Marco Trungelliti and Filip Cristian Jianu will play each other in the semifinal of the Targu Mures 1 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marco Trungelliti who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marco Trungelliti is the pick to win this match.
Marco Trungelliti -> 1.333
Filip Cristian Jianu -> 3.08

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Prediction and head to head Marco Trungelliti vs. Filip Cristian Jianu

There is no head to head record between Marco Trungelliti and Filip Cristian Jianu since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Marco Trungelliti

Ranked no. 150, Marco got to the semifinal after beating Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-4 6-3, Mika Brunold 7-6(5) 6-4 and Franco Agamenone 6-4 4-6 6-4.

In the quarter, Trungelliti defeated Agamenone (6-4 4-6 6-4). During the match, Trungelliti scored 103 points vs Agamenone’s 96. Trungelliti was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Trungelliti struck 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Marco Trungelliti lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Trungelliti put 57% of his first serves in, winning 62% (34/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (25/42) on the 2nd serve. Trungelliti broke Agamenone 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Trungelliti has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 53% of the points he played.

Trungelliti has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (319-224). 31-15 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Trungelliti has an aggregate 231-133 match record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Lyon Challenger where he beat Daniel Merida Aguilar in the final 6-3 4-6 6-3 and the Tulln Challenger where he overcame Andrew Paulson in the final 7-5 6-1.

Marco has an aggregate 36-22 win-loss record in 2025, 31-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Targu Mures 1 Challenger

The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.

Filip Cristian Jianu

Ranked no. 264, Cristian got to the semifinal after beating Tommaso Compagnucci 6-2 6-1, Maximilian Neuchrist 6-3 6-2 and Stefan Palosi 6-4 2-6 6-3.

In the quarter, Filip defeated Palosi (6-4 2-6 6-3). During the match Cristian and Palosi scored the same amount of points (84). However, the world no. 150 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Romanian was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Cristian wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Filip Cristian Jianu lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Cristian put 65% of his first serves in, winning 56% (31/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (19/30) on the 2nd serve. Filip broke Palosi 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Romanian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

The Romanian has an overall 27-33 win-loss record in 2025, 25-24 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Trungelliti	Cristian
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	7
Tot Games	72	59
Pts	247-220	198-156
Total Points	467	354
Winners	89	86
%Winners	36%	43%

Both Trungelliti and Cristian played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Marco Trungelliti conceded 1 set, while Filip Cristian Jianu dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Trungelliti and Cristian have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Trungelliti played 13 games more than Cristian. Trungelliti scored 89 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian managed to score 86 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Trungelliti	Cristian
Aces	5	2
Avg per match	1.7	0.7
1st in	136/221	123/180
%1st in	62%	68%
1st pts	89/136	86/123
%1st pts	65%	70%
2nd pts	53/85	35/57
%2nd pts	62%	61%

Trungelliti scored 5 aces (1.7 per match). Cristian fired 2 aces (0.7 per match). Trungelliti won 65% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Cristian won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Trungelliti	Cristian
Won	12	11
Converted	12/28	11/22
% Converted	43%	50%
Conceded	20	7
Saved	13	4
% Saved	65%	57%
Times Broken	7	3

Marco broke his opponents 12 times with a 43% conversion rate. Marco dropped his serve 7 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded. The Romanian broke his opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Trungelliti
	R1 Zapata Miralles	R2 Brunold	1/4 Agamenone	Total
Score	6-4 6-3	7-65 6-4	6-4 4-6 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	19	23	30	72
pts	69-53	75-71	103-96	247-220
Total points	122	146	199	467
Winners	24	31	34	89
%Winners	35%	41%	33%	36%
SERVE
Aces	2	1	2	5
Double Faults	3	2	5	10
1st in	35/50	46/74	55/97	136/221
% 1st in	70%	62%	57%	62%
1st pts	24/35	31/46	34/55	89/136
% 1st pts	69%	67%	62%	65%
2nd pts	10/15	18/28	25/42	53/85
% 2nd pts	67%	64%	60%	62%
Breaks
Won	5	2	5	12
Converted	5/11	2/2	5/15	12/28
Converted %	45%	100%	33%	43%
Conceded	3	7	10	20
Saved	1/3	6/7	6/10	13
Saved %	33%	86%	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	1	4	7

Cristian
	R1 Compagnucci	R2 Neuchrist	1/4 Palosi	Total
Score	6-2 6-1	6-3 6-2	6-4 2-6 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	15	17	27	59
pts	54-33	60-39	84-84	198-156
Total points	87	99	168	354
Winners	24	31	31	86
%Winners	44%	52%	37%	43%
SERVE
Aces	2	0	0	2
Double Faults	2	1	0	3
1st in	28/43	40/52	55/85	123/180
% 1st in	65%	77%	65%	68%
1st pts	24/28	31/40	31/55	86/123
% 1st pts	86%	78%	56%	70%
2nd pts	8/15	8/12	19/30	35/57
% 2nd pts	53%	67%	63%	61%
Breaks
Won	4	3	4	11
Converted	4/7	3/6	4/9	11/22
Converted %	57%	50%	44%	50%
Conceded	0	1	6	7
Saved	0/0	1/1	3/6	4
Saved %	–	100%	50%	50%
Times Broken	0	0	3	3

Tennis Scores in Targu Mures 1 Challenger

• Mili PoljicakPoljicak – Cezar CretuCretu (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Stefan PalosiPalosi (6-4 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Jay ClarkeClarke – Andrea PicchionePicchione (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Stefan PalosiPalosi (6-4 2-6 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

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