Filip Cristian Jianu and Christoph Negritu will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Valencia Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on PISTA 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 Christoph Negritu who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Christoph Negritu is the pick to win this match.
Christoph Negritu -> 1.79
Filip Cristian Jianu -> 1.95

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Prediction and head to head Filip Cristian Jianu vs. Christoph Negritu

This will be the 3rd time that Filip Cristian Jianu and Christoph Negritu face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Cristian Jianu (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Cristian Jianu won 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in M15 Tabarka back in 2019.

Filip Cristian Jianu

Filip Cristian Jianu

32 - 36win/loss

Hard
2-5
I Hard
0-3
Clay
30-27
Grass
0-1
Rank
289
High
210
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 39-39 2-5 37-30 0-3 0-1 0-0
2024 70-34 0-0 70-33 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 52-35 2-2 44-29 6-4 0-0 0-0
2022 32-38 3-9 22-20 7-9 0-0 0-0
2021 50-39 7-5 41-28 2-4 0-1 0-1
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Ranked no. 280, Cristian Jianu reached the 2nd round after beating Cezar Cretu 6-1 3-6 6-4.

In the 1st round, Cristian Jianu defeated Cretu (6-1 3-6 6-4). During the match, Cristian Jianu scored 97 points vs Cretu’s 81. The Romanian was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about the service games, Cristian Jianu managed to score 2 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Filip Cristian Jianu lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Cristian Jianu put 66% of his first serves in, winning 70% (38/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Cretu 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Cristian Jianu has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (316-231). 30-27 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Cristian Jianu has a compiled271-173 match record in the last 9 years on clay.

Cristian Jianu’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Targu Mures 1 Challenger and M15 Otopeni.

Cristian Jianu has a composed 32-36 win-loss record in 2025, 30-27 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Valencia Challenger

Valencia Challenger
Cristian Jianu's Record

Christoph Negritu

Christoph Negritu

30 - 29win/loss

Hard
7-5
I Hard
6-5
Clay
17-19
Rank
299
High
263
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 33-36 9-7 18-23 6-6 0-0 0-0
2024 45-26 20-14 25-11 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 38-27 29-17 8-9 1-1 0-0 0-0
2022 27-19 18-13 9-6 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 23-19 19-14 4-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 318, Christoph got to the 2nd round after defeating Ryan Nijboer 4-6 6-2 7-6(5), Henri Squire 4-6 6-4 6-1 and Vit Kopriva 6-4 6-2.

In the 1st round, The German had a good straight sets win against Kopriva (6-4 6-2). During the match Negritu scored 63 points vs Kopriva’s 52. Negritu was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Negritu made 6 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Christoph Negritu lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Negritu put 60% of his first serves in, winning 72% (26/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. Christoph broke Kopriva 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Negritu’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Hersonissos 2 Challenger and M15 Oegstgeest.

The German has an aggregate 30-29 win-loss record in 2025, 17-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Valencia Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.

Valencia Challenger
Negritu's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

F.Cristian Jianu
C.Negritu
2h:35
2h:35
Time on court​
!
5h:34
5h:34
!
2h:35
2h:35
Last match​
1h:26
1h:26
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
26
26
Games Played​
76
76
3
3
Set played​​
8
8
97
97
Total points​
226
226
97
97
Avg point​
75.3
75.3
38
38
Winners
94
94
38
38
Avg Winners​
31.3
31.3
39%
39%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
19
19
2
2
Avg Aces
6.3
6.3
0
0
Double Faults
1
1
0
0
Avg Double Faults
0.3
0.3
38/54
38/54
1st won total​
94/130
94/130
70%
70%
1st won %
!
72%
72%
15/28
15/28
2nd won total​
47/89
47/89
54%
54%
2nd won %
53%
53%
-- Break Points --
5/11
5/11
BP won
10/27
10/27
5/11
5/11
Avg BP won
3.3/9
3.3/9
45%
45%
Won
37%
37%
5
5
Conceded
18
18
5
5
Avg Conceded
6
6
3
3
Broken
9
9
3
3
Avg Broken
3
3
2
2
Saved
9
9
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Cristian Jianu Negritu
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 3 5
Tot Games 26 49
Pts 97-81 164-140
Total Points 178 304
Winners 38 70
%Winners 39% 43%

Cristian Jianu played 1 match while Negritu competed in 2 matches. Negritu started his run from the qualifications while Cristian Jianu had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Filip Cristian Jianu lost 1 set, while Christoph Negritu dropped 1 set. Cristian Jianu has played 2 set(s) less than Negritu (3 vs 5). Therefore, Cristian Jianu played 23 games less than Negritu. Filip scored 38 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Negritu fired 70 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Cristian Jianu Negritu
Aces 2 13
Avg per match 2 6.5
1st in 54/82 93/146
%1st in 66% 64%
1st pts 38/54 70/93
%1st pts 70% 75%
2nd pts 15/28 26/53
%2nd pts 54% 49%

Cristian Jianu scored 2 aces . Negritu bagged 13 aces (6.5 per match). Cristian Jianu won 70% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Negritu won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Cristian Jianu Negritu
Won 5 9
Converted 5/11 9/26
% Converted 45% 35%
Conceded 5 14
Saved 2 9
% Saved 40% 64%
Times Broken 3 5

The Romanian broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Cristian Jianu surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. The German broke his opponents 9 times with a 35% conversion rate. Negritu conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.

Cristian Jianu
R1
Cretu 		Total
Score 6-1 3-6 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 26 26
pts 97-81 97-81
Total points 178 178
Winners 38 38
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 54/82 54/82
% 1st in 66% 66%
1st pts 38/54 38/54
% 1st pts 70% 70%
2nd pts 15/28 15/28
% 2nd pts 54% 54%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/11 5/11
Converted % 45% 45%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 2/5 2
Saved % 40% 40%
Times Broken 3 3
Negritu
Q1
Nijboer		 Q3
Squire		 R1
Kopriva		 Total
Score 4-6 6-2 7-65 4-6 6-4 6-1 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 3 3 2 8
Tot Games 31 27 18 76
pts 101-88 – 63-52 164-140
Total points 189 0 115 304
Winners 44 26 70
%Winners 44% 0% 41% 43%
SERVE
Aces 7 0 6 13
Double Faults 1 0 1
1st in 57/86 / 36/60 93/146
% 1st in 66% 0% 60% 64%
1st pts 44/57 / 26/36 70/93
% 1st pts 77% 0% 72% 75%
2nd pts 16/29 / 10/24 26/53
% 2nd pts 55% 0% 42% 49%
Breaks
Won 4 5 9
Converted 4/16 / 5/10 9/26
Converted % 25% 0% 50% 35%
Conceded 7 7 14
Saved 4/7 0/ 5/7 9
Saved % 57% – 71% 128%
Times Broken 3 2 5

Tennis Scores in Valencia Challenger

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