Francisco Cerundolo and Pedro Martinez Portero will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Argentina Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 6:00 pm on COURT GUILLERMO VILAS. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

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

As per the initial odds, Francisco Cerundolo is the pick to win this match.
Francisco Cerundolo -> 1.61
Pedro Martinez Portero -> 2.32

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Prediction and head to head Francisco Cerundolo vs. Pedro Martinez Portero

This will be the 3^rd time that Francisco Cerundolo and Pedro Martinez Portero play each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Martinez Portero won 1-6 6-1 6-4 in the quarter in Hamburg back in 2024.

Highlights Pedro Martinez Portero vs Francisco Cerundolo – Hamburg 19-July-2024

Francisco Cerundolo

Ranked no. 28, Francisco reached the semifinal after beating Luciano Darderi 6-4 6-4, Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-2 6-3 and Alexander Zverev 3-6 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter against Zverev, Francisco recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Cerundolo scored 89 points vs Zverev’s 80. Francisco was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about the service games, Cerundolo fired 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Francisco Cerundolo lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Cerundolo put 71% of his first serves in, winning 65% (40/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the 2nd serve. Francisco broke Zverev 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

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

Cerundolo has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (318-169). 3-0 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cerundolo has an overall 258-110 match record in the last years on clay.

Cerundolo has a compiled 5-2 win-loss record in 2025, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Buenos Aires

Pedro Martinez Portero

Ranked no. 41, the Spaniard reached the semifinal after beating Damir Dzumhur 0-6 6-2 7-6(3), Diego Schwartzman 6-2 6-2 and Lorenzo Musetti w/o.

In the quarter, Pedro defeated Musetti (w/o). During the match Martinez Portero and Musetti scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 28 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Martinez Portero was not very aggressive do strike just winners.

Talking about serving, Martinez Portero was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Pedro Martinez Portero conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (/) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (/) on the 2nd serve.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Pedro has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Pedro has a composed 7-4 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Buenos Aires

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2020 and 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cerundolo	Martinez Portero
Match played	3	2
Tot Set	7	5
Tot Games	63	43
Pts	230-188	165-142
Total Points	418	307
Winners	98	74
%Winners	43%	45%

Cerundolo played 3 matches while Martinez Portero competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Francisco Cerundolo surrendered 1 set, while Pedro Martinez Portero lost 1 set. Cerundolo has played 2 sets more than Martinez Portero (7 vs 5). Therefore, Cerundolo played 20 games more than Martinez Portero. The Argentine scored 98 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Pedro made 74 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cerundolo	Martinez Portero
Aces	5	1
Avg per match	1.7	0.5
1st in	146/210	122/161
%1st in	70%	76%
1st pts	98/146	74/122
%1st pts	67%	61%
2nd pts	42/64	17/39
%2nd pts	66%	44%

Cerundolo managed to score 5 aces (1.7 per match). Martinez Portero bagged 1 ace (0.5 per match). Cerundolo won 67% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Martinez Portero won 61% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cerundolo	Martinez Portero
Won	10	10
Converted	10/21	10/23
% Converted	48%	43%
Conceded	19	22
Saved	16	15
% Saved	84%	68%
Times Broken	3	7

The Argentine broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Cerundolo conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 84% of the break points that he conceded. Pedro broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. Pedro conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.

Cerundolo
	R1 Darderi	R2 Manuel	1/4 Zverev	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	6-2 6-3	3-6 6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	20	17	26	63
pts	74-66	67-42	89-80	230-188
Total points	140	109	169	418
Winners	32	26	40	98
%Winners	43%	39%	45%	43%
SERVE
Aces	1	2	2	5
Double Faults	0	1	4	5
1st in	49/69	35/54	62/87	146/210
% 1st in	71%	65%	71%	70%
1st pts	32/49	26/35	40/62	98/146
% 1st pts	65%	74%	65%	67%
2nd pts	13/20	14/19	15/25	42/64
% 2nd pts	65%	74%	60%	66%
Breaks
Won	3	3	4	10
Converted	3/9	3/7	4/5	10/21
Converted %	33%	43%	80%	48%
Conceded	8	4	7	19
Saved	7/8	4/4	5/7	16
Saved %	88%	100%	71%	86%
Times Broken	1	0	2	3

Martinez Portero
	R1 Dzumhur	R2 Schwartzman	1/4 Musetti	Total
Score	0-6 6-2 7-63	6-2 6-2	w/o
Tot Set	3	2	–	5
Tot Games	27	16	–	43
pts	108-108	57-34	–	165-142
Total points	216	91	–	307
Winners	47	27	–	74
%Winners	44%	47%	–	45%
SERVE
Aces	1	0	–	1
Double Faults	3	2	–	5
1st in	84/112	38/49	–	122/161
% 1st in	75%	78%	–	76%
1st pts	47/84	27/38	–	74/122
% 1st pts	56%	71%	–	61%
2nd pts	12/28	5/11	–	17/39
% 2nd pts	43%	45%	–	44%
Breaks
Won	5	5	–	10
Converted	5/14	5/9	–	10/23
Converted %	36%	56%	–	43%
Conceded	18	4	–	22
Saved	12/18	3/4	–	15
Saved %	67%	75%	–	47%
Times Broken	6	1	–	7

Tennis Scores in Buenos Aires

• Joao FonsecaFonseca – Mariano NavoneNavone (3-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (w/o) – See score progression
• Laslo DjereDjere – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Alexander ZverevZverev (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Alexander Erler/Constantin FrantzenErler/Constantin Frantzen – Gregoire Jacq/Orlando LuzJacq/Orlando Luz (6-4 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Laslo DjereDjere – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (1-1) – H2H and prediction