Justin Engel and Daniel Cukierman will square off in the qualifications of the Murcia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on PISTA 4. 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 Justin Engel who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Justin Engel is the pick to win this match.
Justin Engel -> 1.44
Daniel Cukierman -> 2.625
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Prediction and head to head Justin Engel vs. Daniel Cukierman
There is no head to head record between Justin Engel and Daniel Cukierman since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Justin Engel
10 - 6win/loss
353
345
LWWLLWLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-7 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 8-1 |
| 2024 | 37-17 | 4-3 | 32-12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-12 | 0-0 | 11-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 353, Justin reached the qualifications after beating Lucas Bouquet 6-4 7-6(4).
In the qualifications, Engel had a good straight sets win against Bouquet (6-4 7-64). During the match, Engel scored 76 points vs Bouquet’s 69. Justin was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Engel bagged 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Justin Engel lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Engel put 61% of his first serves in, winning 72% (34/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (13/30) on the 2nd serve. Engel broke Bouquet 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Engel has a winning record in the last 5 years having won 58% of his matches (62-45). 1-0 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Engel has a composed48-31 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
Engel’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Cadolzburg.
Engel has a composed 10-6 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
The German has never competed in this tournament before.
Daniel Cukierman
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 21-18 | 5-5 | 16-11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-25 | 17-11 | 6-5 | 11-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 49-28 | 39-14 | 5-7 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-13 | 3-4 | 20-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 609, Daniel got to the qualifications after defeating Joel Schwaerzler 7-5 ret..
In the qualifications against Schwaerzler, the Israeli had a free pass after Schwaerzler retired on a 7-5 . scoreline.
The Israeli has an aggregate 2-4 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Engel | Cukierman |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 12 |
| Pts | 76-69 | 36-31 |
| Total Points | 145 | 67 |
| Winners | 34 | 14 |
| %Winners | 45% | 39% |
Both Engel and Cukierman played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Engel and Cukierman have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Engel played 11 games more than Cukierman. The German scored 34 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Daniel recorded 14 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Engel | Cukierman |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 47/77 | 21/35 |
| %1st in | 61% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 34/47 | 14/21 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 13/30 | 8/14 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 57% |
Engel struck 2 aces . Cukierman struck 1 ace . Engel won 72% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Cukierman won 67% of the points behind 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 | Engel | Cukierman |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 2/4 |
| % Converted | 80% | 50% |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 |
| Saved | 6 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Justin broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Engel lost his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Daniel broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Cukierman conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Engel | |||
| Q1 Bouquet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 76-69 | 76-69 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 47/77 | 47/77 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 34/47 | 34/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/30 | 13/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Cukierman | |||
| Q1 Schwaerzler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 12 | |
| pts | 36-31 | 36-31 | |
| Total points | 67 | 67 | |
| Winners | 14 | 14 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 21/35 | 21/35 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 14/21 | 14/21 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 8/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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