Marco Cecchinato and Franco Roncadelli will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Sofia 2 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:30 am 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.

As per the initial odds, Marco Cecchinato is the pick to win this match.
Marco Cecchinato -> 1.51
Franco Roncadelli -> 2.42

Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).

To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.

Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).

At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.

 

Prediction and head to head Marco Cecchinato vs. Franco Roncadelli

There is no head to head record between Marco Cecchinato and Franco Roncadelli since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Marco Cecchinato

Ranked no. 284, Marco reached the 2^nd round after beating Daniel Rincon 6-3 7-5.

In the 1^st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Rincon (6-3 7-5). During the match, Cecchinato scored 69 points vs Rincon’s 55. Marco was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cecchinato scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Marco Cecchinato lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Cecchinato put 58% of his first serves in, winning 66% (25/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the 2nd serve. Cecchinato broke Rincon 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Cecchinato has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (306-261). 30-24 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cecchinato has a compiled 289-197 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

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

Marco has a compiled 30-24 win-loss record in 2025, 30-24 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sofia 2 Challenger

Marco has never competed in this tournament before.

Franco Roncadelli

Ranked no. 400, Roncadelli reached the 2^nd round after defeating Adil Kalyanpur 6-2 6-7(5) 6-2, Jozef Kovalik 7-5 6-2 and Dimitar Kuzmanov 3-6 6-3 6-1.

In the 1^st round against Kuzmanov, The Uruguayan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-1). During the match Roncadelli scored 86 points vs Kuzmanov’s 76. Roncadelli was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Roncadelli was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Franco Roncadelli lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Roncadelli put 70% of his first serves in, winning 62% (33/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. The Uruguayan broke Kuzmanov 7 times after converting 47% of his break points (7/15).

The Uruguayan’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger,M25+H Bacau and M25 Pitesti.

The Uruguayan has an aggregate 29-18 win-loss record in 2025, 28-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cecchinato	Roncadelli
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	8
Tot Games	21	74
Pts	69-55	265-217
Total Points	124	482
Winners	25	101
%Winners	36%	38%

Cecchinato played 1 match while Roncadelli competed in 3 matches. Roncadelli started his run from the qualifications while Cecchinato had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Franco Roncadelli conceded 2 sets while Marco Cecchinato hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Cecchinato has played 6 set(s) less than Roncadelli (2 vs 8). Therefore, Cecchinato played 53 games less than Roncadelli. The Italian scored 25 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Roncadelli struck 101 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cecchinato	Roncadelli
Aces	1	0
Avg per match	1	0
1st in	38/65	158/228
%1st in	58%	69%
1st pts	25/38	101/158
%1st pts	66%	64%
2nd pts	17/27	36/70
%2nd pts	63%	51%

Cecchinato blasted 1 ace . Roncadelli didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Cecchinato won 66% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Roncadelli won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cecchinato	Roncadelli
Won	4	20
Converted	4/9	20/45
% Converted	44%	44%
Conceded	4	24
Saved	2	14
% Saved	50%	58%
Times Broken	2	10

The Italian broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Italian lost his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Franco broke his opponents 20 times with a 44% conversion rate. Roncadelli conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.

Cecchinato
	R1 Rincon	Total
Score	6-3 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	69-55	69-55
Total points	124	124
Winners	25	25
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	38/65	38/65
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	25/38	25/38
% 1st pts	66%	66%
2nd pts	17/27	17/27
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

Roncadelli
	Q1 Kalyanpur	Q3 Kovalik	R1 Kuzmanov	Total
Score	6-2 6-75 6-2	7-5 6-2	3-6 6-3 6-1
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	29	20	25	74
pts	105-84	74-57	86-76	265-217
Total points	189	131	162	482
Winners	36	32	33	101
%Winners	34%	43%	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	0	0	0	0
Double Faults	1	1	1	3
1st in	61/90	44/62	53/76	158/228
% 1st in	68%	71%	70%	69%
1st pts	36/61	32/44	33/53	101/158
% 1st pts	59%	73%	62%	64%
2nd pts	18/29	7/18	11/23	36/70
% 2nd pts	62%	39%	48%	51%
Breaks
Won	8	5	7	20
Converted	8/17	5/13	7/15	20/45
Converted %	47%	38%	47%	44%
Conceded	8	7	9	24
Saved	4/8	5/7	5/9	14
Saved %	50%	71%	56%	177%
Times Broken	4	2	4	10

Tennis Scores in Sofia 2 Challenger

• Alex MolcanMolcan – Ivan IvanovIvanov (6-2 7-6²) – See score progression
• Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (3-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Sumit NagalNagal – Filip PieczonkaPieczonka (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Murkel DellienDellien (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Andrej NedicNedic – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Milos KarolKarol – Federico BondioliBondioli (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrej NedicNedic – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Lautaro MidonMidon (6-4 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Mika BrunoldBrunold – Dali BlanchBlanch (7-5 5-7 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Daniel RinconRincon (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – Naoya HondaHonda (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Mats Hermans/Tiago PereiraHermans/Tiago Pereira – Yanaki Milev/Petr NesterovMilev/Petr Nesterov (6-4 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Marat SharipovSharipov – Aryan ShahShah (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Tiago PereiraPereira (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander DonskiDonski – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (6-1 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Alexander VasilevVasilev – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Matej DodigDodig – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Andrej NedicNedic – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Alex MolcanMolcan – Ivan IvanovIvanov (6-2 7-6(2)) – See score progression
• Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (3-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Lautaro MidonMidon (6-4 7-6(6)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sumit NagalNagal – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander DonskiDonski – (0-0) – H2H and prediction