even if he scored less points 3 than Cerundolo (43-46

). Stefanos surrendered 20 points on serve (28-20). On the losing side, Francisco conceded 15 points on serve (26-15).
1st
Tsitsipas
Cerundolo
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Tsitsipas
Cerundolo
6-7
6
7
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
3rd
Tsitsipas
Cerundolo
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0

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