

What Time Will Francisco Cerundolo Play Against Tommy Paul?
Cerundolo and Paul are on the Day 5 Schedule at Miami Open Presented By Itau 2025 on Sunday 23 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?
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Francisco Cerundolo and Tommy Paul have faced each other six times in their careers, with Cerundolo currently leading the head-to-head record 4-2. Their most recent encounters include matches at the Eastbourne and Queen’s Club tournaments in Great Britain, as well as the ATP Masters 1000 events in Toronto and Madrid.
At the Eastbourne tournament, Cerundolo came out victorious in the grass court final, winning 6-4, 1-6, 6-4. In their previous meeting at the Queen’s Club, Cerundolo also won in a closely contested match, with a score of 7-6(2), 4-6, 6-4. However, Paul managed to defeat Cerundolo in the grass court match at Eastbourne R32, with a score of 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-4. They also faced each other on hard and clay courts, with Paul winning their encounter in Toronto, and Cerundolo emerging victorious in Madrid and at Roland Garros.
Francisco Cerundolo, who is currently ranked 26th in the world, has had a successful career so far. In 2022, he broke into the Top 100 and achieved a new career-high ranking on 11 occasions. He reached his career-high ranking of 19th in June 2023, shortly after reaching the fourth round of the 2023 Roland Garros, where he defeated World No. 8 Taylor Fritz.
Cerundolo’s rise in the rankings was aided by his victories over top-ranked players. In July 2022, he defeated World No. 5 Casper Ruud en route to his first ATP Tour title in Bastad. He followed this up with a victory over World No. 8 Andrey Rublev en route to the semifinals in Hamburg. Cerundolo’s success on grass courts continued as he became the first Argentine ATP Tour champion on grass since Frana in 1995, by winning the 2023 Eastbourne tournament.
One of Cerundolo’s notable achievements was reaching the semifinals of the 2022 Miami tournament when he was ranked 103rd in the world. He became the lowest-ranked semifinalist in the tournament’s history and the first player to reach the semifinals in his ATP Masters 1000 debut since Janowicz in 2012.
Francisco Cerundolo
Alexander Shevchenko
Suzan Lamens
Linda Noskova
Jacob Fearnley
Alex De Minaur
Magdalena Frech
Jessica Pegula
David Goffin
Mariano Navone
Jessika Ponchet
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
Varvara Gracheva
Alexander Zverev
Tallon Griekspoor
Linda Fruhvirtova
Olga Danilovic
Jaume Antoni Munar Clar
Karen Khachanov
Elina Svitolina
Anhelina Kalinina
Luciano Darderi
Ben Shelton
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Arthur Fils
Zizou Bergs
Diego Dedura-Palomero
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Andrey Rublev
Coming from a tennis background, Cerundolo’s father, Alejandro, also played professional tennis. His younger brother, Juan Manuel, won the 2021 Cordoba title, and his sister, Constanza, represented the Argentine field hockey team that won the gold medal at the 2018 Youth Olympics.
Meanwhile, Tommy Paul, currently ranked 13th in the world, had an impressive junior career and reached a career-high ranking of 9th in January 2025. Paul achieved this after a successful 2024 season, where he won a personal-best 45 matches and claimed four ATP Tour titles, including the London/Queen’s Club tournament.
Paul’s achievements also extend to Grand Slam tournaments. At the 2023 Australian Open, he became the first American man to reach the semifinals since Roddick in 2009. He also has a notable record against top-ranked players, with a victory over World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz at the 2023 Toronto tournament, which led to his first ATP Masters 1000 semifinal.
In addition to his successes on the professional tour, Paul had notable achievements in his junior career. He won the boys’ singles title at Roland Garros in 2015 and reached the final of the boys’ singles at the 2015 US Open, where he finished as the runner-up.
Paul aims to have a strong performance in Miami, where he made his ATP Masters 1000 debut in 2016. His best result in Miami so far came in 2023 when he reached the fourth round. This year, Paul has had difficulty against top 50 players but seeks to secure his first top 50 win since his victory over No. 10 Grigor Dimitrov in the Stockholm final in October.
Overall, the upcoming match between Francisco Cerundolo and Tommy Paul will be an exciting continuation of their head-to-head battles, with Cerundolo looking to secure his fifth victory against a single opponent, and Paul aiming to have a strong showing in Miami and secure a victory over a top-ranked player.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Cerundolo will win.
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