Challenger Hersonissos 3Challenger 50Round of 32hardbest of three sets
Tsitsipas vs Cretu: prediction and tips
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Our tips
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Match chances
Winner chance from the market (no margin). The other markets come from the history of matches with a similar balance of strength.
Winner
Pavlos Tsitsipas8%
Cezar Cretu92%
Elo: P. Tsitsipas 24% · C. Cretu 76%
from the market (no margin)
Set score
2:0 P. Tsitsipas5%
2:1 P. Tsitsipas4%
2:1 C. Cretu17%
2:0 C. Cretu74%
First set
Pavlos Tsitsipas17%
Cezar Cretu83%
Full distance (3rd set)
yes20%
no80%
Total games
The bookmakers' lineUnder 19.0 · 53%market (no margin): 50%
The 19.0 line offered by bookmakers before the match: our chance on that line, and next to it the market's (from the odds, without the margin).
Expected total: 19.6
| Line | Over | Under | Tour over |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15.5 | 77% | 23% | 94% |
| 16.5 | 66% | 34% | 88% |
| 17.5 | 56% | 44% | 80% |
| 18.5 | 47% | 53% | 71% |
| 19.5 | 39% | 62% | 63% |
| 20.5 | 33% | 67% | 54% |
| 21.5 | 27% | 73% | 49% |
Sample: 1,461 matches
Games handicap
C. Cretu −5.554%
Tie-break in the match
Tie-break: yes16%
tour average 32%
Serve profile (12 months)
Matches with stats from the last 12 months, pulled towards the tour average on a small sample.
| P. Tsitsipas | Tour | C. Cretu | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service points won | 58% | 62% | 59% |
| Return points won | 36% | 38% | 43% |
| Service games held | 68% | 76% | 69% |
| Breaks of serve | 19% | 24% | 35% |
| Aces per service game | 0.35 | 0.21 | |
| Double faults per game | 0.37 | 0.21 | |
| Sets with a tie-break | 29% | 8% | |
| Tie-breaks won | 2/5 | 6/8 | |
| Wins in straight sets | 0% | 85% | |
| Matches in the sample | 7 | 48 |
Form
The last 10 matches in all tournaments, newest first.
Pavlos Tsitsipas
- 21/09/26LNikita Mashtakov#452Challenger Plovdiv 4 · Q23:6 1:6
- 20/09/26WTiago Pereira#318Challenger Plovdiv 4 · Q16:7 7:5 7:6
- 13/09/26LRobert Strombachs#352Challenger Szczecin · Q17:6 6:7 1:6
- 04/05/26LRafael Tosetto#817Challenger Santos · Q16:4 1:6 3:6
- 09/03/26LPaul Jubb#362Challenger Hersonissos 2 · R326:7 3:6
- 03/03/26LAbdullah Shelbayh#311Challenger Hersonissos · R324:6 2:6
- 25/11/25LAlberto Barroso Campos#712Challenger Athens · R321:6 3:6
- 01/11/25LShintaro Mochizuki#125ATP Athens · Q11:6 2:6
- 07/10/25LNiels Visker#418Challenger Hersonissos 5 · R320:1
- 25/08/25LStuart ParkerChallenger Manacor · Q12:6 1:6
Cezar Cretu
- 12/10/26LMaks Kaśnikowski#211Challenger Olbia · R322:6 1:6
- 29/09/26LHenrique Rocha#99Challenger Porto 2 · R325:7 3:6
- 07/09/26LHarold Mayot#220Challenger Istanbul 3 · R322:6 4:6
- 29/08/26WFacundo Mena#196Challenger Augsburg · F6:2 6:0
- 28/08/26WSandro Kopp#294Challenger Augsburg · SF6:3 7:5
- 27/08/26WMarvin Moeller#227Challenger Augsburg · QF6:4 6:3
- 26/08/26WMiguel Damas#346Challenger Augsburg · R167:6 7:6
- 25/08/26WNiels McDonald#477Challenger Augsburg · R326:2 6:0
- 19/08/26LMaxim Mrva#231Challenger Prague · R161:6 2:6
- 17/08/26WThomas Faurel#298Challenger Prague · R322:6 6:2 6:4
Elo over the last year
Pavlos TsitsipasCezar Cretu
Record by surface (12 months)
Wins–losses over the last 12 months.
| P. Tsitsipas | C. Cretu | |
|---|---|---|
| Hard court | 0–30% | 0–30% |
| Clay | 1–325% | 27–1860% |
Head to head
They have not met yet.
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