Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Max Houkes will face off in the qualifications of the Oeiras 4 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 3. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Manuel Cerundolo who should win in 2 sets.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo -> 1.32
Max Houkes -> 3.14
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Prediction and head to head Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Max Houkes
There is no head to head record between Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Max Houkes since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo
16 - 11win/loss
85
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49-30 | 10-9 | 39-19 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-28 | 0-3 | 46-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-32 | 4-2 | 37-28 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-17 | 3-6 | 24-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-26 | 0-0 | 53-22 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 127, Juan got to the qualifications after defeating Joao Graca 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Graca (6-3 6-1). During the match, Manuel Cerundolo scored 60 points vs Graca’s 41. Manuel Cerundolo was pretty aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Regarding the service games, Manuel Cerundolo scored 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Juan Manuel Cerundolo was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (17/23) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Argentine broke Graca 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Manuel Cerundolo has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (261-160). 16-9 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Manuel Cerundolo has an aggregate252-138 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Argentine’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Cordoba Challenger.
Manuel Cerundolo has an aggregate 16-11 win-loss record in 2025, 16-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 4 Challenger
Max Houkes
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52-32 | 8-3 | 44-27 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 44-17 | 0-0 | 44-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-33 | 1-1 | 39-30 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-16 | 2-2 | 30-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 261 (career-high), the Dutch got to the qualifications after defeating Jelle Sels 6-1 4-2 ret..
In the qualifications against Sels, the Dutch had a free pass after Sels retired on a 6-1 4-2 . scoreline.
Houkes’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
Max has a composed 19-10 win-loss record in 2025, 19-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 4 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history
.H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Manuel Cerundolo | Houkes |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 13 |
| Pts | 60-41 | 49-31 |
| Total Points | 101 | 80 |
| Winners | 17 | 18 |
| %Winners | 28% | 37% |
Both Manuel Cerundolo and Houkes played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Manuel Cerundolo has played 1 set(s) less than Houkes (2 vs 3). However, it’s interesting to notice that Manuel Cerundolo played 3 games more than Houkes. Juan scored 17 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch bagged 18 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Manuel Cerundolo | Houkes |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 23/52 | 21/36 |
| %1st in | 44% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 17/23 | 18/21 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 8/15 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 53% |
Manuel Cerundolo bagged 2 aces . Houkes struck 1 ace . Manuel Cerundolo won 74% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Houkes won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Manuel Cerundolo | Houkes |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 83% | 44% |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 75% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Manuel Cerundolo broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Manuel Cerundolo dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Dutch broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Manuel Cerundolo | |||
| Q1 Graca | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 60-41 | 60-41 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 23/52 | 23/52 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 44% | |
| 1st pts | 17/23 | 17/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 16/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Houkes | |||
| Q1 Sels | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 4-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 49-31 | 49-31 | |
| Total points | 80 | 80 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 21/36 | 21/36 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 18/21 | 18/21 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 8/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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