Mariano Navone and Marco Cecchinato will face off in the 2nd round of the Montevideo Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mariano Navone who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mariano Navone is the pick to win this match.
Mariano Navone -> 1.182
Marco Cecchinato -> 4.15

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Prediction and head to head Mariano Navone vs. Marco Cecchinato

This will be the 2nd time that Mariano Navone and Marco Cecchinato clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Navone (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played, Navone won 6-4 5-7 6-4 in the final in the Lima 2 Challenger back in November 2025.

Mariano Navone

Mariano Navone

38 - 30win/loss

Hard
5-12
I Hard
1-1
Clay
30-15
Grass
2-2
Rank
72
High
29
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 38-31 5-12 30-16 1-1 2-2 0-0
2024 30-28 2-7 27-14 1-4 0-3 0-0
2023 40-23 0-1 40-21 0-0 0-1 0-0
2022 44-25 0-1 44-24 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 40-24 0-0 40-24 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 72, Navone reached the 2nd round after beating Santiago Rodriguez Taverna 6-3 6-2.

In the 1st round, Mariano had a good straight sets win against Rodriguez Taverna (6-3 6-2). During the match, Navone scored 63 points vs Rodriguez Taverna’s 49. Mariano was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Navone scored just 1 ace and he committed only 1 double fault. Mariano Navone conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Navone put 60% of his first serves in, winning 67% (24/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 71% (17/24) on the 2nd serve. Navone broke Rodriguez Taverna 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Navone has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (257-162). 29-15 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Navone has a compiled242-128 record in the last 8 years on clay.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Braunschweig Challenger where he defeated Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the final 6-3 7-5 and the Lima 2 Challenger where he overcame Marco Cecchinato in the final 6-4 5-7 6-4.

Navone has an overall 37-30 win-loss record in 2025, 29-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Montevideo Challenger

Montevideo Challenger
Navone's Record

Marco Cecchinato

Marco Cecchinato

39 - 34win/loss

Clay
39-34
Rank
231
High
16
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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
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Ranked no. 233, Marco reached the 2nd round after beating Facundo Diaz Acosta 6-4 7-5.

In the 1st round, Cecchinato had a good straight sets win against Diaz Acosta (6-4 7-5). During the match Cecchinato scored 69 points vs Diaz Acosta’s 63. Cecchinato was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.

About the serving games, Cecchinato managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Marco Cecchinato conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Cecchinato put 64% of his first serves in, winning 84% (36/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. Cecchinato broke Diaz Acosta twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

His best result of the season was winning the title the Milan Challenger where he overcame Dino Prizmic in the final 6-2 6-3.

The Italian has an overall 39-33 win-loss record in 2025, 39-33 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Montevideo Challenger
Cecchinato's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Navone
M.Cecchinato
1h:23
1h:23
Time on court​
1h:44
1h:44
1h:23
1h:23
Last match​
1h:44
1h:44
1
1
Match played
1
1
17
17
Games Played​
22
22
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
63
63
Total points​
69
69
63
63
Avg point​
69
69
24
24
Winners
36
36
24
24
Avg Winners​
36
36
38%
38%
Ratio winners
52%
52%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
2
2
1
1
Avg Aces
2
2
1
1
Double Faults
3
3
1
1
Avg Double Faults
3
3
24/36
24/36
1st won total​
36/43
36/43
67%
67%
1st won %
!
84%
84%
17/24
17/24
2nd won total​
11/24
11/24
!
71%
71%
2nd won %
46%
46%
-- Break Points --
3/4
3/4
BP won
2/8
2/8
3/4
3/4
Avg BP won
2/8
2/8
!
75%
75%
Won
!
25%
25%
3
3
Conceded
5
5
3
3
Avg Conceded
5
5
0
0
Broken
0
0
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
0
0
3
3
Saved
5
5
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Navone Cecchinato
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 22
Pts 63-49 69-63
Total Points 112 132
Winners 24 36
%Winners 38% 52%

Both Navone and Cecchinato played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Navone and Cecchinato have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Navone played 5 games less than Cecchinato. Navone scored 24 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Cecchinato managed to score 36 winners (52%).

Serve Performance

Serve Navone Cecchinato
Aces 1 2
Avg per match 1 2
1st in 36/60 43/67
%1st in 60% 64%
1st pts 24/36 36/43
%1st pts 67% 84%
2nd pts 17/24 11/24
%2nd pts 71% 46%

Navone scored 1 ace . Cecchinato also managed to score 2 aces . Navone won 67% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Cecchinato won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Navone Cecchinato
Won 3 2
Converted 3/4 2/8
% Converted 75% 25%
Conceded 3 5
Saved 3 5
% Saved 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

The Argentine broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Navone very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. Marco broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. Marco was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.

Navone
R1
Rodriguez		 Total
Score 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 63-49 63-49
Total points 112 112
Winners 24 24
%Winners 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 36/60 36/60
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 24/36 24/36
% 1st pts 67% 67%
2nd pts 17/24 17/24
% 2nd pts 71% 71%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/4 3/4
Converted % 75% 75%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 3/3 3
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Cecchinato
R1
Diaz		 Total
Score 6-4 7-5
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 69-63 69-63
Total points 132 132
Winners 36 36
%Winners 52% 52%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 43/67 43/67
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 36/43 36/43
% 1st pts 84% 84%
2nd pts 11/24 11/24
% 2nd pts 46% 46%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/8 2/8
Converted % 25% 25%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 5/5 5
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Tennis Scores in Montevideo Challenger

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