Cezar Cretu and Emilien Demanet will square off in the 2^nd round of the Targu Mures 1 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cezar Cretu who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Cezar Cretu is the pick to win this match.
Cezar Cretu -> 1.363
Emilien Demanet -> 2.93

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Prediction and head to head Cezar Cretu vs. Emilien Demanet

There is no head to head record between Cezar Cretu and Emilien Demanet since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Cezar Cretu

Ranked no. 426, Cezar reached the 2^nd round after beating Matei Varbanciu 6-3 6-2, Nikita Mashtakov 6-4 5-7 6-1 and Mihai Alexandru Coman 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Cezar had a good straight sets win against Alexandru Coman (6-3 6-2). During the match, Cretu scored 58 points vs Alexandru Coman’s 36. Cretu was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cretu blasted 2 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Cezar Cretu lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Cretu put 78% of his first serves in, winning 82% (32/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (4/11) on the 2nd serve. Cezar was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Alexandru Coman 4 times.

Cretu has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 69% of his matches (283-128). 33-14 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cretu has a composed244-102 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

The Romanian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Bistrita,M15 Targu Jiu,M15 Arad and M15 Bucharest.

Cretu has a composed 39-18 win-loss record in 2025, 33-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Targu Mures 1 Challenger

Cezar has never competed in this tournament before.

Emilien Demanet

Ranked no. 580, Emilien got to the 2^nd round after defeating Daniel Uta 6-1 6-3, Dragos Nicolae Cazacu 6-4 7-5 and Nicolas Alvarez Varona 6-3 3-0 ret..

In the 1^st round against Alvarez Varona, Emilien had a free pass after Alvarez Varona retired on a 6-3 3-0 . scoreline.

Emilien’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Nova Gorica and M15 Eupen.

Demanet has a compiled 31-21 win-loss record in 2025, 26-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cretu	Demanet
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	7
Tot Games	63	50
Pts	214-167	191-144
Total Points	381	335
Winners	99	70
%Winners	46%	37%

Both Cretu and Demanet played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Cezar Cretu lost 1 set while Emilien Demanet hasn’t dropped a set so far. Talking about their workload, Cretu and Demanet have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Cretu played 13 games more than Demanet. Cezar scored 99 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian made 70 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cretu	Demanet
Aces	5	4
Avg per match	1.7	1.3
1st in	138/190	98/155
%1st in	73%	63%
1st pts	99/138	70/98
%1st pts	72%	71%
2nd pts	25/52	31/57
%2nd pts	48%	54%

Cretu fired 5 aces (1.7 per match). Demanet bagged 4 aces (1.3 per match). Cretu won 72% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Demanet won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cretu	Demanet
Won	14	13
Converted	14/17	13/26
% Converted	82%	50%
Conceded	11	12
Saved	6	8
% Saved	55%	67%
Times Broken	5	4

Cretu broke his opponents 14 times with a 82% conversion rate. Cretu conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. The Belgian broke his opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. Emilien conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Cretu
	Q1 Varbanciu	Q3 Mashtakov	R1 Alexandru	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	6-4 5-7 6-1	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	17	29	17	63
pts	60-49	96-82	58-36	214-167
Total points	109	178	94	381
Winners	25	42	32	99
%Winners	42%	44%	55%	46%
SERVE
Aces	0	3	2	5
Double Faults	3	0	0	3
1st in	38/57	61/83	39/50	138/190
% 1st in	67%	73%	78%	73%
1st pts	25/38	42/61	32/39	99/138
% 1st pts	66%	69%	82%	72%
2nd pts	10/19	11/22	4/11	25/52
% 2nd pts	53%	50%	36%	48%
Breaks
Won	4	6	4	14
Converted	4/6	6/7	4/4	14/17
Converted %	67%	86%	100%	82%
Conceded	3	5	3	11
Saved	2/3	2/5	2/3	6
Saved %	67%	40%	67%	58%
Times Broken	1	3	1	5

Demanet
	Q1 Uta	Q3 Nicolae	R1 Alvarez	Total
Score	6-1 6-3	6-4 7-5	6-3 3-0 ret.
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	16	22	12	50
pts	67-40	81-77	43-27	191-144
Total points	107	158	70	335
Winners	21	30	19	70
%Winners	31%	37%	44%	37%
SERVE
Aces	2	1	1	4
Double Faults	0	1	2	3
1st in	26/38	48/83	24/34	98/155
% 1st in	68%	58%	71%	63%
1st pts	21/26	30/48	19/24	70/98
% 1st pts	81%	63%	79%	71%
2nd pts	8/12	19/35	4/10	31/57
% 2nd pts	67%	54%	40%	54%
Breaks
Won	5	4	4	13
Converted	5/13	4/7	4/6	13/26
Converted %	38%	57%	67%	50%
Conceded	2	9	1	12
Saved	1/2	7/9	0/1	8
Saved %	50%	78%	0%	43%
Times Broken	1	2	1	4

Tennis Scores in Targu Mures 1 Challenger

• Cezar CretuCretu – Mihai Alexandru ComanAlexandru Coman (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Jay ClarkeClarke – Ryan NijboerNijboer (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Gabi Adrian BoitanAdrian Boitan – Dan Alexandru TomescuAlexandru Tomescu (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Daniel RinconRincon – Imanol Lopez MorilloLopez Morillo (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Alex Marti PujolrasMarti Pujolras – Neil OberleitnerOberleitner (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Radu Mihai PapoeMihai Papoe – Gerard Campana LeeCampana Lee (6-4 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Miguel DamasDamas (4-6 7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Tommaso CompagnucciCompagnucci (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Stefan PalosiPalosi – Mathys ErhardErhard (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Emilien DemanetDemanet – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (6-3 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Mili PoljicakPoljicak – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Mika BrunoldBrunold – Dan MartinMartin (7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression
• Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Max Alcala GurriAlcala Gurri (6-2 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Tommaso CompagnucciCompagnucci (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Miguel DamasDamas (4-6 7-6(4) 6-4) – See score progression
• Alex Marti PujolrasMarti Pujolras – Neil OberleitnerOberleitner (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Stefan PalosiPalosi – Mathys ErhardErhard (7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Corentin DenollyDenolly – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alex Marti PujolrasMarti Pujolras – Stefan PalosiPalosi (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Cezar Cretu (ROU)Cretu (ROU) – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian GimaGima – Andrea PicchionePicchione (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Radu Mihai PapoeMihai Papoe – Jay ClarkeClarke (0-0) – H2H and prediction