Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Vit Kopriva will play each other in the semifinal of the Lima 2 Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 5:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Manuel Cerundolo who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Juan Manuel Cerundolo is the pick to win this match.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo -> 1.65
Vit Kopriva -> 2.13

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Prediction and head to head Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Vit Kopriva

This will be the 2^nd time that Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Vit Kopriva play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kopriva (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Kopriva won 6-2 6-2 in the 2^nd round in M25 Pardubice back in 2020.

Juan Manuel Cerundolo

Ranked no. 143, the Argentine got to the semifinal after beating Ignacio Buse 1-6 6-3 7-5, Oriol Roca Batalla 6-4 6-2 and Camilo Ugo Carabelli 6-1 6-1.

In the quarter, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Ugo Carabelli (6-1 6-1). During the match, Manuel Cerundolo scored 56 points vs Ugo Carabelli’s 25. Juan was extremely aggressive to blast 16 winners.

Talking about the service games, Manuel Cerundolo managed to score 3 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Juan Manuel Cerundolo lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Manuel Cerundolo put 64% of his first serves in, winning 70% (16/23) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the 2nd serve. Manuel Cerundolo broke Ugo Carabelli 7 times after converting 64% of his break points (7/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Manuel Cerundolo has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.

Manuel Cerundolo has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (245-147). 46-23 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Manuel Cerundolo has an overall236-127 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 overcame Pedro Boscardin Dias in the final 6-4 6-3 and the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger where he overcame 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.

Juan has an overall 46-26 win-loss record in 2024, 46-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lima 2 Challenger

Vit Kopriva

Ranked no. 149, Vit got to the semifinal after defeating Gonzalo Bueno 6-4 4-6 6-3

, Marco Trungelliti 3-6 6-4 6-3 and Francisco Comesana 4-6 7-6(3) 6-1.

In the quarter against Comesana, Vit recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-6³ 6-1). During the match Kopriva scored 113 points vs Comesana’s 93. Kopriva was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Talking about serving, Kopriva struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Vit Kopriva lost the serve 3 times and he saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Kopriva put 61% of his first serves in, winning 69% (45/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (22/41) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Comesana 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kopriva has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Szczecin Challenger where he defeated Andrea Pellegrino in the final 7-5 6-2.

Kopriva has a compiled 37-26 win-loss record in 2024, 19-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lima 2 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Manuel Cerundolo	Kopriva
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	9
Tot Games	60	87
Pts	213-172	287-260
Total Points	385	547
Winners	92	118
%Winners	43%	41%

Both Manuel Cerundolo and Kopriva played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Juan Manuel Cerundolo surrendered 1 set, while Vit Kopriva lost 3 sets. Manuel Cerundolo has played 2 set(s) less than Kopriva (7 vs 9). Therefore, Manuel Cerundolo played 27 games less than Kopriva. The Argentine scored 92 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech bagged 118 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Manuel Cerundolo	Kopriva
Aces	9	5
Avg per match	3	1.7
1st in	146/204	176/274
%1st in	72%	64%
1st pts	92/146	118/176
%1st pts	63%	67%
2nd pts	32/58	44/98
%2nd pts	55%	45%

Manuel Cerundolo managed to score 9 aces (3 per match). Kopriva made 5 aces (1.7 per match). Manuel Cerundolo won 63% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Kopriva won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Manuel Cerundolo	Kopriva
Won	15	17
Converted	15/24	17/31
% Converted	63%	55%
Conceded	20	35
Saved	13	22
% Saved	65%	63%
Times Broken	7	13

Juan broke his opponents 15 times with a 63% conversion rate. Juan surrendered his serve 7 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded. Kopriva broke his opponents 17 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve 13 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Manuel Cerundolo
	R1 Buse	R2 Roca Batalla	1/4 Ugo Carabelli	Total
Score	1-6 6-3 7-5	6-4 6-2	6-1 6-1
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	28	18	14	60
pts	90-93	67-54	56-25	213-172
Total points	183	121	81	385
Winners	47	29	16	92
%Winners	52%	43%	29%	43%
SERVE
Aces	4	2	3	9
Double Faults	2	4	0	6
1st in	80/109	43/59	23/36	146/204
% 1st in	73%	73%	64%	72%
1st pts	47/80	29/43	16/23	92/146
% 1st pts	59%	67%	70%	63%
2nd pts	18/29	7/16	7/13	32/58
% 2nd pts	62%	44%	54%	55%
Breaks
Won	3	5	7	15
Converted	3/4	5/9	7/11	15/24
Converted %	75%	56%	64%	63%
Conceded	13	5	2	20
Saved	10/13	3/5	0/2	13
Saved %	77%	60%	0%	46%
Times Broken	3	2	2	7

Kopriva
	R1 Bueno	R2 Trungelliti	1/4 Comesana	Total
Score	6-4 4-6 6-3	3-6 6-4 6-3	4-6 7-63 6-1
Tot Set	3	3	3	9
Tot Games	29	28	30	87
pts	86-80	88-87	113-93	287-260
Total points	166	175	206	547
Winners	34	39	45	118
%Winners	40%	44%	40%	41%
SERVE
Aces	2	1	2	5
Double Faults	2	2	1	5
1st in	54/81	57/87	65/106	176/274
% 1st in	67%	66%	61%	64%
1st pts	34/54	39/57	45/65	118/176
% 1st pts	63%	68%	69%	67%
2nd pts	12/27	10/30	22/41	44/98
% 2nd pts	44%	33%	54%	45%
Breaks
Won	7	6	4	17
Converted	7/12	6/11	4/8	17/31
Converted %	58%	55%	50%	55%
Conceded	10	9	16	35
Saved	5/10	4/9	13/16	22
Saved %	50%	44%	81%	58%
Times Broken	5	5	3	13

Tennis Scores in Lima 2 Challenger

• Henrique RochaRocha – Federico CoriaCoria (7-6³ 6-0) – See score progression
• Elmer MollerMoller – Vilius GaubasGaubas (6-4 3-6 6-0) – See score progression
• Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Francisco ComesanaComesana (4-6 7-6³ 6-1) – See score progression
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Francisco ComesanaComesana (4-6 7-6(3) 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (1-0) – H2H and prediction