Marco Cecchinato and Lilian Marmousez will play each other in the 1st round of the Braga Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 5:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 Cecchinato who should win in 3 sets.
Marco Cecchinato -> 1.71
Lilian Marmousez -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Marco Cecchinato vs. Lilian Marmousez
There is no head to head record between Marco Cecchinato and Lilian Marmousez since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Marco Cecchinato
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-34 | 0-0 | 39-34 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-25 | 0-2 | 26-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-23 | 1-4 | 12-17 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-33 | 0-3 | 43-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-27 | 1-5 | 31-19 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 275, Cecchinato will start his run in the Braga Challenger after he played his last match in the Lisbon Challenger where he lost 7-6(1) 7-6(2) to Moura Monteiro in the 1st round on the 23rd of September.
The Italian has a compiled 33-29 win-loss record in 2025, 33-29 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Milan Challenger where he overcame Dino Prizmic in the final 6-2 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, The Italian has an overall 498-372 record. He has a positive 457-281 record on clay.
Previously in the Braga Challenger
Marco has never competed in this tournament before.
Lilian Marmousez
52 - 15win/loss
349
342
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52-18 | 5-3 | 46-12 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 57-22 | 14-9 | 42-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-15 | 13-3 | 9-9 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-17 | 1-2 | 11-12 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-18 | 15-9 | 8-7 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 359, the French player got to the 1st round after beating Alexander Donski 6-4 7-6(5) and Max Houkes 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Marmousez had a good straight sets win against Houkes (6-3 6-4). During the match Marmousez scored 70 points vs Houkes’s 54. Marmousez was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Marmousez recorded 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Lilian Marmousez was pretty efficient on serve to win 92% (24/26) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Marmousez broke Houkes 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lilian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
The French player best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Alkmaar,M15 Amstelveen,M15 Litija,M15 Frankfurt,M25 Koksijde and M25 Oldenzaal.
Lilian has an aggregate 52-15 win-loss record in 2025, 46-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Braga Challenger
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Daniel RinconRincon (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Luka MikrutMikrut – Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler (7-63 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Francisco RochaRocha (6-2 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Elmer MollerMoller – Elias YmerYmer (1-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Henri SquireSquire (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Sumit NagalNagal (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jay ClarkeClarke – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Johannes IngildsenIngildsen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Buvaysar GadamauriGadamauri – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lilian MarmousezMarmousez – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max HoukesHoukes – Zdenek KolarKolar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tiago TorresTorres – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-0) – H2H and prediction