Filip Cristian Jianu and Carlos Sanchez Jover will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Maia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:00 pm on CENTER. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Filip Cristian Jianu who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Filip Cristian Jianu is the pick to win this match.
Filip Cristian Jianu -> 1.74
Carlos Sanchez Jover -> 1.95

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Prediction and head to head Filip Cristian Jianu vs. Carlos Sanchez Jover

There is no head to head record between Filip Cristian Jianu and Carlos Sanchez Jover since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Filip Cristian Jianu

Filip Cristian Jianu

40 - 39win/loss

Hard
2-5
I Hard
0-3
Clay
38-30
Grass
0-1
Rank
286
High
210
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 40-39 2-5 38-30 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. 286, Filip reached the 2nd round after beating Jaime Faria 7-5 6-3.

In the 1st round, Filip had a good straight sets win against Faria (7-5 6-3). During the match, Cristian Jianu scored 74 points vs Faria’s 67. The Romanian was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cristian Jianu scored 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Filip Cristian Jianu lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Cristian Jianu put 64% of his first serves in, winning 59% (27/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Faria 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).

Cristian Jianu has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (324-234). 38-30 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Cristian Jianu has an aggregate279-176 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.

Cristian Jianu’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Antalya.

Cristian Jianu has a composed 40-39 win-loss record in 2025, 38-30 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Maia Challenger

Maia Challenger
Cristian Jianu's Record

Carlos Sanchez Jover

Carlos Sanchez Jover

49 - 25win/loss

Clay
49-24
Rank
336
High
260
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 49-25 0-0 49-24 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 49-27 1-1 48-26 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 51-31 7-4 44-27 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 34-29 4-9 30-20 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 52-28 4-3 48-25 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 336, Carlos got to the 2nd round after defeating Giuseppe La Vela 6-3 6-3, Cezar Cretu 6-3 6-2 and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-4 6-1.

In the 1st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Sanchez-Izquierdo (6-4 6-1). During the match Sanchez Jover scored 64 points vs Sanchez-Izquierdo’s 42. Sanchez Jover was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Sanchez Jover scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Carlos Sanchez Jover lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez Jover put 74% of his first serves in, winning 69% (29/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (6/15) on the 2nd serve. Sanchez Jover broke Sanchez-Izquierdo 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Sanchez Jover’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Valencia,M25+H Kassel and M25 Valencia.

The Spaniard has a compiled 49-25 win-loss record in 2025, 49-24 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Maia Challenger
Sanchez Jover's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

F.Cristian Jianu
C.Sanchez Jover
1h:34
1h:34
Time on court​
!
3h:52
3h:52
1h:34
1h:34
Last match​
1h:19
1h:19
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
21
21
Games Played​
52
52
2
2
Set played​​
6
6
74
74
Total points​
191
191
74
74
Avg point​
63.7
63.7
27
27
Winners
81
81
27
27
Avg Winners​
27
27
36%
36%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
4
4
2
2
Avg Aces
1.3
1.3
1
1
Double Faults
4
4
1
1
Avg Double Faults
1.3
1.3
27/46
27/46
1st won total​
81/113
81/113
59%
59%
1st won %
!
72%
72%
13/26
13/26
2nd won total​
27/50
27/50
50%
50%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
6/9
6/9
BP won
13/21
13/21
6/9
6/9
Avg BP won
4.3/7
4.3/7
!
67%
67%
Won
!
62%
62%
10
10
Conceded
9
9
10
10
Avg Conceded
3
3
3
3
Broken
4
4
3
3
Avg Broken
1.3
1.3
7
7
Saved
5
5
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Cristian Jianu Sanchez Jover
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 2 6
Tot Games 21 52
Pts 74-67 191-133
Total Points 141 324
Winners 27 81
%Winners 36% 42%

Cristian Jianu played 1 match while Sanchez Jover competed in 3 matches. Sanchez Jover started his run from the qualifications while Cristian Jianu had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Cristian Jianu has played 4 set(s) less than Sanchez Jover (2 vs 6). Therefore, Cristian Jianu played 31 games less than Sanchez Jover. Filip scored 27 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Sanchez Jover scored 81 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Cristian Jianu Sanchez Jover
Aces 2 4
Avg per match 2 1.3
1st in 46/72 113/163
%1st in 64% 69%
1st pts 27/46 81/113
%1st pts 59% 72%
2nd pts 13/26 27/50
%2nd pts 50% 54%

Cristian Jianu made 2 aces . Sanchez Jover recorded 4 aces (1.3 per match). Cristian Jianu won 59% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Sanchez Jover won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Cristian Jianu Sanchez Jover
Won 6 13
Converted 6/9 13/21
% Converted 67% 62%
Conceded 10 9
Saved 7 5
% Saved 70% 56%
Times Broken 3 4

Cristian Jianu broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Cristian Jianu dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 13 times with a 62% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.

Cristian Jianu
R1
Faria 		Total
Score 7-5 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 74-67 74-67
Total points 141 141
Winners 27 27
%Winners 36% 36%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 46/72 46/72
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 27/46 27/46
% 1st pts 59% 59%
2nd pts 13/26 13/26
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/9 6/9
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 7/10 7
Saved % 70% 70%
Times Broken 3 3
Sanchez Jover
Q1
La Vela		 Q3
Cretu 		R1
Sanchez-Izquierdo 		Total
Score 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-2 6-4 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 18 17 17 52
pts 63-41 64-50 64-42 191-133
Total points 104 114 106 324
Winners 24 28 29 81
%Winners 38% 44% 45% 42%
SERVE
Aces 2 1 1 4
Double Faults 1 1 2 4
1st in 29/44 42/62 42/57 113/163
% 1st in 66% 68% 74% 69%
1st pts 24/29 28/42 29/42 81/113
% 1st pts 83% 67% 69% 72%
2nd pts 10/15 11/20 6/15 27/50
% 2nd pts 67% 55% 40% 54%
Breaks
Won 4 4 5 13
Converted 4/8 4/5 5/8 13/21
Converted % 50% 80% 63% 62%
Conceded 1 4 4 9
Saved 0/1 3/4 2/4 5
Saved % 0% 75% 50% 125%
Times Broken 1 1 2 4

Tennis Scores in Maia Challenger

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