Christoph Negritu and Federico Cina will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Yokkaichi Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 7. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Federico Cina who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Federico Cina is the pick to win this match.
Federico Cina -> 1.57
Christoph Negritu -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Christoph Negritu vs. Federico Cina

This will be the 2^nd time that Christoph Negritu and Federico Cina clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Cina won 6-2 6-2 in the 2^nd round in M15 Monastir back in February 2024.

Christoph Negritu

Ranked no. 409, Negritu reached the 2^nd round after defeating Shinji Hazawa 7-5 6-3, Ryuki Matsuda 6-3 4-6 6-4 and Mattia Bellucci 6-7(1) 6-2 7-5.

In the 1^st round against Bellucci, Christoph recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7¹ 6-2 7-5). During the match, Negritu scored 110 points vs Bellucci’s 93. The German was pretty aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Talking about the service games, Negritu bagged 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Christoph Negritu was exceptionally effective on serve to win 82% (49/60) of his 1st serve and 59% (22/37) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Negritu broke Bellucci 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Negritu has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (215-154). 17-13 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Negritu has a composed101-67 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

The German’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M25 Sion.

Christoph has a compiled 42-25 win-loss record in 2024, 17-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger

The German has never competed in this tournament before.

Federico Cina

Ranked no. 546 (career-high), Cina reached the 2^nd round after defeating Tung-Lin Wu 6-4 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Federico had a good straight sets win against Wu (6-4 6-3). During the match Cina scored 78 points vs Wu’s 60. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.

About the serving games, Cina bagged 4 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Federico Cina lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Cina put 72% of his first serves in, winning 66% (25/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the 2nd serve. Federico broke Wu 5 times after converting 25% of his break points (5/20).

Federico’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Buzau.

The Italian has an aggregate 31-21 win-loss record in 2024, 18-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Negritu	Cina
Match played	3	1
Tot Set	8	2
Tot Games	83	19
Pts	283-242	78-60
Total Points	525	138
Winners	104	25
%Winners	37%	32%

Negritu played 3 matches while Cina competed in 1 match. Negritu started his run from the qualifications while Cina had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Christoph Negritu surrendered 2 sets while Federico Cina hasn’t dropped a set so far. Negritu has played 6 sets more than Cina (8 vs 2). Therefore, Negritu played 64 games more than Cina. Negritu scored 104 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Cina made 25 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Negritu	Cina
Aces	22	4
Avg per match	7.3	4
1st in	146/262	38/53
%1st in	56%	72%
1st pts	104/146	25/38
%1st pts	71%	66%
2nd pts	64/116	10/15
%2nd pts	55%	67%

Negritu recorded 22 aces (7.3 per match). Cina fired 4 aces . Negritu won 71% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Cina won 66% of the points behind 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	Negritu	Cina
Won	14	5
Converted	14/29	5/20
% Converted	48%	25%
Conceded	22	6
Saved	14	4
% Saved	64%	67%
Times Broken	8	2

The German broke his opponents 14 times with a 48% conversion rate. Christoph dropped his serve 8 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Cina broke his opponent 5 times with a 25% conversion rate. Federico conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Negritu
	Q1 Hazawa	Q3 Matsuda	R1 Bellucci	Total
Score	7-5 6-3	6-3 4-6 6-4	6-71 6-2 7-5
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	21	29	33	83
pts	79-62	94-87	110-93	283-242
Total points	141	181	203	525
Winners	25	30	49	104
%Winners	32%	32%	45%	37%
SERVE
Aces	5	9	8	22
Double Faults	1	2	1	4
1st in	39/68	47/97	60/97	146/262
% 1st in	57%	48%	62%	56%
1st pts	25/39	30/47	49/60	104/146
% 1st pts	64%	64%	82%	71%
2nd pts	19/29	23/50	22/37	64/116
% 2nd pts	66%	46%	59%	55%
Breaks
Won	4	7	3	14
Converted	4/9	7/14	3/6	14/29
Converted %	44%	50%	50%	48%
Conceded	5	13	4	22
Saved	3/5	7/13	4/4	14
Saved %	60%	54%	100%	71%
Times Broken	2	6	0	8

Cina
	R1 Wu	Total
Score	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	78-60	78-60
Total points	138	138
Winners	25	25
%Winners	32%	32%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	38/53	38/53
% 1st in	72%	72%
1st pts	25/38	25/38
% 1st pts	66%	66%
2nd pts	10/15	10/15
% 2nd pts	67%	67%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/20	5/20
Converted %	25%	25%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	4/6	4
Saved %	67%	22%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Yokkaichi Challenger

• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – James McCabeMcCabe (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Elias YmerYmer – Alexey ZakharovZakharov (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Alafia AyeniAyeni (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Li TuTu – Yua TakaTaka (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Rei SakamotoSakamoto – Philip HenningHenning (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Jakub PaulPaul (6-3 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Ryotaro TaguchiTaguchi (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Masamichi ImamuraImamura (2-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Philip SekulicSekulic – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov – Yaroslav DeminDemin (7-6³ 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Christoph NegrituNegritu – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-7¹ 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Naoki NakagawaNakagawa – Dane SweenySweeny (7-6¹⁰ 6-2) – See score progression
• Kaichi UchidaUchida – Kokoro IsomuraIsomura (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
• Omar JasikaJasika – Kris Van WykVan Wyk (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Federico CinaCina – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Elias YmerYmer – Alexey ZakharovZakharov (7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
• Li TuTu – Yua TakaTaka (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Alafia AyeniAyeni (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov – Yaroslav DeminDemin (7-6(3) 7-6(8)) – See score progression

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• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elias YmerYmer – Li TuTu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Omar JasikaJasika – Benjamin HassanHassan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction