

What Time Will Lorenzo Musetti Play Against Pedro Martinez?
Musetti and Martinez are on the Day 5 Schedule at Ieb+ Argentina Open 2025 on Friday 14 February 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?
Lorenzo Musetti, a 22-year-old tennis player from Italy, is currently ranked number 16 in the world, with his career-high ranking being number 15 achieved in June 2023. He made his breakthrough into the top 20 in January 2023. In the year 2025, he has accumulated a record of 4 wins and 2 losses, including two quarterfinal appearances. In terms of his performance in specific events, Musetti has won 2 out of 3 matches in the event, with his quarterfinal appearances coming in 2023 and 2025.
Notable achievements for Musetti include defeating 19-year-old Carlos Alcaraz in the final of the 2022 Hamburg tournament, where he became the youngest ATP Tour finalist since the 2005 Bastad event. Additionally, he did not drop a set on his way to winning his second title at the 2022 Naples tournament. Musetti also had a notable performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where he upset Tokyo gold medalist Alexander Zverev and earned a bronze medal, becoming the first Italian tennis player to win an Olympic singles medal since 1924.
In 2024, Musetti had his best season, registering a personal-best of 40 wins, including 12 wins on grass courts, which was the highest among all players on the tour. He reached his first Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon and also reached the finals of the ATP Tour events in Stuttgart and London/Queen’s Club. Another significant moment in his career was at the 2023 Monte-Carlo tournament, where he achieved his first 6-0 6-0 victory at the ATP Masters 1000 level since 2016. He followed this up with an upset win against the world number one, Novak Djokovic, in the third round, reaching his second ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal.
Musetti’s earlier achievements include reaching the boys’ singles final at the 2018 US Open and winning the boys’ singles title at the 2019 Australian Open. He also defeated Stan Wawrinka at the 2020 Rome event, becoming the first player born in 2002 to win an ATP Tour match.
In the upcoming tournament in Buenos Aires, Musetti aims to reach his 18th tour-level semifinal and his first in South America. He wishes to become the first Italian player to reach the semifinals in Buenos Aires since Marco Cecchinato won the title in 2019.
Maria Sakkari
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
Elsa Jacquemot
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Mccartney Kessler
Fiona Ferro
Margaux Rouvroy
Alize Cornet
Anhelina Kalinina
Nao Hibino
Mariano Navone
Felix Auger Aliassime
Sebastian Baez
Damir Dzumhur
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Liudmila Samsonova
Tatjana Maria
Ella Seidel
Veronika Kudermetova
Diana Shnaider
Jelena Ostapenko
Dayana Yastremska
Moyuka Uchijima
Kamilla Rakhimova
Yannick Hanfmann
Jakub Mensik
Frances Tiafoe
Jaume Antoni Munar Clar
Ugo Humbert
Nicolas Jarry
As for his opponent, Pedro Martinez from Spain, he is 27 years old and currently ranked number 41 in the world. His career-high ranking was number 39, which he achieved in October 2024. Martinez broke into the top 50 after winning his first ATP Tour title at the 2022 Santiago tournament in February. He made his way into the top 40 in May 2022 and reached his career-high ranking later that year.
Martinez’s notable wins include defeating the 16th-ranked Roberto Bautista Agut at the 2021 Kitzbuhel tournament, as well as defeating the 8th-ranked Casper Ruud en route to the final of the 2024 Estoril tournament. In 2020, he qualified for 6 tour-level events, including the Australian Open, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, and Roland Garros. He earned his first tour-level win at the Australian Open by defeating Dominik Koepfer and also achieved his first ATP Masters 1000 win at Rome by defeating Sam Querrey. Martinez reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time at Roland Garros the same year.
Additionally, Martinez has had success in Challenger events, reaching 8 out of his 13 career finals on home clay in Spain. He won titles at tournaments such as Marbella in 2020, Seville in 2021, Maspalomas in 2023, Girona and Valencia in 2024.
In the current tournament, Martinez defeated Diego Schwartzman in the second round and is now aiming for his sixth ATP Tour semifinal appearance, all of which have been on clay. He has a record of 4 wins and 26 losses against top 20 players, including a recent win over Holger Rune in Rotterdam. Martinez looks to secure his third top 20 win on clay, with previous wins coming against Roberto Bautista Agut and Casper Ruud.
Overall, the upcoming match between Lorenzo Musetti and Pedro Martinez will be their first meeting on the ATP Tour.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Musetti will win.
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