Dragos Nicolae Cazacu and Corentin Denolly will play each other in the 2nd round of the Brazzaville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on CENTRAL COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Corentin Denolly who should win in 2 sets.
Corentin Denolly -> 1.086
Dragos Nicolae Cazacu -> 6.45
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Prediction and head to head Dragos Nicolae Cazacu vs. Corentin Denolly
There is no head to head record between Dragos Nicolae Cazacu and Corentin Denolly since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Dragos Nicolae Cazacu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-22 | 0-0 | 28-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-27 | 0-2 | 24-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, the Romanian reached the 2nd round after defeating Unknown Player bye and Credit Chaiyarin 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Dragos had a good straight sets win against Chaiyarin (6-4 6-2). During the match, Nicolae Cazacu scored 72 points vs Chaiyarin’s 53. Nicolae Cazacu was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nicolae Cazacu bagged 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Dragos Nicolae Cazacu lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Nicolae Cazacu put 67% of his first serves in, winning 81% (29/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (7/18) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Chaiyarin 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Nicolae Cazacu has won exactly 50% of his matches (58-57) in the last 4 years. 28-22 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Nicolae Cazacu has a composed58-55 record in the last 4 years on clay.
The Romanian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Buzau.
The Romanian has an aggregate 28-22 win-loss record in 2024, 28-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Brazzaville Challenger
Dragos has never competed in this tournament before.
Corentin Denolly
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 54-22 | 0-0 | 54-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-18 | 0-0 | 32-15 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-20 | 0-0 | 39-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-24 | 2-4 | 23-16 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 8-8 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 305, the French player reached the 2nd round after beating Chun-Ming Yam 6-0 6-1.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Yam (6-0 6-1). During the match Denolly scored 57 points vs Yam’s 26. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Talking about serving, Denolly recorded 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Corentin Denolly was extremely effective on serve to win 89% (16/18) of his 1st serve and 67% (8/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Denolly broke Yam 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
The French player best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Hammamet,M15 Orange Park,M25 Kigali and M25 Kampala.
Denolly has an aggregate 54-22 win-loss record in 2024, 54-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nicolae Cazacu | Denolly |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 13 |
| Pts | 72-53 | 57-26 |
| Total Points | 125 | 83 |
| Winners | 29 | 16 |
| %Winners | 40% | 28% |
Both Nicolae Cazacu and Denolly played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Nicolae Cazacu and Denolly have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Nicolae Cazacu played 5 games more than Denolly. The Romanian scored 29 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Corentin made 16 winners (28%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nicolae Cazacu | Denolly |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 36/54 | 18/30 |
| %1st in | 67% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 16/18 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 89% |
| 2nd pts | 7/18 | 8/12 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 67% |
Nicolae Cazacu scored 4 aces . Denolly blasted 2 aces . Nicolae Cazacu won 81% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Denolly won 89% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nicolae Cazacu | Denolly |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 6/10 |
| % Converted | 45% | 60% |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 |
| Saved | 1 | 0 |
| % Saved | 33% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Dragos broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Nicolae Cazacu dropped his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Denolly broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Denolly was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Nicolae Cazacu | |||
| R1 Chaiyarin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 72-53 | 72-53 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 36/54 | 36/54 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 29/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/18 | 7/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Denolly | |||
| R1 Yam | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 57-26 | 57-26 | |
| Total points | 83 | 83 | |
| Winners | 16 | 16 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 18/30 | 18/30 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 16/18 | 16/18 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/12 | 8/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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