H2H, prediction of Filip Cristian Jianu vs Neil Oberleitner in Kigali 1 Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 26th February 2025

PREVIEW. Kigali 1 Challenger. Cristian Jianu and Oberleitner will square off in the 2nd round of the Kigali 1 Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Wednesday the 26th of February

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Prediction and head to head Filip Cristian Jianu vs. Neil Oberleitner

Filip Cristian Jianu and Neil Oberleitner will face off in the 2nd round of the Kigali 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Filip Cristian Jianu who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Filip Cristian Jianu is the pick to win this match.
Filip Cristian Jianu -> 1.57
Neil Oberleitner -> 2.28

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Soccer Tonic Predictions

Prediction and head to head Filip Cristian Jianu vs. Neil Oberleitner

There is no head to head record between Filip Cristian Jianu and Neil Oberleitner since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Filip Cristian Jianu

Filip Cristian Jianu
Filip Cristian Jianu

3 - 8win/loss

Hard
2-5
I Hard
0-3
Clay
1-0
Rank
225
High
211
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 10-15 2-5 8-7 0-3 0-0 0-0
2024 70-34 0-0 70-33 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 52-35 2-2 44-29 6-4 0-0 0-0
2022 32-38 3-9 22-20 7-9 0-0 0-0
2021 50-39 7-5 41-28 2-4 0-1 0-1
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Ranked no. 229, the Romanian reached the 2nd round after defeating Nicholas David Ionel 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round, Cristian Jianu had a good straight sets win against David Ionel (6-4 6-4). During the match, Cristian Jianu scored 67 points vs David Ionel’s 55. Cristian Jianu was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Cristian Jianu made 2 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Filip Cristian Jianu was very efficient on serve to win 73% (24/33) of his 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Romanian broke David Ionel 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Cristian Jianu has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (287-203). 1-0 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cristian Jianu has a compiled242-146 record in the last 9 years on clay.

Cristian Jianu has a composed 3-8 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Kigali 1 Challenger

Filip has never competed in this tournament before.

Cristian Jianu
Kigali 1 Challenger
Cristian Jianu's Record

Neil Oberleitner

Neil Oberleitner
Neil Oberleitner

8 - 5win/loss

Hard
1-3
I Hard
0-0
Clay
7-2
Rank
394
High
394
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 13-12 1-3 12-9 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 50-31 3-4 33-17 12-8 0-0 2-2
2023 37-30 10-8 15-15 4-5 0-0 8-2
2022 30-31 14-15 16-16 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 30-25 17-12 10-11 3-2 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 440, Neil got to the 2nd round after beating Claude Ishimwe 6-0 6-1, Daniel Michalski 6-3 7-6(4) and Manuel Guinard 7-5 2-0 ret..

In the 1st round against Guinard, the Austrian had a free pass after Guinard retired on a 7-5 2-0 . scoreline.

The Austrian has a composed 8-5 win-loss record in 2025, 7-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Oberleitner
Kigali 1 Challenger
Oberleitner's Record
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Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

F.Cristian Jianu
N.Oberleitner
1h:36
1h:36
Time on court​
!
3h:41
3h:41
1h:36
1h:36
Last match​
1h:18
1h:18
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
20
20
Games Played​
49
49
2
2
Set played​​
7
7
67
67
Total points​
185
185
67
67
Avg point​
61.7
61.7
24
24
Winners
74
74
24
24
Avg Winners​
24.7
24.7
36%
36%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
24
24
2
2
Avg Aces
8
8
0
0
Double Faults
9
9
0
0
Avg Double Faults
3
3
24/33
24/33
1st won total​
74/89
74/89
!
73%
73%
1st won %
!
83%
83%
13/18
13/18
2nd won total​
33/55
33/55
!
72%
72%
2nd won %
60%
60%
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
BP won
9/25
9/25
3/6
3/6
Avg BP won
3/8.3
3/8.3
50%
50%
Won
36%
36%
2
2
Conceded
4
4
2
2
Avg Conceded
1.3
1.3
1
1
Broken
1
1
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0.3
0.3
1
1
Saved
3
3
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Cristian Jianu Oberleitner
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 2 7
Tot Games 20 49
Pts 67-55 185-130
Total Points 122 315
Winners 24 74
%Winners 36% 40%

Cristian Jianu played 1 match while Oberleitner competed in 3 matches. Oberleitner started his run from the qualifications while Cristian Jianu had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Cristian Jianu has played 5 set(s) less than Oberleitner (2 vs 7). Therefore, Cristian Jianu played 29 games less than Oberleitner. Cristian Jianu scored 24 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Oberleitner managed to score 74 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Cristian Jianu Oberleitner
Aces 2 24
Avg per match 2 8
1st in 33/51 89/144
%1st in 65% 62%
1st pts 24/33 74/89
%1st pts 73% 83%
2nd pts 13/18 33/55
%2nd pts 72% 60%

Cristian Jianu scored 2 aces . Oberleitner recorded 24 aces (8 per match). Cristian Jianu won 73% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, Oberleitner won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Cristian Jianu Oberleitner
Won 3 9
Converted 3/6 9/25
% Converted 50% 36%
Conceded 2 4
Saved 1 3
% Saved 50% 75%
Times Broken 1 1

Filip broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Cristian Jianu dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Neil broke his opponents 9 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Austrian conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Cristian Jianu
R1
David Ionel		 Total
Score 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 67-55 67-55
Total points 122 122
Winners 24 24
%Winners 36% 36%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 33/51 33/51
% 1st in 65% 65%
1st pts 24/33 24/33
% 1st pts 73% 73%
2nd pts 13/18 13/18
% 2nd pts 72% 72%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/6 3/6
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1
Oberleitner
Q1
Ishimwe		 Q3
Michalski		 R1
Guinard		 Total
Score 6-0 6-1 6-3 7-64 7-5 2-0 ret.
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 13 22 14 49
pts 57-24 73-62 55-44 185-130
Total points 81 135 99 315
Winners 22 34 18 74
%Winners 39% 47% 33% 40%
SERVE
Aces 6 9 9 24
Double Faults 4 4 1 9
1st in 23/33 41/67 25/44 89/144
% 1st in 70% 61% 57% 62%
1st pts 22/23 34/41 18/25 74/89
% 1st pts 96% 83% 72% 83%
2nd pts 6/10 17/26 10/19 33/55
% 2nd pts 60% 65% 53% 60%
Breaks
Won 5 1 3 9
Converted 5/9 1/5 3/11 9/25
Converted % 56% 20% 27% 36%
Conceded 0 0 4 4
Saved 0/0 0/0 3/4 3
Saved % – – 75% 75%
Times Broken 0 0 1 1

Head 2 Head

Filip Cristian Jianu
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 0Chall
  • 13Minor
Neil Oberleitner
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 0Chall
  • 3Minor

Filip
Cristian Jianu

1:0

Neil
Oberleitner

Rank

225

High

211

1Clay0

Rank

394

High

394

Win Loss
Cristian Jianu
LLWWLWLWLW
Oberleitner
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2025 2024 2023
10 - 13
13 - 12
2-5
Hard
1-3
8-7
Clay
12-9

Tennis Scores in Kigali 1 Challenger

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