Mariano Navone and Juan Manuel Cerundolo will clash against each other in the final of the Braunschweig Challenger for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:30 pm on BRAWO CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mariano Navone who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mariano Navone is the pick to win this match.
Mariano Navone -> 1.58
Juan Manuel Cerundolo -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Mariano Navone vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo
This will be the 6th time that Mariano Navone and Juan Manuel Cerundolo play each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Navone (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Navone won 6-4 3-0 ret. in the semifinal in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger back in 2023.
Mariano Navone
24 - 19win/loss
86
29
LLLLLWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-28 | 5-12 | 21-13 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-28 | 2-7 | 27-14 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-23 | 0-1 | 40-21 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 0-1 | 44-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-24 | 0-0 | 40-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 91, Navone got to the final after beating Ignacio Buse 7-5 6-2, Diego Dedura 6-1 6-2, Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-3 7-5 and Filip Misolic 5-7 6-4 6-3.
In the semifinal against Misolic, Navone recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-3). During the match, Navone scored 104 points vs Misolic’s 88. Mariano was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Navone scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Mariano Navone lost the serve 5 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Navone put 57% of his first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (19/32) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Misolic 7 times after converting 30% of his break points (7/23).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mariano has lost 1 set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.
Navone has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (243-151). 18-11 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Navone has an aggregate231-124 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Navone’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Braunschweig Challenger.
Navone has a compiled 23-19 win-loss record in 2025, 18-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braunschweig Challenger
Mariano has never competed in this tournament before.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo
33 - 20win/loss
87
71
LLWLWWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45-27 | 8-8 | 37-17 | 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. 112, Juan reached the final after defeating Federico Arnaboldi 6-3 6-3, Nerman Fatic 6-3 6-4, Raphael Collignon 4-6 6-3 6-4 and Alex Molcan 1-6 6-4 6-2.
In the semifinal against Molcan, Juan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 6-2). During the match Manuel scored 70 points vs Molcan’s 68. Manuel was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Manuel scored 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Juan Manuel Cerundolo lost the serve 4 times. Furthermore, Manuel put 65% of his first serves in, winning 67% (29/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Juan broke Molcan 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Juan has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Argentine’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Cordoba Challenger and the Braunschweig Challenger.
The Argentine has an overall 33-19 win-loss record in 2025, 33-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Navone | Manuel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 87 | 91 |
| Pts | 309-240 | 296-253 |
| Total Points | 549 | 549 |
| Winners | 110 | 128 |
| %Winners | 36% | 43% |
Both Navone and Manuel played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Mariano Navone conceded 1 set, while Juan Manuel Cerundolo dropped 2 sets. Navone has played 1 set(s) less than Manuel (9 vs 10). Therefore, Navone played 4 games less than Manuel. The Argentine scored 110 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine struck 128 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Navone | Manuel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 0.5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 160/254 | 180/273 |
| %1st in | 63% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 110/160 | 128/180 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 50/94 | 49/93 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 53% |
Navone made 2 aces (0.5 per match). Manuel managed to score 16 aces (4 per match). Navone won 69% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Manuel won 71% of the points on 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 | Navone | Manuel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 24 | 15 |
| Converted | 24/53 | 15/29 |
| % Converted | 45% | 52% |
| Conceded | 24 | 16 |
| Saved | 12 | 7 |
| % Saved | 50% | 44% |
| Times Broken | 12 | 9 |
Navone broke his opponents 24 times with a 45% conversion rate. Mariano lost his serve 12 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponents 15 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded.
| Navone | ||||||
| R1 Buse |
R2 Dedura |
1/4 Van De Zandschulp |
1/2 Misolic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 7-5 | 5-7 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 15 | 21 | 31 | 87 | |
| pts | 72-56 | 62-36 | 71-60 | 104-88 | 309-240 | |
| Total points | 128 | 98 | 131 | 192 | 549 | |
| Winners | 27 | 22 | 31 | 30 | 110 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 35% | 44% | 29% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 36/59 | 32/44 | 49/76 | 43/75 | 160/254 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 73% | 64% | 57% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 27/36 | 22/32 | 31/49 | 30/43 | 110/160 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 69% | 63% | 70% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 8/12 | 11/27 | 19/32 | 50/94 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 67% | 41% | 59% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 6/10 | 6/8 | 7/23 | 24/53 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 60% | 75% | 30% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 24 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 2/3 | 6/10 | 1/6 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 67% | 60% | 17% | 51% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |
| Manuel | ||||||
| R1 Arnaboldi |
R2 Fatic |
1/4 Collignon |
1/2 Molcan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | 1-6 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 | 29 | 25 | 91 | |
| pts | 65-50 | 64-53 | 97-82 | 70-68 | 296-253 | |
| Total points | 115 | 117 | 179 | 138 | 549 | |
| Winners | 32 | 31 | 36 | 29 | 128 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 48% | 37% | 41% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 44/62 | 43/65 | 50/80 | 43/66 | 180/273 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 66% | 63% | 65% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 32/44 | 31/43 | 36/50 | 29/43 | 128/180 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 72% | 72% | 67% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 12/22 | 16/30 | 11/23 | 49/93 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 55% | 53% | 48% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/3 | 5/12 | 4/10 | 15/29 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 100% | 42% | 40% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 2/3 | 0/4 | 0/4 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 0% | 0% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | |
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