Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Juan Pablo Varillas will play each other in the quarter of the Cordoba Challenger for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:00 am on CANCHA CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

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

As per the initial odds, Juan Manuel Cerundolo is the pick to win this match.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo -> 1.46
Juan Pablo Varillas -> 2.56

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Prediction and head to head Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Juan Pablo Varillas

This will be the 5^th time that Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Juan Pablo Varillas face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Manuel Cerundolo (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Manuel Cerundolo won 6-3 7-5 in the 1^st round in the Curitiba Challenger back in 2024.

Juan Manuel Cerundolo

Ranked no. 129, the Argentine reached the quarter after beating Alvaro Guillen Meza 4-6 7-5 6-2 and Murkel Dellien 6-4 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Manuel Cerundolo had a good straight sets win against Alejandro Dellien Velasco (6-4 6-3). During the match, Manuel Cerundolo scored 58 points vs Alejandro Dellien Velasco’s 49. Manuel Cerundolo was extremely aggressive to blast 15 winners.

Regarding the service games, Manuel Cerundolo bagged 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Juan Manuel Cerundolo lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Manuel Cerundolo put 50% of his first serves in, winning 60% (15/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the 2nd serve. Juan broke Alejandro Dellien Velasco 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Manuel Cerundolo has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Manuel Cerundolo has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (256-156). 11-5 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Manuel Cerundolo has a composed247-134 record in the last 8 years on clay.

Manuel Cerundolo has a compiled 11-7 win-loss record in 2025, 11-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cordoba Challenger

The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.

Juan Pablo Varillas

Ranked no. 198, Pablo Patino-Samudio reached the quarter after beating Genaro Alberto Olivieri 6-0 7-6(1) and Santiago De La Fuente 6-3 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, Juan had a good straight sets win against De La Fuente (6-3 6-1). During the match Pablo Patino-Samudio scored 58 points vs De La Fuente’s 31. Juan was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.

About the serving games, Pablo Patino-Samudio blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Juan Pablo Varillas was quite efficient on serve to win 76% (19/25) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Peruvian broke De La Fuente 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Pablo Patino-Samudio hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 61% of the points he played.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Buenos Aires Challenger where he beat Adolfo Daniel Vallejo in the final 6-4 6-4.

The Peruvian has a compiled 8-2 win-loss record in 2025, 8-1 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Manuel Cerundolo	Pablo Patino-Samudio
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	49	35
Pts	164-140	127-81
Total Points	304	208
Winners	50	45
%Winners	30%	35%

Both Manuel Cerundolo and Pablo Patino-Samudio played 2 matches. At the moment, Juan Manuel Cerundolo conceded 1 set while Juan Pablo Varillas hasn’t dropped a set so far. Manuel Cerundolo has played 1 set more than Pablo Patino-Samudio (5 vs 4). Therefore, Manuel Cerundolo played 14 games more than Pablo Patino-Samudio. Manuel Cerundolo scored 50 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Juan struck 45 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Manuel Cerundolo	Pablo Patino-Samudio
Aces	6	8
Avg per match	3	4
1st in	74/137	60/106
%1st in	54%	57%
1st pts	50/74	45/60
%1st pts	68%	75%
2nd pts	34/63	26/46
%2nd pts	54%	57%

Manuel Cerundolo recorded 6 aces (3 per match). Pablo Patino-Samudio struck 8 aces (4 per match). Manuel Cerundolo won 68% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Pablo Patino-Samudio won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Manuel Cerundolo	Pablo Patino-Samudio
Won	11	10
Converted	11/22	10/16
% Converted	50%	63%
Conceded	8	10
Saved	2	7
% Saved	25%	70%
Times Broken	6	3

Juan broke his opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. Manuel Cerundolo conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. The Peruvian broke his opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. Juan conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Manuel Cerundolo
	R1 Guillen Meza	R2 Alejandro Dellien Velasco	Total
Score	4-6 7-5 6-2	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	30	19	49
pts	106-91	58-49	164-140
Total points	197	107	304
Winners	35	15	50
%Winners	33%	26%	30%
SERVE
Aces	3	3	6
Double Faults	4	6	10
1st in	49/87	25/50	74/137
% 1st in	56%	50%	54%
1st pts	35/49	15/25	50/74
% 1st pts	71%	60%	68%
2nd pts	21/38	13/25	34/63
% 2nd pts	55%	52%	54%
Breaks
Won	5	6	11
Converted	5/15	6/7	11/22
Converted %	33%	86%	50%
Conceded	4	4	8
Saved	1/4	1/4	2
Saved %	25%	25%	25%
Times Broken	3	3	6

Pablo Patino-Samudio
	R1 Alberto Olivieri	R2 De La Fuente	Total
Score	6-0 7-61	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	19	16	35
pts	69-50	58-31	127-81
Total points	119	89	208
Winners	26	19	45
%Winners	38%	33%	35%
SERVE
Aces	3	5	8
Double Faults	3	1	4
1st in	35/59	25/47	60/106
% 1st in	59%	53%	57%
1st pts	26/35	19/25	45/60
% 1st pts	74%	76%	75%
2nd pts	12/24	14/22	26/46
% 2nd pts	50%	64%	57%
Breaks
Won	5	5	10
Converted	5/9	5/7	10/16
Converted %	56%	71%	63%
Conceded	5	5	10
Saved	3/5	4/5	7
Saved %	60%	80%	70%
Times Broken	2	1	3

Tennis Scores in Cordoba Challenger

• Marcelo Demoliner/Gonzalo EscobarDemoliner/Gonzalo Escobar – Leonardo Aboian/Valerio AboianAboian/Valerio Aboian (6-4 7-6¹⁰) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ignacio Carou/Juan Manuel CerundoloCarou/Juan Manuel Cerundolo – Jakob Schnaitter/Mark WallnerSchnaitter/Mark Wallner (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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