Filip Cristian Jianu and Stefan Palosi will fight against each other in the quarter of the Targu Mures 1 Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Filip Cristian Jianu who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Filip Cristian Jianu is the pick to win this match.
Filip Cristian Jianu -> 1.46
Stefan Palosi -> 2.56

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Prediction and head to head Filip Cristian Jianu vs. Stefan Palosi

This will be the 2^nd time that Filip Cristian Jianu and Stefan Palosi face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Cristian Jianu (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Cristian Jianu won 6-2 7-5 in the 1^st round in M15 Antalya back in 2023.

Filip Cristian Jianu

Ranked no. 264, the Romanian reached the quarter after beating Tommaso Compagnucci 6-2 6-1 and Maximilian Neuchrist 6-3 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Neuchrist (6-3 6-2). During the match, Cristian Jianu scored 60 points vs Neuchrist’s 39. Cristian Jianu was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cristian Jianu couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Filip Cristian Jianu was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 78% (31/40) of his 1st serve and 67% (8/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Romanian broke Neuchrist 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Cristian Jianu hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 61% of the points he played.

Cristian Jianu has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (310-228). 24-24 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Cristian Jianu has an overall265-170 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.

Cristian Jianu has a compiled 26-33 win-loss record in 2025, 24-24 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Targu Mures 1 Challenger

The Romanian has never competed in this tournament before.

Stefan Palosi

Ranked no. 731, Palosi got to the quarter after defeating Edoardo Zanada 6-2 7-5, Thomas Faurel 2-6 7-5 7-5, Mathys Erhard 7-6(5) 6-4 and Alex Marti Pujolras 6-3 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Stefan had a good straight sets win against Marti Pujolras (6-3 6-3). During the match Palosi scored 64 points vs Marti Pujolras’s 51. The Romanian was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Palosi wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Stefan Palosi lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Palosi put 67% of his first serves in, winning 67% (29/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the 2nd serve. Stefan broke Marti Pujolras 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Stefan started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

The Romanian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Buzau.

Palosi has an overall 32-19 win-loss record in 2025, 31-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cristian Jianu	Palosi
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	4	9
Tot Games	32	93
Pts	114-72	308-278
Total Points	186	586
Winners	55	132
%Winners	48%	43%

Cristian Jianu played 2 matches while Palosi competed in 4 matches. Palosi started his run from the qualifications while Cristian Jianu had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Stefan Palosi dropped 1 set while Filip Cristian Jianu hasn’t lost a set so far. Cristian Jianu has played 5 set(s) less than Palosi (4 vs 9). Therefore, Cristian Jianu played 61 games less than Palosi. Cristian Jianu scored 55 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian fired 132 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cristian Jianu	Palosi
Aces	2	0
Avg per match	1	0
1st in	68/95	201/302
%1st in	72%	67%
1st pts	55/68	132/201
%1st pts	81%	66%
2nd pts	16/27	52/101
%2nd pts	59%	51%

Cristian Jianu recorded 2 aces (1 per match). Palosi didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Cristian Jianu won 81% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Palosi won 66% 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	Cristian Jianu	Palosi
Won	7	17
Converted	7/13	17/26
% Converted	54%	65%
Conceded	1	22
Saved	1	12
% Saved	100%	55%
Times Broken	0	10

The Romanian broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Cristian Jianu had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. Stefan broke his opponents 17 times with a 65% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.

Cristian Jianu
	R1 Compagnucci	R2 Neuchrist	Total
Score	6-2 6-1	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	15	17	32
pts	54-33	60-39	114-72
Total points	87	99	186
Winners	24	31	55
%Winners	44%	52%	48%
SERVE
Aces	2	0	2
Double Faults	2	1	3
1st in	28/43	40/52	68/95
% 1st in	65%	77%	72%
1st pts	24/28	31/40	55/68
% 1st pts	86%	78%	81%
2nd pts	8/15	8/12	16/27
% 2nd pts	53%	67%	59%
Breaks
Won	4	3	7
Converted	4/7	3/6	7/13
Converted %	57%	50%	54%
Conceded	0	1	1
Saved	0/0	1/1	1
Saved %	–	100%	50%
Times Broken	0	0	0

Palosi
	Q1 Zanada	Q3 Faurel	R1 Erhard	R2 Marti	Total
Score	6-2 7-5	2-6 7-5 7-5	7-65 6-4	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	2	2	9
Tot Games	20	32	23	18	93
pts	75-53	86-93	83-81	64-51	308-278
Total points	128	179	164	115	586
Winners	29	36	38	29	132
%Winners	39%	42%	46%	45%	43%
SERVE
Aces	0	0	0	0	0
Double Faults	3	0	2	2	7
1st in	39/64	55/88	64/86	43/64	201/302
% 1st in	61%	63%	74%	67%	67%
1st pts	29/39	36/55	38/64	29/43	132/201
% 1st pts	74%	65%	59%	67%	66%
2nd pts	11/25	22/33	8/22	11/21	52/101
% 2nd pts	44%	67%	36%	52%	51%
Breaks
Won	5	3	5	4	17
Converted	5/7	3/4	5/10	4/5	17/26
Converted %	71%	75%	50%	80%	65%
Conceded	4	5	9	4	22
Saved	2/4	2/5	5/9	3/4	12
Saved %	50%	40%	56%	75%	111%
Times Broken	2	3	4	1	10

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