Cezar Cretu and Stefan Palosi have met 2 times since 2025; Cezar Cretu leads 2–0. Their most recent meeting: Cezar Cretu won at M15 Bucharest (2025).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Cretu
⚔️ The Gladiator
Palosi
🧱 The Wall
Matchup analysis
The ⚔️ The Gladiator archetype wins about 55% vs 🧱 The Wall across 3,180 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Cezar Cretu.
The Gladiator players often use physical intensity and balanced game to pressure the the wall's elite returner.
2 career meetings, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Cretu | Palosi | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Cezar Cretu | Stefan Palosi | ||
| 1 or more | 57% | 12/21 | 60% | 3/5 |
| 3 or more | 29% | 6/21 | 0% | 0/5 |
| 5 or more | 14% | 3/21 | 0% | 0/5 |
| 10 or more | 5% | 1/21 | 0% | 0/5 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/21 | 0% | 0/5 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/21 | 0% | 0/5 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Cretu | Palosi |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 14–8 | 1–4 |
| Avg odds | 2.19 | 1.81 |
| ROI % | +28.7% | -69.2% |
| Units P/L | +6.31u | -3.46u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Cretu has a higher win rate against shared opponents (70% vs Palosi's 30%).
| Opponent | Cretu | Palosi |
|---|---|---|
| Stefan Adrian Andreescu | W 60 61 | W |
| Alvaro Guillen Meza | W 62 63 | L 36 06 |
| Gabriel Ghetu | W 64 60 | L 06 16 |
| Robert Guna | W 61 63 | L 26 46 |
| Alejo Sanchez Quilez | W 61 63 | W 62 62 |
| Franco Agamenone | L 06 64 36 | L 67 16 |
| Carlos Sanchez Jover | L 36 26 | L 60 16 06 |
| Max Alcala Gurri | W 76 06 64 | L 26 46 |
| Dusan Obradovic | W 36 61 75 | L 46 76 16 |
| Filip Cristian Jianu | L 16 63 46 | W 64 63 |
Last five matches per player
Akira Santillan
Intaro Open · Round of 32
Jun 22
Alvaro Guillen Meza
Intaro Open · Round of 16
Jun 15
Jacopo Vasami
Internazionali di Tennis Città di Perugia | G.I.MA. Tennis Cup · Round of 32
Jun 2
Radu Albot
Moldova Open · Semifinals
May 30
Liam Broady
Moldova Open · Quarterfinals
May 29
Stefanos Sakellaridis
Moldova Open · Final
May 29
Pavel Kotov
Moldova Open · Round of 16
May 28
Yosuke Watanuki
Moldova Open · Round of 32
May 26
Dan Alexandru Tomescu
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 20
Stefan Adrian Andreescu
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 19
Nicolas Garcia Longo
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 18
Gabriel Ghetu
M25 Bistrita · Round of 32
Jun 1
Robert Guna
M15 Bucharest · Round of 32
May 18
Dominik Recek
Ostra Group Open By Porsche Servisni Centrum Ostrava · 1st Round Qualifying
Apr 27
Michiel De Krom
Grand Prix Open Comunidad de Madrid by Silverway · 1st Round Qualifying
Apr 6
Franco Agamenone
Grand Prix Open Comunidad de Madrid by Silverway · 2nd Round Qualifying
Apr 6
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 73–77 matches
| Metric | Cretu | Palosi |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 73% | 69% |
| Sets won | 69% | 65% |
| Games won | 58% | 54% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Cretu | Palosi |
|---|---|---|
| ITF M15 | 2 | 0 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Cretu | Palosi |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 2 | 0 |
