Raphael Collignon and Juan Manuel Cerundolo will play each other in the final of the Bordeaux Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 3:00 pm on CENTRAL PVTISTES. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Raphael Collignon who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Raphael Collignon is the pick to win this match.
Raphael Collignon -> 1.35
Juan Manuel Cerundolo -> 2.88
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Prediction and head to head Raphael Collignon vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo
This will be the 2nd time that Raphael Collignon and Juan Manuel Cerundolo face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Manuel (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Manuel won 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in the Braunschweig Challenger back in 2025.
Raphael Collignon
24 - 7win/loss
47
37
LLLLLLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35-18 | 8-10 | 16-5 | 7-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 42-23 | 4-4 | 15-9 | 23-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 72-23 | 5-3 | 46-8 | 21-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 15-16 | 0-0 | 6-5 | 8-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 61-22 | 14-4 | 38-12 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 68, Collignon reached the final after beating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-2 6-1, Alexander Shevchenko 7-6(5) 4-0 ret., Titouan Droguet 6-2 7-6(6) and Tallon Griekspoor 7-5 6-1.
In the semifinal, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Griekspoor (7-5 6-1). During the match, Collignon scored 76 points vs Griekspoor’s 58. Collignon was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Collignon scored 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Raphael Collignon lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Collignon put 58% of his first serves in, winning 69% (29/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. Raphael broke Griekspoor 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Raphael hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.
ATP Bordeaux Challenger - Raphael Collignon's projected path
Collignon has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 68% of his matches (242-116). 9-0 on clay in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Collignon has an overall125-44 record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Pau Challenger where he overcame Benjamin Bonzi in the final 7-6(5) 6-1 and the Monza Challenger where he beat Dino Prizmic in the final 7-6(2) 6-3.
Raphael has a compiled 24-6 win-loss record in 2026, 9-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bordeaux Challenger
Raphael has never competed in this tournament before.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo
19 - 12win/loss
53
42
LLWWLWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32-21 | 7-6 | 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. 72, the Argentine reached the final after beating Luca Van Assche 7-6(2) 6-4, Roman Andres Burruchaga 6-4 6-4, Martin Damm 6-2 6-2 and Quentin Halys 6-2 6-4.
In the semifinal, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Halys (6-2 6-4). During the match Manuel scored 55 points vs Halys’s 41. The Argentine was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Manuel fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Juan Manuel Cerundolo was pretty effective on serve to win 92% (24/26) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Argentine was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Halys 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
ATP Bordeaux Challenger - Juan Manuel Cerundolo's projected path
The Argentine’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Rosario Challenger and the Bordeaux Challenger.
The Argentine has an aggregate 18-12 win-loss record in 2026, 16-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Collignon | Manuel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 72 | 77 |
| Pts | 269-204 | 261-195 |
| Total Points | 473 | 456 |
| Winners | 114 | 103 |
| %Winners | 42% | 39% |
Both Collignon and Manuel played 4 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Collignon has played 1 set more than Manuel (9 vs 8). However, it’s interesting to notice that Collignon played 5 games less than Manuel. Raphael scored 114 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Manuel struck 103 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Collignon | Manuel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 2.8 | 3.8 |
| 1st in | 159/240 | 130/239 |
| %1st in | 66% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 114/159 | 103/130 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 43/81 | 62/109 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 57% |
Collignon fired 11 aces (2.8 per match). Manuel struck 15 aces (3.8 per match). Collignon won 72% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Manuel won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Collignon | Manuel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 18 | 14 |
| Converted | 18/35 | 14/22 |
| % Converted | 51% | 64% |
| Conceded | 20 | 13 |
| Saved | 14 | 9 |
| % Saved | 70% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 4 |
Collignon broke his opponents 18 times with a 51% conversion rate. The Belgian lost his serve 6 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Manuel broke his opponents 14 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Collignon | ||||||
| R1 Blancaneaux |
R2 Shevchenko |
1/4 Droguet |
1/2 Griekspoor |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 7-65 4-0 ret. | 6-2 7-66 | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 72 | |
| pts | 55-34 | 62-45 | 76-67 | 76-58 | 269-204 | |
| Total points | 89 | 107 | 143 | 134 | 473 | |
| Winners | 20 | 27 | 38 | 29 | 114 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 44% | 50% | 38% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 27/41 | 40/57 | 50/69 | 42/73 | 159/240 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 70% | 72% | 58% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 27/40 | 38/50 | 29/42 | 114/159 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 68% | 76% | 69% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/14 | 10/17 | 12/19 | 14/31 | 43/81 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 59% | 63% | 45% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 4/5 | 2/6 | 6/14 | 18/35 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 80% | 33% | 43% | 51% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 20 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 3/5 | 3/3 | 8/11 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 60% | 100% | 73% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| Manuel | ||||||
| R1 Van Assche |
R2 Andres Burruchaga |
1/4 Damm |
1/2 Halys |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 77 | |
| pts | 77-60 | 74-64 | 55-30 | 55-41 | 261-195 | |
| Total points | 137 | 138 | 85 | 96 | 456 | |
| Winners | 22 | 34 | 23 | 24 | 103 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 46% | 42% | 44% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 33/69 | 45/79 | 26/41 | 26/50 | 130/239 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 57% | 63% | 52% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 22/33 | 34/45 | 23/26 | 24/26 | 103/130 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 76% | 88% | 92% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/36 | 16/34 | 10/15 | 13/24 | 62/109 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 47% | 67% | 54% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/6 | 4/6 | 3/3 | 14/22 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 50% | 67% | 100% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 6/7 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 86% | – | – | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
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