

What Time Will Francisco Cerundolo Play Against Carlos Alcaraz?
Cerundolo and Alcaraz are on the Day 9 Schedule at Bnp Paribas Open 2025 on Thursday 13 March 2025. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
Match-up: Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) vs Carlos Alcaraz (ESP)
Head-to-Head: Alcaraz leads 1-0
Previous Meetings:
– London / Queen’s Club Grass R32: Alcaraz won 6-1, 7-5
– M15 Palmanova Clay SF: Cerundolo won 6-2, 6-4
Francisco Cerundolo:
– Age: 26
– World No. 26
– Career-High No. 19
– 2025 Record: 13-5 (reached Buenos Aires final)
– Event Record: 5-2 (reached 2025 QF)
Notable Achievements:
– Broke into the Top 100 and achieved a new career-high ranking 11 times in 2022
– Reached career-high No. 19 in June 2023 after reaching the 4th round at the 2023 Roland Garros
– Moved into the Top 25 in July 2022 after winning his first ATP Tour title in Bastad and reaching the Hamburg SF
– Became the first Argentine ATP Tour champion on grass since Frana in 1995 by winning the 2023 Eastbourne title
– Became the lowest-ranked semi-finalist in the history of the 2022 Miami tournament as World No. 103
– Has a 2-2 record against Top-3 players and wins over No. 3 Ruud at 2023 Barcelona and No. 2 Zverev in Buenos Aires QF
– Seeks his 2nd ATP Masters 1000 SF after 2022 Miami and would be the 4th Argentine men’s semi-finalist in event history
– Has a winning percentage of .500 (13-13) against Top 10 players
Elena Rybakina
Elina Svitolina
Cameron Norrie
Gabriel Diallo
Diana Shnaider
Iga Swiatek
Sebastian Korda
Casper Ruud
Veronika Kudermetova
Marta Kostyuk
Taylor Fritz
Benjamin Bonzi
Rebeka Masarova
Peyton Stearns
Jack Draper
Matteo Berrettini
Karen Khachanov
Tommy Paul
Mirra Andreeva
Yuliia Starodubtseva
Ben Shelton
Jakub Mensik
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Daria Kasatkina
Maria Sakkari
Jasmine Paolini
Frances Tiafoe
Alexandre Muller
Alexander Bublik
Andrey Rublev
Carlos Alcaraz:
– Age: 21
– World No. 3
– Career-High No. 1
– 2025 Record: 14-2 (won Rotterdam title)
– Indian Wells Record: 19-2 (won titles in 2023-24)
Notable Achievements:
– Youngest and first teenage World No. 1 and year-end No. 1 in PIF ATP Rankings history
– Reached No. 1 at age 19 in September 2022, rising from No. 32 at the end of 2021, holding the ranking for 36 weeks
– Became the youngest men’s champion at the US Open since Sampras in 1990 and at any Grand Slam event since Nadal in 2005
– Captured the 2024 Roland Garros title by winning fifth set battles against Sinner in SF and Zverev in the final
– Defeated 7-time champion Djokovic in the 2023-24 Wimbledon finals and became the youngest Olympic men’s finalist since 1904, winning silver at Paris Olympics
– Became the youngest ATP 500 champion at 2022 Rio de Janeiro and the 3rd-youngest ATP Masters 1000 champion at 2022 Miami
– Youngest player to defeat both Nadal and Djokovic, beating them on back-to-back days en route to his 2nd ATP Masters 1000 title at 2022 Madrid
– Currently on a 15-match winning streak at the event as he aims to become the first player born in 1991 or later to three-peat at an ATP Tour event
– Holds an 11-1 record against Argentines on the tour, with his only loss to F. Coria at the 2020 Rio de Janeiro as a No. 406-ranked WC
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My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Cerundolo will win.
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