Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Facundo Diaz Acosta will face off in the 2^nd round of the Modena Challenger for the 6^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Facundo Diaz Acosta who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Facundo Diaz Acosta is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Diaz Acosta -> 1.68
Juan Manuel Cerundolo -> 2.09

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Prediction and head to head Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta

This will be the 6^th time that Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Facundo Diaz Acosta fight against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Diaz Acosta (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on clay.

The last time that they played, Diaz Acosta won 6-3 3-0 ret. in the 2^nd round in the Montevideo Challenger back in 2022.

Juan Manuel Cerundolo

Ranked no. 112, Manuel Cerundolo got to the 2^nd round after beating Matej Dodig 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Dodig (6-3 6-2). During the match, Manuel Cerundolo scored 64 points vs Dodig’s 51. The Argentine was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Manuel Cerundolo struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Juan Manuel Cerundolo conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Manuel Cerundolo put 65% of his first serves in, winning 76% (26/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Manuel Cerundolo broke Dodig 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Manuel Cerundolo has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (273-167). 28-14 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Manuel Cerundolo has a composed264-143 record in the last 8 years on clay.

Juan’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Cordoba Challenger.

Juan has an overall 28-18 win-loss record in 2025, 28-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Modena Challenger

Manuel Cerundolo has never competed in this tournament before.

Facundo Diaz Acosta

Ranked no. 199, Facundo reached the 2^nd round after beating Patrick Zahraj 6-1 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Facundo had a good straight sets win against Zahraj (6-1 6-4). During the match Diaz Acosta scored 66 points vs Zahraj’s 40. Facundo was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.

About the serving games, Diaz Acosta fired 3 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Facundo Diaz Acosta was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 78% (14/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Facundo broke Zahraj 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

The Argentine has an aggregate 5-8 win-loss record in 2025, 1-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Manuel Cerundolo	Diaz Acosta
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
Pts	64-51	66-40
Total Points	115	106
Winners	26	23
%Winners	41%	35%

Both Manuel Cerundolo and Diaz Acosta played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Manuel Cerundolo and Diaz Acosta have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (17). Juan scored 26 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Diaz Acosta made 23 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Manuel Cerundolo	Diaz Acosta
Aces	3	3
Avg per match	3	3
1st in	34/52	29/47
%1st in	65%	62%
1st pts	26/34	23/29
%1st pts	76%	79%
2nd pts	9/18	14/18
%2nd pts	50%	78%

Manuel Cerundolo scored 3 aces . Diaz Acosta scored 3 aces . Manuel Cerundolo won 76% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Diaz Acosta won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 78% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Manuel Cerundolo	Diaz Acosta
Won	4	3
Converted	4/9	3/9
% Converted	44%	33%
Conceded	2	0
Saved	2	0
% Saved	100%	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Manuel Cerundolo broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Manuel Cerundolo had a solid display on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points. Facundo broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Facundo was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Manuel Cerundolo
	R1 Dodig	Total
Score	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	64-51	64-51
Total points	115	115
Winners	26	26
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	34/52	34/52
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	26/34	26/34
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	9/18	9/18
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Diaz Acosta
	R1 Zahraj	Total
Score	6-1 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	66-40	66-40
Total points	106	106
Winners	23	23
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	29/47	29/47
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	23/29	23/29
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	14/18	14/18
% 2nd pts	78%	78%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/9	3/9
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Modena Challenger

• Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Aristotelis ThanosThanos (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Federico CinaCina – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (7-5 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Jerome KymKym – Luca ParentiParenti (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Patrick ZahrajZahraj (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Ignacio BuseBuse (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Matej DodigDodig (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar – Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Jerome KymKym – Luca ParentiParenti (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Federico CinaCina – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (7-5 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (7-6(4) 6-4) – See score progression
• Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Aristotelis ThanosThanos (6-4 6-4) – See score progression

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