H2H, prediction of Max Houkes vs Marco Cecchinato in Modena Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 3rd July 2025

PREVIEW. Modena Challenger. Houkes and Cecchinato will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Modena Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Thursday the 3rd of July

Prediction and head to head Max Houkes vs. Marco Cecchinato

Max Houkes and Marco Cecchinato will square off in the 2nd round of the Modena Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Marco Cecchinato who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Marco Cecchinato is the pick to win this match.
Marco Cecchinato -> 1.49
Max Houkes -> 2.48

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Prediction and head to head Max Houkes vs. Marco Cecchinato

This will be the 2nd time that Max Houkes and Marco Cecchinato fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cecchinato (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Cecchinato won 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in the Milan Challenger back in June 2025.

Max Houkes

Max Houkes
Max Houkes

24 - 18win/loss

Clay
24-16
Grass
0-1
Rank
270
High
245
LWLWLWWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 25-20 0-0 25-18 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. 245 (career-high), Houkes reached the 2nd round after beating Federico Agustin Gomez 6-4 6-3.

In the 1st round, Max had a good straight sets win against Agustin Gomez (6-4 6-3). During the match, Houkes scored 63 points vs Agustin Gomez’s 52. The Dutch was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Houkes scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Max Houkes was pretty efficient on serve to win 75% (24/32) of his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Houkes broke Agustin Gomez 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Houkes has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (273-146). 24-16 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Houkes has an overall259-127 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

Houkes’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.

The Dutch has a compiled 24-18 win-loss record in 2025, 24-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Modena Challenger

Houkes
Modena Challenger
Houkes's Record

Marco Cecchinato

Marco Cecchinato
Marco Cecchinato

22 - 18win/loss

Clay
22-18
Rank
297
High
16
LWLWWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 24-20 0-0 24-20 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 26-25 0-2 26-23 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 13-23 1-4 12-17 0-0 0-2 0-0
2022 43-33 0-3 43-30 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 32-27 1-5 31-19 0-2 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 300, Marco got to the 2nd round after defeating Thiago Moura Monteiro 7-6(1) 3-6 6-1.

In the 1st round, The Italian defeated Moura Monteiro (7-61 3-6 6-1). During the match Cecchinato scored 98 points vs Moura Monteiro’s 82. Marco was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.

About the serving games, Cecchinato struck 3 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Marco Cecchinato was pretty efficient on serve to win 75% (39/52) of his 1st serve and 55% (22/40) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Cecchinato broke Moura Monteiro 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

His best result of the year was winning the title the Milan Challenger where he defeated Dino Prizmic in the final 6-2 6-3.

Marco has an overall 22-18 win-loss record in 2025, 22-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Modena Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.

Cecchinato
Modena Challenger
Cecchinato's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Houkes
M.Cecchinato
1h:26
1h:26
Time on court​
!
2h:29
2h:29
1h:26
1h:26
Last match​
!
2h:29
2h:29
1
1
Match played
1
1
19
19
Games Played​
29
29
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
63
63
Total points​
98
98
63
63
Avg point​
98
98
24
24
Winners
39
39
24
24
Avg Winners​
39
39
38%
38%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
3
3
1
1
Avg Aces
3
3
4
4
Double Faults
7
7
4
4
Avg Double Faults
!
7
7
24/32
24/32
1st won total​
39/52
39/52
!
75%
75%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
16/28
16/28
2nd won total​
22/40
22/40
57%
57%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
3/8
3/8
BP won
3/6
3/6
3/8
3/8
Avg BP won
3/6
3/6
38%
38%
Won
50%
50%
3
3
Conceded
8
8
3
3
Avg Conceded
8
8
1
1
Broken
2
2
1
1
Avg Broken
2
2
2
2
Saved
6
6

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Houkes Cecchinato
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 19 29
Pts 63-52 98-82
Total Points 115 180
Winners 24 39
%Winners 38% 40%

Both Houkes and Cecchinato played 1 match. At the moment, Marco Cecchinato dropped 1 set while Max Houkes hasn’t conceded a set so far. Houkes has played 1 set(s) less than Cecchinato (2 vs 3). Therefore, Houkes played 10 games less than Cecchinato. Max scored 24 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Cecchinato recorded 39 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Houkes Cecchinato
Aces 1 3
Avg per match 1 3
1st in 32/60 52/92
%1st in 53% 57%
1st pts 24/32 39/52
%1st pts 75% 75%
2nd pts 16/28 22/40
%2nd pts 57% 55%

Houkes made 1 ace . Cecchinato also struck 3 aces . Houkes won 75% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Cecchinato won 75% 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 Houkes Cecchinato
Won 3 3
Converted 3/8 3/6
% Converted 38% 50%
Conceded 3 8
Saved 2 6
% Saved 67% 75%
Times Broken 1 2

Max broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Max dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Cecchinato conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Houkes
R1
Agustin
Total
Score 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 63-52 63-52
Total points 115 115
Winners 24 24
%Winners 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 32/60 32/60
% 1st in 53% 53%
1st pts 24/32 24/32
% 1st pts 75% 75%
2nd pts 16/28 16/28
% 2nd pts 57% 57%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/8 3/8
Converted % 38% 38%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 2/3 2
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 1 1
Cecchinato
R1
Moura Monteiro
Total
Score 7-61 3-6 6-1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 29 29
pts 98-82 98-82
Total points 180 180
Winners 39 39
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 7 7
1st in 52/92 52/92
% 1st in 57% 57%
1st pts 39/52 39/52
% 1st pts 75% 75%
2nd pts 22/40 22/40
% 2nd pts 55% 55%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/6 3/6
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 6/8 6
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 2 2

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Houkes
LWLWLWWLLL
Cecchinato
LWLWWWWWWW
2025 2024 2023
25 - 20
24 - 20
25-18
Clay
24-20

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