Filip Cristian Jianu and Eliakim Coulibaly will face off in the semifinal of the Brazzaville Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 10:30 am on CENTRAL COURT. 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 Filip Cristian Jianu who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Filip Cristian Jianu is the pick to win this match.
Filip Cristian Jianu -> 1.42
Eliakim Coulibaly -> 2.69

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Prediction and head to head Filip Cristian Jianu vs. Eliakim Coulibaly

There is no head to head record between Filip Cristian Jianu and Eliakim Coulibaly since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Filip Cristian Jianu

Ranked no. 214, Cristian Jianu got to the semifinal after beating Aziz Ouakaa 6-4 6-2, Julien De Cuyper 6-1 6-3 and Karan Singh 6-4 6-2.

In the quarter, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Singh (6-4 6-2). During the match, Cristian Jianu scored 60 points vs Singh’s 48. Cristian Jianu was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cristian Jianu scored 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Filip Cristian Jianu was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Romanian broke Singh 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Romanian hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 58% of the points he played.

Cristian Jianu has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (279-191). 65-29 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cristian Jianu has a compiled236-142 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.

The Romanian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M25 Hammamet,M15 Kish Island,the Milan Challenger and M25 Satu Mare.

Filip has an overall 65-30 win-loss record in 2024, 65-29 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Brazzaville Challenger

The Romanian has never competed in this tournament before.

Eliakim Coulibaly

Ranked no. 412, Eliakim reached the semifinal after defeating Guy Orly Iradukunda 6-4 3-6 6-3, Samir Hamza Reguig 6-4 6-3 and Calvin Hemery 6-3 7-5.

In the quarter, Eliakim had a good straight sets win against Hemery (6-3 7-5). During the match Coulibaly scored 68 points vs Hemery’s 64. Coulibaly was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Coulibaly blasted 5 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Eliakim Coulibaly lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Coulibaly put 67% of his first serves in, winning 74% (34/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Eliakim broke Hemery 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Ivorian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Coulibaly’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.

The Ivorian has a compiled 55-21 win-loss record in 2024, 10-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cristian Jianu	Coulibaly
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	7
Tot Games	52	68
Pts	181-129	230-203
Total Points	310	433
Winners	88	102
%Winners	49%	44%

Both Cristian Jianu and Coulibaly played 3 matches. At the moment, Eliakim Coulibaly lost 1 set while Filip Cristian Jianu hasn’t lost a set so far. Cristian Jianu has played 1 set(s) less than Coulibaly (6 vs 7). Therefore, Cristian Jianu played 16 games less than Coulibaly. Filip scored 88 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Coulibaly blasted 102 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cristian Jianu	Coulibaly
Aces	4	18
Avg per match	1.3	6
1st in	115/147	134/205
%1st in	78%	65%
1st pts	88/115	102/134
%1st pts	77%	76%
2nd pts	19/32	33/71
%2nd pts	59%	46%

Cristian Jianu fired 4 aces (1.3 per match). Coulibaly managed to score 18 aces (6 per match). Cristian Jianu won 77% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Coulibaly won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cristian Jianu	Coulibaly
Won	12	11
Converted	12/28	11/29
% Converted	43%	38%
Conceded	12	13
Saved	10	8
% Saved	83%	62%
Times Broken	2	5

Filip broke his opponents 12 times with a 43% conversion rate. Filip conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Eliakim broke his opponents 11 times with a 38% conversion rate. Coulibaly conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.

Cristian Jianu
	R1 Ouakaa	R2 De Cuyper	1/4 Singh	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	6-1 6-3	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	18	16	18	52
pts	63-50	58-31	60-48	181-129
Total points	113	89	108	310
Winners	34	28	26	88
%Winners	54%	48%	43%	49%
SERVE
Aces	1	1	2	4
Double Faults	0	0	1	1
1st in	46/56	36/42	33/49	115/147
% 1st in	82%	86%	67%	78%
1st pts	34/46	28/36	26/33	88/115
% 1st pts	74%	78%	79%	77%
2nd pts	6/10	4/6	9/16	19/32
% 2nd pts	60%	67%	56%	59%
Breaks
Won	3	5	4	12
Converted	3/7	5/7	4/14	12/28
Converted %	43%	71%	29%	43%
Conceded	3	2	7	12
Saved	3/3	1/2	6/7	10
Saved %	100%	50%	86%	79%
Times Broken	0	1	1	2

Coulibaly
	R1 Orly Iradukunda	R2 Hamza	1/4 Hemery	Total
Score	6-4 3-6 6-3	6-4 6-3	6-3 7-5
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	28	19	21	68
pts	86-78	76-61	68-64	230-203
Total points	164	137	132	433
Winners	37	31	34	102
%Winners	43%	41%	50%	44%
SERVE
Aces	8	5	5	18
Double Faults	4	9	6	19
1st in	49/72	39/64	46/69	134/205
% 1st in	68%	61%	67%	65%
1st pts	37/49	31/39	34/46	102/134
% 1st pts	76%	79%	74%	76%
2nd pts	13/23	9/25	11/23	33/71
% 2nd pts	57%	36%	48%	46%
Breaks
Won	4	4	3	11
Converted	4/8	4/12	3/9	11/29
Converted %	50%	33%	33%	38%
Conceded	5	4	4	13
Saved	2/5	3/4	3/4	8
Saved %	40%	75%	75%	63%
Times Broken	3	1	1	5

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