Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Henrique Rocha will square off in the 2^nd round of the Guayaquil Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Manuel Cerundolo who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Juan Manuel Cerundolo is the pick to win this match.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo -> 1.4
Henrique Rocha -> 2.77

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Prediction and head to head Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Henrique Rocha

There is no head to head record between Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Henrique Rocha since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Juan Manuel Cerundolo

Ranked no. 142, Juan got to the 2^nd round after defeating Renzo Olivo 6-2 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Olivo (6-2 6-3). During the match, Manuel Cerundolo scored 61 points vs Olivo’s 38. Manuel Cerundolo was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Regarding the service games, Manuel Cerundolo fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Juan Manuel Cerundolo was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 78% (21/27) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Manuel Cerundolo broke Olivo 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Manuel Cerundolo has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (242-146). 43-22 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Manuel Cerundolo has a composed233-126 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.

His best result of the current year 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 defeated Alvaro Guillen Meza in the final 3-6 6-1 6-4 and the Antofagasta Challenger where he beat Adolfo Daniel Vallejo in the final 3-6 6-2 6-4.

The Argentine has a composed 43-25 win-loss record in 2024, 43-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Guayaquil Challenger

Henrique Rocha

Ranked no. 179, the Portuguese got to the 2^nd round after beating Gerard Campana Lee 4-6 6-2 6-2.

In the 1^st round against Campana Lee, Rocha recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-2). During the match Rocha scored 90 points vs Campana Lee’s 70. Henrique was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, Rocha blasted 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Henrique Rocha lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Rocha put 60% of his first serves in, winning 71% (35/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (14/33) on the 2nd serve. The Portuguese broke Campana Lee 7 times after converting 54% of his break points (7/13).

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Murcia Challenger where he overcame Nikoloz Basilashvili in the final 3-6 7-6(0) 7-5.

Rocha has an aggregate 34-29 win-loss record in 2024, 21-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Guayaquil Challenger

The Portuguese has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Manuel Cerundolo	Rocha
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	17	26
Pts	61-38	90-70
Total Points	99	160
Winners	21	35
%Winners	34%	39%

Both Manuel Cerundolo and Rocha played 1 match. At the moment, Henrique Rocha surrendered 1 set while Juan Manuel Cerundolo hasn’t lost a set so far. Manuel Cerundolo has played 1 set(s) less than Rocha (2 vs 3). Therefore, Manuel Cerundolo played 9 games less than Rocha. The Argentine scored 21 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Henrique scored 35 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Manuel Cerundolo	Rocha
Aces	3	3
Avg per match	3	3
1st in	27/41	49/82
%1st in	66%	60%
1st pts	21/27	35/49
%1st pts	78%	71%
2nd pts	10/14	14/33
%2nd pts	71%	42%

Manuel Cerundolo bagged 3 aces . Rocha struck 3 aces . Manuel Cerundolo won 78% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Rocha won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Manuel Cerundolo	Rocha
Won	5	7
Converted	5/9	7/13
% Converted	56%	54%
Conceded	2	9
Saved	1	5
% Saved	50%	56%
Times Broken	1	4

Juan broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Henrique broke his opponent 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Henrique conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.

Manuel Cerundolo
	R1 Olivo	Total
Score	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	61-38	61-38
Total points	99	99
Winners	21	21
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	27/41	27/41
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	21/27	21/27
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	10/14	10/14
% 2nd pts	71%	71%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/9
Converted %	56%	56%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Rocha
	R1 Campana	Total
Score	4-6 6-2 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	26	26
pts	90-70	90-70
Total points	160	160
Winners	35	35
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	49/82	49/82
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	35/49	35/49
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	14/33	14/33
% 2nd pts	42%	42%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/13	7/13
Converted %	54%	54%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	5/9	5
Saved %	56%	56%
Times Broken	4	4

Tennis Scores in Guayaquil Challenger

• Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (7-6¹ ret.) – See score progression
• Ryan NijboerNijboer – Angel VelizVeliz (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
• Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Alex BarrenaBarrena – Vilius GaubasGaubas (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Henrique RochaRocha – Gerard Campana LeeCampana Lee (4-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Marcos Lee Chan BaratauLee Chan Baratau (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Francisco CastroCastro (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Mariano KestelboimKestelboim – Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Gastao EliasElias (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Mathys ErhardErhard (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Garrett JohnsJohns (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Federico CoriaCoria – Nicolas KickerKicker (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Gonzalo BuenoBueno – Elmer MollerMoller (4-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Ignacio BuseBuse (5-7 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Andres AndradeAndrade – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (5-7 6-3 7-6³) – See score progression
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Francisco CastroCastro (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-2 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Vit KoprivaKopriva (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Mariano KestelboimKestelboim – Federico CoriaCoria (0-4) – H2H and prediction
• Andres AndradeAndrade – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ryan NijboerNijboer – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – (1-0) – H2H and prediction