Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Carlos Maria Zarate will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Lima 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on CANCHA 4. 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 Juan Manuel Cerundolo who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Juan Manuel Cerundolo is the pick to win this match.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo -> 1.028
Carlos Maria Zarate -> 10
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Prediction and head to head Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Carlos Maria Zarate
There is no head to head record between Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Carlos Maria Zarate since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33-21 | 8-6 | 23-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 49-30 | 10-9 | 39-19 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-28 | 0-3 | 46-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-32 | 4-2 | 37-28 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-17 | 3-6 | 24-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 88, Juan will start his run in the Lima 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Costa Do Sauipe Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-3 to Andres Burruchaga in the quarter on the 25th of October.
The Argentine has a compiled 47-28 win-loss record in 2025, 39-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Guangzhou Challenger where he overcame Alejandro Tabilo in the final 6-2 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, Manuel Cerundolo has an overall 292-177 record. He has a positive 275-147 record on clay.
Previously in the Lima 2 Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2024. See his history.
Carlos Maria Zarate
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 43-20 | 0-0 | 38-20 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 48-31 | 1-1 | 47-29 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 15-18 | 5-8 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 758 (career-high), the Argentine reached the 1st round after defeating Boris Arias 2-6 6-0 6-1 and Sebastian Gima 2-6 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications against Gima, Carlos recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 6-3). During the match Maria Zarate scored 98 points vs Gima’s 92. Maria Zarate was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Maria Zarate scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Carlos Maria Zarate lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Maria Zarate put 75% of his first serves in, winning 62% (43/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Carlos broke Gima 4 times after converting 27% of his break points (4/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Carlos’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M15 San Salvador de Jujuy and M15 Santiago.
The Argentine has a composed 42-27 win-loss record in 2025, 42-26 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lima 2 Challenger
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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- Andres AndradeAndrade – Hady HabibHabib (7-64 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (7-62 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo (6-3 6-75 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
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