Playing styles and historical archetype record
Cretu
⚔️ The Gladiator
Nagal
🧱 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.
First career meeting
Cretu and Nagal have never faced each other on tour.
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Cretu | Nagal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Cezar Cretu | Sumit Nagal | ||
| 1 or more | 57% | 12/21 | 77% | 10/13 |
| 3 or more | 29% | 6/21 | 23% | 3/13 |
| 5 or more | 14% | 3/21 | 15% | 2/13 |
| 10 or more | 5% | 1/21 | 0% | 0/13 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/21 | 0% | 0/13 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/21 | 0% | 0/13 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Cretu | Nagal |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 14–8 | 4–9 |
| Avg odds | 2.19 | 3.33 |
| ROI % | +28.7% | +18.5% |
| Units P/L | +6.31u | +2.41u |
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Nagal has a higher win rate against shared opponents (67% vs Cretu's 33%).
| Opponent | Cretu | Nagal |
|---|---|---|
| Niels McDonald | W 63 64 | L 26 64 46 |
| Mili Poljicak | L 36 26 | W 64 36 75 |
| Stefanos Sakellaridis | L 76 36 36 | L 16 46 |
| Pierre-Hugues Herbert | W 63 62 | W 63 63 |
| David Jorda Sanchis | W 64 75 | W 63 75 |
| Carlos Sanchez Jover | L 36 26 | W 62 62 |
| Andrej Nedic | L 64 57 57 | L 57 61 46 |
| Filip Cristian Jianu | L 16 63 46 | W 63 64 |
| Alexander Donski | L 46 63 16 | W 64 64 |
Last five matches per player
Niels McDonald
Intaro Open · Quarterfinals
Jun 25
Alvaro Guillen Meza
Intaro Open · Round of 16
Jun 24
Akira Santillan
Intaro Open · Round of 32
Jun 22
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
Duje Ajdukovic
Intaro Open · Quarterfinals
Jun 25
Benjamin Hassan
Intaro Open · Round of 16
Jun 24
Mili Poljicak
Intaro Open · Round of 32
Jun 23
Petr Brunclik
Enea Poznan Open · Round of 32
Jun 15
Mariano Kestelboim
Neckarcup 2.0 · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 1
Stefanos Sakellaridis
Moldova Open · Quarterfinals
May 29
Sergey Fomin
Moldova Open · Round of 32
May 26
Zdenek Kolar
Moldova Open · Round of 16
May 17
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 58–74 matches
| Metric | Cretu | Nagal |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 73% | 57% |
| Sets won | 70% | 56% |
| Games won | 58% | 53% |
