Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Cristian Garin will face off in the 1^st round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 Cristian Garin who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Cristian Garin is the pick to win this match.
Cristian Garin -> 1.77
Juan Manuel Cerundolo -> 2.04

 

 

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Prediction and head to head Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Cristian Garin

This will be the 2^nd time that Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Cristian Garin fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Garin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Garin won 3-6 6-3 6-3 in the 1^st round in Santiago back in February 2026.

Highlights Cristian Garin vs Juan Manuel Cerundolo – Santiago 24-February-2026

Juan Manuel Cerundolo

Ranked no. 72, Manuel Cerundolo will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in the Cagliari Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-3 to Arnaldi in the 2^nd round on the 30^th of April.

Manuel Cerundolo has a composed 14-11 win-loss record in 2026, 12-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

The Argentine’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Rosario Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, Juan has an overall 308-190 record. He has a positive 287-157 record on clay.

Previously in Rome

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See his history.

Cristian Garin

Ranked no. 104, the Chilean reached the 1^st round after defeating Moez Echargui 6-0 6-2 and Jan Choinski 6-2 3-6 6-2.

In the qualifications, Christian defeated Choinski (6-2 3-6 6-2). During the match Garin scored 91 points vs Choinski’s 76. The Chilean was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Garin struck 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Cristian Garin was extremely effective on serve to win 78% (31/40) of his 1st serve and 59% (19/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Garin broke Choinski 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Garin started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

ATP Rome - Cristian Garin's projected path

The Chilean has an aggregate 8-11 win-loss record in 2026, 8-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Rome

• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Francisco ComesanaComesana (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-3 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (6-3 4-6 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (4-6 7-6³ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Alexandre MullerMuller (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (6-3 7-6⁸) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Patrick KypsonKypson (6-3 5-7 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (0-6 6-4 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-7³ 7-6² 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Marcos GironGiron – Marin CilicCilic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Christian GarinGarin – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian OfnerOfner – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Patrick KypsonKypson (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Alexander ZverevZverev (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Tomas MachacMachac (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nuno BorgesBorges – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Mariano NavoneNavone (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Casper RuudRuud – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Zizou BergsBergs – Terence AtmaneAtmane (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Vit KoprivaKopriva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Alexander BublikBublik (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jacob FearnleyFearnley – (0-0) – H2H and prediction