Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Roman Andres Burruchaga will clash against each other in the quarter of the Costa do Sauipe Challenger for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:00 pm on QUADRA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Manuel Cerundolo who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Juan Manuel Cerundolo is the pick to win this match.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo -> 1.61
Roman Andres Burruchaga -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Roman Andres Burruchaga

This will be the 4^th time that Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Roman Andres Burruchaga play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Manuel Cerundolo (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Manuel Cerundolo won 2-6 7-6(2) 6-3 in the 2^nd round in the Cancun Challenger back in August 2025.

Juan Manuel Cerundolo

Ranked no. 86, the Argentine got to the quarter after beating Sebastian Gima 6-3 7-5 and Gustavo Heide 6-4 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Heide (6-4 6-3). During the match, Manuel Cerundolo scored 61 points vs Heide’s 50. Manuel Cerundolo was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about the service games, Manuel Cerundolo struck 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Juan Manuel Cerundolo lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Manuel Cerundolo put 58% of his first serves in, winning 77% (27/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (9/25) on the 2nd serve. Juan was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Heide 5 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Argentine hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Manuel Cerundolo has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (292-176). 39-17 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Manuel Cerundolo has an aggregate275-146 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Guangzhou Challenger where he defeated Alejandro Tabilo in the final 6-2 6-3.

Manuel Cerundolo has an aggregate 47-27 win-loss record in 2025, 39-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Costa do Sauipe Challenger

The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.

Roman Andres Burruchaga

Ranked no. 128, the Argentine got to the quarter after defeating Joao Eduardo Schiessl 6-4 6-2 and Santiago Rodriguez Taverna 7-5 6-7(4) 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Andres Burruchaga defeated Rodriguez Taverna (7-5 6-7⁴ 6-2). During the match Andres Burruchaga scored 115 points vs Rodriguez Taverna’s 102. Andres Burruchaga was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.

About the serving games, Andres Burruchaga blasted 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Roman Andres Burruchaga was very efficient on serve to win 76% (44/58) of his 1st serve and 63% (29/46) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Andres Burruchaga broke Rodriguez Taverna 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Andres Burruchaga has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Piracicaba Challenger where he beat Facundo Mena in the final 7-6(8) 6-7(6) 7-6(4) and the Buenos Aires Challenger where he overcame Alex Barrena in the final 7-6(4) 6-3.

Andres Burruchaga has a compiled 47-28 win-loss record in 2025, 42-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Manuel Cerundolo	Andres Burruchaga
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	40	51
Pts	137-114	173-143
Total Points	251	316
Winners	59	61
%Winners	43%	35%

Both Manuel Cerundolo and Andres Burruchaga played 2 matches. At the moment, Roman Andres Burruchaga surrendered 1 set while Juan Manuel Cerundolo hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Manuel Cerundolo has played 1 set(s) less than Andres Burruchaga (4 vs 5). Therefore, Manuel Cerundolo played 11 games less than Andres Burruchaga. Manuel Cerundolo scored 59 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine recorded 61 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Manuel Cerundolo	Andres Burruchaga
Aces	2	11
Avg per match	1	5.5
1st in	78/127	81/149
%1st in	61%	54%
1st pts	59/78	61/81
%1st pts	76%	75%
2nd pts	21/49	43/68
%2nd pts	43%	63%

Manuel Cerundolo managed to score 2 aces (1 per match). Andres Burruchaga recorded 11 aces (5.5 per match). Manuel Cerundolo won 76% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Andres Burruchaga won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Manuel Cerundolo	Andres Burruchaga
Won	9	9
Converted	9/10	9/18
% Converted	90%	50%
Conceded	10	9
Saved	6	6
% Saved	60%	67%
Times Broken	4	3

Juan broke his opponents 9 times with a 90% conversion rate. Juan dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. Roman conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Manuel Cerundolo
	R1 Gima	R2 Heide	Total
Score	6-3 7-5	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	21	19	40
pts	76-64	61-50	137-114
Total points	140	111	251
Winners	32	27	59
%Winners	42%	44%	43%
SERVE
Aces	0	2	2
Double Faults	2	4	6
1st in	43/67	35/60	78/127
% 1st in	64%	58%	61%
1st pts	32/43	27/35	59/78
% 1st pts	74%	77%	76%
2nd pts	12/24	9/25	21/49
% 2nd pts	50%	36%	43%
Breaks
Won	4	5	9
Converted	4/5	5/5	9/10
Converted %	80%	100%	90%
Conceded	6	4	10
Saved	5/6	1/4	6
Saved %	83%	25%	54%
Times Broken	1	3	4

Andres Burruchaga
	R1 Eduardo Schiessl	R2 Rodriguez Taverna	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	7-5 6-74 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	18	33	51
pts	58-41	115-102	173-143
Total points	99	217	316
Winners	17	44	61
%Winners	29%	38%	35%
SERVE
Aces	1	10	11
Double Faults	3	4	7
1st in	23/45	58/104	81/149
% 1st in	51%	56%	54%
1st pts	17/23	44/58	61/81
% 1st pts	74%	76%	75%
2nd pts	14/22	29/46	43/68
% 2nd pts	64%	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	5	4	9
Converted	5/10	4/8	9/18
Converted %	50%	50%	50%
Conceded	5	4	9
Saved	3/5	3/4	6
Saved %	60%	75%	68%
Times Broken	2	1	3

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