Who Will Win: Cerundolo Vs Dodig? Prediction For ATP Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag 2024

What Time Will Francisco Cerundolo Play Against Matej Dodig?

Cerundolo and Dodig are on the Day 4 Schedule at Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag 2024 on Wednesday 24 July 2024. 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?

In their first meeting, Francisco Cerundolo from Argentina will be facing Matej Dodig from Croatia. Cerundolo is 25 years old and currently ranked at World No. 37. He has achieved a career-high ranking of No. 19 and had a record of 18-20 in 2024, with a semi-final appearance in Rio. This will be his first appearance in Umag.

Cerundolo broke into the top 100 and reached a career-high ranking 11 times in 2022. In June 2023, he reached his highest ranking after reaching the fourth round of the 2023 Roland Garros, where he defeated No. 8 Fritz in the third round. He moved into the top 25 in July 2022 after winning his first ATP Tour title in Bastad, defeating No. 5 Ruud en route, and reached the Hamburg semi-finals the following week, where he defeated No. 8 Rublev. He also became the first Argentine grass court ATP Tour champion since 1995 by winning the 2023 Eastbourne.

Cerundolo made history at the 2022 Miami tournament by becoming the lowest-ranked semi-finalist in the history of the tournament as World No. 103. He was also the first player to reach the semi-finals in his ATP Masters 1000 main draw debut since Janowicz in 2012 Paris.

It is worth noting that Cerundolo comes from a tennis family, with his father Alejandro being a pro tennis player, his younger brother Juan Manuel winning the 2021 Cordoba title, and his sister Constanza playing for the Argentine field hockey team that won a gold medal at the 2018 Youth

Olympics.

Cerundolo is seeking his 20th ATP Tour quarterfinal, with 9 of them on clay and 3 so far this year. He has earned 15 of his 18 wins this season on clay, including a semi-final run in Rio de Janeiro and a quarterfinal appearance in the ATP Masters 1000 Madrid, where he defeated No. 5 Zverev in the fourth round.

On the other hand, Matej Dodig is 19 years old and currently ranked at World No. 310. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 308 in July 2024. Dodig earned his first ranking points in March 2023 and broke into the top 500 in November 2023, reaching the top 400 in April 2024. In his debut ATP Tour appearance in Umag, he won his first match against Couacaud. His previous achievements include semi-final runs in the 2024 Split and 2024 Zagreb Challengers. He also earned a notable victory over No. 148 Albot at the 2024 Bratislava CH. Furthermore, Dodig has a solid record in ITF tournaments with 78 wins and 30 losses, including titles at M15 Monastir and M15 Rovinj this season. In January 2023, he reached a career-high ITF world junior ranking of No. 30.

It is worth mentioning that Dodig, who made his ATP Tour debut in the first round of Umag, aims to secure his biggest career win against a Top 100 player. He also hopes to maintain Croatian representation in the Umag quarterfinals, following the achievement of fellow teenager Prizmic, who reached the quarterfinals last year. Prizmic lost to Popyrin in that match.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Cerundolo will win.
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