Francisco Cerundolo and Facundo Diaz Acosta will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Australian Open for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on Court 6. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francisco Cerundolo who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Francisco Cerundolo is the pick to win this match.
Francisco Cerundolo -> 1.5
Facundo Diaz Acosta -> 2.59

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Prediction and head to head Francisco Cerundolo vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta

This will be the 5^th time that Francisco Cerundolo and Facundo Diaz Acosta clash against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Cerundolo and Diaz (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Diaz won 7-6(3) 6-0 in the 2^nd round in Buenos aires back in 2024.

Highlights Facundo Diaz Acosta vs Francisco Cerundolo – Buenos aires 14-February-2024

Francisco Cerundolo

Ranked no. 31, the Argentine reached the 2^nd round after beating Alexander Bublik 7-6(1) 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Francisco had a good straight sets win against Bublik (7-6¹ 6-3 6-2). During the match, Cerundolo scored 112 points vs Bublik’s 77. Cerundolo was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cerundolo made 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Francisco Cerundolo was extremely effective on serve to win 84% (42/50) of his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Cerundolo broke Bublik 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Cerundolo has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (314-168). 1-1 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cerundolo has a composed 34-34 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The Argentine has a compiled 1-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Facundo Diaz Acosta

Ranked no. 73, Diaz got to the 2^nd round after defeating Zizou Bergs 6-7(5) 6-4 1-6 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Argentine had a tough win against Bergs to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (6-7⁵ 6-4 1-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Diaz scored 160 points vs Bergs’s 155. Facundo was pretty aggressive to blast 72 winners.

About the serving games, Diaz managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Overall, Facundo Diaz Acosta was exceptionally effective on serve to win 77% (72/93) of his 1st serve and 51% (31/61) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Diaz broke Bergs 4 times after converting 25% of his break points (4/16).

The Argentine has a compiled 4-3 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cerundolo	Diaz
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	5
Tot Games	30	49
Pts	112-77	160-155
Total Points	189	315
Winners	42	72
%Winners	38%	45%

Both Cerundolo and Diaz played 1 match. At the moment, Facundo Diaz Acosta lost 2 sets while Francisco Cerundolo hasn’t conceded a set so far. Cerundolo has played 2 set(s) less than Diaz (3 vs 5). Therefore, Cerundolo played 19 games less than Diaz. Francisco scored 42 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Diaz managed to score 72 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cerundolo	Diaz
Aces	6	8
Avg per match	6	8
1st in	50/83	93/154
%1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	42/50	72/93
%1st pts	84%	77%
2nd pts	19/33	31/61
%2nd pts	58%	51%

Cerundolo made 6 aces . Diaz blasted 8 aces . Cerundolo won 84% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Diaz won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cerundolo	Diaz
Won	5	4
Converted	5/13	4/16
% Converted	38%	25%
Conceded	3	11
Saved	1	8
% Saved	33%	73%
Times Broken	2	3

The Argentine broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Cerundolo dropped his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponent 4 times with a 25% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.

Cerundolo
	R1 Bublik	Total
Score	7-61 6-3 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	112-77	112-77
Total points	189	189
Winners	42	42
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	50/83	50/83
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	42/50	42/50
% 1st pts	84%	84%
2nd pts	19/33	19/33
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/13	5/13
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1/3	1
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	2	2

Diaz
	R1 Bergs	Total
Score	6-75 6-4 1-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	49	49
pts	160-155	160-155
Total points	315	315
Winners	72	72
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	9	9
1st in	93/154	93/154
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	72/93	72/93
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	31/61	31/61
% 2nd pts	51%	51%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/16	4/16
Converted %	25%	25%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	8/11	8
Saved %	73%	73%
Times Broken	3	3

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