Aslan Karatsev and Federico Cina will face off in the semifinal of the Hersonissos 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aslan Karatsev who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Aslan Karatsev is the pick to win this match.
Aslan Karatsev -> 1.363
Federico Cina -> 2.93

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Prediction and head to head Aslan Karatsev vs. Federico Cina

There is no head to head record between Aslan Karatsev and Federico Cina since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Aslan Karatsev

Aslan Karatsev

13 - 5win/loss

Hard
13-5
I Hard
0-0
Rank
231
High
14
LWLWLLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 15-9 13-6 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 12-18 6-9 1-4 5-3 0-2 0-0
2023 32-22 13-10 14-5 2-3 3-4 0-0
2022 18-31 8-9 5-9 4-10 1-3 0-0
2021 37-20 23-9 9-6 4-3 1-2 0-0

Ranked no. 207, the Russian got to the semifinal after beating Marko Topo 6-3 6-4

, Adria Soriano Barrera 6-3 6-3 and Chris Rodesch 6-2 7-5.

In the quarter, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Rodesch (6-2 7-5). During the match, Karatsev scored 72 points vs Rodesch’s 52. Karatsev was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Karatsev scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Aslan Karatsev was pretty effective on serve to win 74% (26/35) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Russian broke Rodesch 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Karatsev hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points he played.

Karatsev has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (288-199). 13-5 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Karatsev has an overall 143-74 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger where he defeated Gregoire Barrere in the final 7-6(5) 7-5.

The Russian has an aggregate 13-5 win-loss record in 2025, 13-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Hersonissos 2 Challenger

Hersonissos 2 Challenger
Karatsev's Record

Federico Cina

Federico Cina

8 - 0win/loss

Hard
8-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
243
High
243
WLWLWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 22-10 14-3 8-7 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 31-23 18-15 13-8 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 1-3 1-1 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 557, the Italian got to the semifinal after defeating Matthew Dellavedova 7-5 7-6(5), Khumoun Sultanov 7-6(3) 6-0 and Ergi Kirkin 7-5 6-4.

In the quarter, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Kirkin (7-5 6-4). During the match Cina scored 79 points vs Kirkin’s 68. Cina was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Cina scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Federico Cina lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Cina put 61% of his first serves in, winning 69% (27/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the 2nd serve. Federico broke Kirkin 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Cina hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Federico’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.

The Italian has a compiled 8-0 win-loss record in 2025, 8-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Hersonissos 2 Challenger
Cina's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Karatsev
F.Cina
3h:58
3h:58
Time on court​
5h:39
5h:39
1h:26
1h:26
Last match​
1h:50
1h:50
3
3
Match played
3
3
57
57
Games Played​
66
66
6
6
Set played​​
6
6
206
206
Total points​
247
247
68.7
68.7
Avg point​
82.3
82.3
80
80
Winners
92
92
26.7
26.7
Avg Winners​
30.7
30.7
39%
39%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
4
4
2.3
2.3
Avg Aces
1.3
1.3
13
13
Double Faults
10
10
4.3
4.3
Avg Double Faults
3.3
3.3
80/104
80/104
1st won total​
92/137
92/137
!
77%
77%
1st won %
67%
67%
38/74
38/74
2nd won total​
46/84
46/84
51%
51%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
12/25
12/25
BP won
12/26
12/26
4/8.3
4/8.3
Avg BP won
4/8.7
4/8.7
48%
48%
Won
46%
46%
9
9
Conceded
16
16
3
3
Avg Conceded
5.3
5.3
4
4
Broken
6
6
1.3
1.3
Avg Broken
2
2
5
5
Saved
10
10

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Karatsev Cina
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 6 6
Tot Games 57 66
Pts 206-154 247-210
Total Points 360 457
Winners 80 92
%Winners 39% 37%

Both Karatsev and Cina played 3 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Karatsev and Cina have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Karatsev played 9 games less than Cina. Aslan scored 80 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Federico managed to score 92 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Karatsev Cina
Aces 7 4
Avg per match 2.3 1.3
1st in 104/178 137/221
%1st in 58% 62%
1st pts 80/104 92/137
%1st pts 77% 67%
2nd pts 38/74 46/84
%2nd pts 51% 55%

Karatsev bagged 7 aces (2.3 per match). Cina bagged 4 aces (1.3 per match). Karatsev won 77% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Cina won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Karatsev Cina
Won 12 12
Converted 12/25 12/26
% Converted 48% 46%
Conceded 9 16
Saved 5 10
% Saved 56% 63%
Times Broken 4 6

Karatsev broke his opponents 12 times with a 48% conversion rate. Aslan dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Cina broke his opponents 12 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Karatsev
R1
Topo
R2
Soriano
1/4
Rodesch
Total
Score 6-3 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-2 7-5
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 19 18 20 57
pts 67-53 67-49 72-52 206-154
Total points 120 116 124 360
Winners 29 25 26 80
%Winners 43% 37% 36% 39%
SERVE
Aces 5 1 1 7
Double Faults 2 5 6 13
1st in 36/60 33/58 35/60 104/178
% 1st in 60% 57% 58% 58%
1st pts 29/36 25/33 26/35 80/104
% 1st pts 81% 76% 74% 77%
2nd pts 14/24 11/25 13/25 38/74
% 2nd pts 58% 44% 52% 51%
Breaks
Won 2 5 5 12
Converted 2/6 5/8 5/11 12/25
Converted % 33% 63% 45% 48%
Conceded 0 4 5 9
Saved 0/0 2/4 3/5 5
Saved % 50% 60% 37%
Times Broken 0 2 2 4
Cina
R1
Dellavedova
R2
Sultanov
1/4
Kirkin
Total
Score 7-5 7-65 7-63 6-0 7-5 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 25 19 22 66
pts 95-85 73-57 79-68 247-210
Total points 180 130 147 457
Winners 38 27 27 92
%Winners 40% 37% 34% 37%
SERVE
Aces 3 0 1 4
Double Faults 3 4 3 10
1st in 57/87 41/70 39/64 137/221
% 1st in 66% 59% 61% 62%
1st pts 38/57 27/41 27/39 92/137
% 1st pts 67% 66% 69% 67%
2nd pts 18/30 13/29 15/25 46/84
% 2nd pts 60% 45% 60% 55%
Breaks
Won 2 6 4 12
Converted 2/7 6/7 4/12 12/26
Converted % 29% 86% 33% 46%
Conceded 5 6 5 16
Saved 4/5 3/6 3/5 10
Saved % 80% 50% 60% 63%
Times Broken 1 3 2 6

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