Alexander Zverev and Francisco Cerundolo will fight against each other in the quarter of the Argentina Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:30 pm on COURT GUILLERMO VILAS. 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 Alexander Zverev who should win in 2 sets.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.32
Francisco Cerundolo -> 3.38
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Francisco Cerundolo
This will be the 2nd time that Alexander Zverev and Francisco Cerundolo clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cerundolo (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Cerundolo won 6-3 6-4 in the 4th round in Madrid back in 2024.
Highlights Francisco Cerundolo vs Alexander Zverev – Madrid 30-April-2024
Alexander Zverev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55-25 | 24-9 | 18-7 | 7-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 69-21 | 29-10 | 23-6 | 11-3 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-27 | 22-13 | 20-7 | 8-5 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-10 | 9-4 | 17-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 59-15 | 28-6 | 14-4 | 13-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 2 (career-high), Zverev got to the quarter after beating Unknown Player bye and Dusan Lajovic 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Lajovic (6-4 6-4). During the match, Zverev scored 78 points vs Lajovic’s 66. Zverev was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zverev managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alexander Zverev lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Zverev put 71% of his first serves in, winning 80% (36/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (7/18) on the 2nd serve. Zverev broke Lajovic 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Zverev has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 72% of his matches (456-175). 1-0 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Zverev has a composed 144-46 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Zverev’s best result of the year was getting to the final at the Australian Open .
Alexander has an overall 9-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Buenos Aires
Zverev has never competed in this tournament before.
Francisco Cerundolo
4 - 2win/loss
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38-24 | 12-8 | 21-11 | 5-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-31 | 5-10 | 21-13 | 9-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-26 | 10-10 | 19-12 | 4-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-28 | 7-8 | 25-10 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-24 | 3-2 | 39-21 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 28, Francisco reached the quarter after beating Luciano Darderi 6-4 6-4 and Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Francisco had a good straight sets win against Manuel Cerundolo (6-2 6-3). During the match Cerundolo scored 67 points vs Manuel Cerundolo’s 42. Francisco was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Cerundolo recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Francisco Cerundolo was pretty effective on serve to win 74% (26/35) of his 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Francisco broke Manuel Cerundolo 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Cerundolo has a compiled 4-2 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Buenos Aires
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zverev | Cerundolo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 37 |
| Pts | 78-66 | 141-108 |
| Total Points | 144 | 249 |
| Winners | 36 | 58 |
| %Winners | 46% | 41% |
Zverev played 1 match while Cerundolo competed in 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Zverev has played 2 set(s) less than Cerundolo (2 vs 4). Therefore, Zverev played 17 games less than Cerundolo. The German scored 36 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Francisco recorded 58 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zverev | Cerundolo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 45/63 | 84/123 |
| %1st in | 71% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 36/45 | 58/84 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 7/18 | 27/39 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 69% |
Zverev blasted 6 aces . Cerundolo scored 3 aces (1.5 per match). Zverev won 80% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Cerundolo won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zverev | Cerundolo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 6/16 |
| % Converted | 43% | 38% |
| Conceded | 4 | 12 |
| Saved | 3 | 11 |
| % Saved | 75% | 92% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Alexander broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The German lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Cerundolo broke his opponents 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Cerundolo conceded his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zverev | |||
| R2 Lajovic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 78-66 | 78-66 | |
| Total points | 144 | 144 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 45/63 | 45/63 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 36/45 | 36/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/18 | 7/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Cerundolo | ||||
| R1 Darderi | R2 Manuel | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 17 | 37 | |
| pts | 74-66 | 67-42 | 141-108 | |
| Total points | 140 | 109 | 249 | |
| Winners | 32 | 26 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 49/69 | 35/54 | 84/123 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 65% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 32/49 | 26/35 | 58/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 74% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 14/19 | 27/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 74% | 69% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/7 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 43% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 4/4 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 100% | 188% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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