Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Cezar Cretu will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Rome Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT DECATHLON. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cezar Cretu who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Cezar Cretu is the pick to win this match.
Cezar Cretu -> 1.81
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 1.87

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Prediction and head to head Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Cezar Cretu

There is no head to head record between Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Cezar Cretu since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Pierre-Hugues Herbert

Pierre-Hugues Herbert

10 - 7win/loss

Hard

4-3

I Hard

5-3

Clay

1-1

Rank
278

High
36

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2026	17-18	5-5	5-8	5-3	2-2	0-0
2025	27-27	1-5	8-11	15-8	3-3	0-0
2024	33-31	3-5	8-11	19-12	3-3	0-0
2023	26-22	2-4	5-4	16-11	3-3	0-0
2022	18-15	0-0	2-5	10-7	6-3	0-0

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Ranked no. 225, Pierre-Hugues got to the 2^nd round after beating Guy Den Ouden 6-3 6-7(3) 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Herbert defeated Den Ouden (6-3 6-7³ 6-3). During the match, Herbert scored 112 points vs Den Ouden’s 96. Pierre-Hugues was pretty aggressive to blast 57 winners.

Talking about the service games, Herbert fired 10 aces and he was not very solid on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Pierre-Hugues Herbert lost the serve once and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Herbert put 56% of his first serves in, winning 89% (57/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (18/50) on the 2nd serve. Pierre-Hugues broke Den Ouden 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Herbert has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (236-214). 1-1 on clay in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Herbert has a compiled 57-59 record in the last years on clay.

Pierre-Hugues’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the St. Brieuc Challenger.

The French player has a compiled 10-7 win-loss record in 2026, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Rome Challenger

The French player has never competed in this tournament before.

Rome Challenger

Herbert's Record

Cezar Cretu

Cezar Cretu

8 - 3win/loss

Clay

8-3

Rank
271

High
230

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2026	28-17	0-1	28-16	0-0	0-0	0-0
2025	52-26	5-2	46-22	1-2	0-0	0-0
2024	52-26	4-5	46-21	2-0	0-0	0-0
2023	55-22	13-9	42-13	0-0	0-0	0-0
2022	60-26	0-0	60-26	0-0	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 378, Cezar reached the 2^nd round after beating Jamie Mackenzie 7-6(3) 6-4, David Jorda Sanchis 6-4 7-5 and Marko Topo 6-2 6-0.

In the 1^st round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Topo (6-2 6-0). During the match Cretu scored 50 points vs Topo’s 25. Cretu was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about serving, Cretu fired 3 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Cezar Cretu was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (22/31) of his 1st serve and 78% (7/9) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Cretu broke Topo 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Cretu’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya.

Cezar has a compiled 8-3 win-loss record in 2026, 8-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Rome Challenger

Cretu's Record

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Herbert played 1 match while Cretu competed in 3 matches. Cretu started his run from the qualifications while Herbert had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Pierre-Hugues Herbert conceded 1 set while Cezar Cretu hasn’t conceded a set so far. Herbert has played 3 set(s) less than Cretu (3 vs 6). Therefore, Herbert played 28 games less than Cretu. Herbert scored 57 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian made 86 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Herbert made 10 aces . Cretu managed to score 9 aces (3 per match). Herbert won 89% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 36% of the points. On the other side, Cretu won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Pierre-Hugues broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Pierre-Hugues conceded his serve once and he saved 91% of the break points that he conceded. Cretu broke his opponents 12 times with a 46% conversion rate. Cretu conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

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Pierre-Hugues
Herbert

0:1

Cezar
Cretu

Rank

278

High

36

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Rank

271

High

230

Win Loss

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2026 2025 2024

17 - 18

28 - 17

5-5

Hard

0-1

5-3

I Hard

0-0

5-8

Clay

28-16

2-2

Grass

0-0

Tennis Scores in Rome Challenger

• Laslo DjereDjere – Carlo Alberto CaniatoAlberto Caniato (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Andrea GuerrieriGuerrieri – Federico BondioliBondioli (7-6⁴ 6-2) – See score progression
• Filippo RomanoRomano – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Nerman FaticFatic – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (6-4 0-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Guy Den OudenDen Ouden (6-3 6-7³ 6-3) – See score progression
• Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Maxim MrvaMrva (7-6⁴ 6-7⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Arthur FeryFery – Dan AddedAdded (7-6⁶ 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Jacopo VasamiVasami – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Remy BertolaBertola (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Cezar CretuCretu – Marko TopoTopo (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Gianluca CadenassoCadenasso – Alex BarrenaBarrena (2-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Alexander VasilevVasilev (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Henry BernetBernet – Luka PavlovicPavlovic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis – Henri SquireSquire (7-6³ 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Guy Den OudenDen Ouden (6-3 6-7(3) 6-3) – See score progression
• Jacopo VasamiVasami – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Filippo RomanoRomano – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Andrea GuerrieriGuerrieri – Federico BondioliBondioli (7-6(4) 6-2) – See score progression
• Arthur FeryFery – Dan AddedAdded (7-6(6) 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Laslo DjereDjere – Carlo Alberto CaniatoAlberto Caniato (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Maxim MrvaMrva (7-6(4) 6-7(4) 6-3) – See score progression
• Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (6-4 0-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Nerman FaticFatic – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-3 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Laslo DjereDjere – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Andrea GuerrieriGuerrieri – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – Nerman FaticFatic (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Cezar Cretu (ROU)Cretu (ROU) – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – (0-0) – H2H and prediction

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