Federico Coria and Marco Cecchinato will face off in the 2nd round of the Punta Del Este Challenger for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 5:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

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

As per the initial odds, Federico Coria is the pick to win this match.
Federico Coria -> 1.43
Marco Cecchinato -> 2.66

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Prediction and head to head Federico Coria vs. Marco Cecchinato

This will be the 7th time that Federico Coria and Marco Cecchinato clash against each other. The head to head is 4-2 for Coria (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Coria won 6-2 7-6(1) in the quarter in the Sassuolo Challenger back in 2024.

Federico Coria

Federico Coria

2 - 1win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
0-0
Clay
2-0
Rank
248
High
49
LWLWLLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 20-18 0-1 20-17 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 45-35 0-3 45-31 0-0 0-1 0-0
2023 38-29 3-8 35-20 0-0 0-1 0-0
2022 41-32 2-5 39-26 0-0 0-1 0-0
2021 43-31 2-7 40-20 1-3 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 96, Coria reached the 2nd round after beating Gustavo Heide 6-7(1) 6-3 6-4.

In the 1st round against Heide, Coria recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-71 6-3 6-4). During the match, Coria scored 94 points vs Heide’s 91. The Argentine was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about the service games, Coria recorded 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Federico Coria lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Coria put 59% of his first serves in, winning 78% (43/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (18/38) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Heide 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Coria has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (390-262). 1-0 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Coria has an overall 374-212 record in the last years on clay.

The Argentine has a composed 1-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Punta Del Este Challenger

Punta Del Este Challenger
Coria's Record

Marco Cecchinato

Marco Cecchinato

3 - 2win/loss

Clay
3-2
Rank
230
High
16
LWLLWWWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 39-34 0-0 39-34 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 26-25 0-2 26-23 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 13-23 1-4 12-17 0-0 0-2 0-0
2022 43-33 0-3 43-30 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 32-27 1-5 31-19 0-2 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 378, Cecchinato got to the 2nd round after beating Andres Andrade 2-6 6-4 6-3.

In the 1st round against Andrade, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-3).During the match Cecchinato scored less points (4) than Andrade. In fact, the world no. 96 won 90 points vs Andrade’s. That means that Cecchinato was more focused during the important points. Cecchinato was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.

About the serving games, Cecchinato fired 8 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Marco Cecchinato lost the serve 3 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Cecchinato put 61% of his first serves in, winning 62% (40/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (21/41) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Andrade 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Cecchinato has an aggregate 3-1 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Punta Del Este Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2020. See his history.

Punta Del Este Challenger
Cecchinato's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

F.Coria
M.Cecchinato
2h:46
2h:46
Time on court​
2h:03
2h:03
!
2h:46
2h:46
Last match​
!
2h:03
2h:03
1
1
Match played
1
1
32
32
Games Played​
27
27
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
94
94
Total points​
90
90
94
94
Avg point​
90
90
43
43
Winners
40
40
43
43
Avg Winners​
40
40
46%
46%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
8
8
3
3
Avg Aces
8
8
5
5
Double Faults
8
8
5
5
Avg Double Faults
!
8
8
43/55
43/55
1st won total​
40/65
40/65
!
78%
78%
1st won %
62%
62%
18/38
18/38
2nd won total​
21/41
21/41
47%
47%
2nd won %
51%
51%
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
BP won
3/6
3/6
4/9
4/9
Avg BP won
3/6
3/6
44%
44%
Won
50%
50%
3
3
Conceded
13
13
3
3
Avg Conceded
13
13
2
2
Broken
3
3
2
2
Avg Broken
3
3
1
1
Saved
10
10

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Coria Cecchinato
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 32 27
Pts 94-91 90-94
Total Points 185 184
Winners 43 40
%Winners 46% 44%

Both Coria and Cecchinato played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Federico Coria dropped 1 set, while Marco Cecchinato conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Coria and Cecchinato have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Coria played 5 games more than Cecchinato. Coria scored 43 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Marco fired 40 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Coria Cecchinato
Aces 3 8
Avg per match 3 8
1st in 55/93 65/106
%1st in 59% 61%
1st pts 43/55 40/65
%1st pts 78% 62%
2nd pts 18/38 21/41
%2nd pts 47% 51%

Coria recorded 3 aces . Cecchinato recorded 8 aces . Coria won 78% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Cecchinato won 62% of the points on 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 Coria Cecchinato
Won 4 3
Converted 4/9 3/6
% Converted 44% 50%
Conceded 3 13
Saved 1 10
% Saved 33% 77%
Times Broken 2 3

Coria broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Federico dropped his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Cecchinato broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.

Coria
R1
Heide
Total
Score 6-71 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 32 32
pts 94-91 94-91
Total points 185 185
Winners 43 43
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 55/93 55/93
% 1st in 59% 59%
1st pts 43/55 43/55
% 1st pts 78% 78%
2nd pts 18/38 18/38
% 2nd pts 47% 47%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/9 4/9
Converted % 44% 44%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 1/3 1
Saved % 33% 33%
Times Broken 2 2
Cecchinato
R1
Andrade
Total
Score 2-6 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 27 27
pts 90-94 90-94
Total points 184 184
Winners 40 40
%Winners 44% 44%
SERVE
Aces 8 8
Double Faults 8 8
1st in 65/106 65/106
% 1st in 61% 61%
1st pts 40/65 40/65
% 1st pts 62% 62%
2nd pts 21/41 21/41
% 2nd pts 51% 51%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/6 3/6
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 13 13
Saved 10/13 10
Saved % 77% 77%
Times Broken 3 3

Tennis Scores in Punta Del Este Challenger

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