Filip Cristian Jianu vs Juan Manuel La SernaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Upcoming match
- Tournament
- Tulln Challenger
- Level
- ATP Challenger Tour
- Round
- 1st Round
- Surface
- Clay
- Date & time
- September 7 · 4:00 AM ET
Book odds
Record at prices like this
At 1.96 or longer, Juan Manuel La Serna has won 6 of 10 (60%). The price implied 39%, so Juan Manuel La Serna has beaten it by 21 points.
At 1.80 or shorter, Filip Cristian Jianu has won 18 of 35 (51%). The price implied 60%, so Filip Cristian Jianu has fallen 9 points short of it.
Book prices with the bookmaker margin removed, across every priced match we hold for each player. Green beats the price by 3 points or more, red falls that far short, grey is within 3 points. Samples under ten are not shown.
Filip Cristian Jianu meets Juan Manuel La Serna in the 1st Round of the Tulln Challenger on September 7, a clay court event marking their first career encounter. Jianu, ranked 269, has won 4 of his last 10 matches. La Serna sits at 289 and has won 6 of his last 10 while playing five matches in the past two weeks.
Both players showed mixed results against common opposition. La Serna defeated Benjamin Hassan while Jianu fell to him; each lost to Andrea Pellegrino. On clay, La Serna's recent record stands at 12-8, compared to Jianu's 10-10 mark. La Serna played two days ago; Jianu has had three days of rest since his last match.
Both men thrive on baseline rallies and physical intensity. La Serna's recent clay record sits at 60%, while Jianu's stands at 50%, though both have managed similar overall win rates in the past 10 matches. The match will hinge on whether La Serna can sustain his current consistency or whether Jianu can disrupt that rhythm through aggressive court presence.
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Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Cristian Jianu | Manuel La Serna | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Filip Cristian Jianu | Juan Manuel La Serna | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 78% | 43/55 | 66% | 31/47 |
| Wins a set when losing | 35% | 9/26 | 41% | 11/27 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 26% | 21/81 | 36% | 27/74 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 48% | 14/29 | 43% | 10/23 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 73% | 8/11 | 70% | 14/20 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 43% | 6/14 | 53% | 9/17 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 93% | 50/54 | 88% | 42/48 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 80% | 43/54 | 65% | 31/48 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record.
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Jianu
⚔️ The Gladiator
Serna
⚔️ The Gladiator
Matchup analysis
Both Filip Cristian Jianu and Juan Manuel La Serna are ⚔️ The Gladiator types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 1,378 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
First career meeting
Jianu and Serna have never faced each other on tour.
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Jianu | Serna | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Filip Cristian Jianu | Juan Manuel La Serna | ||
| 1 or more | 55% | 6/11 | 63% | 10/16 |
| 3 or more | 18% | 2/11 | 25% | 4/16 |
| 5 or more | 9% | 1/11 | 6% | 1/16 |
| 10 or more | 9% | 1/11 | 0% | 0/16 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/11 | 0% | 0/16 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/11 | 0% | 0/16 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Jianu | Serna |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 3–4 | 5–5 |
| Avg odds | 2.50 | 1.94 |
| ROI % | -31.7% | -19.7% |
| Units P/L | -2.22u | -1.97u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Jianu | Serna |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 4 | 3 |
| Events | 4 | 3 |
| Matches | 9 | 8 |
| Distance | — | 1,020 mi · 1,641 km |
| Route | GER → CZE → ROU → ITA | SUI → GER → BUL |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 4 shared opponents, both Jianu and Serna posted a 25% win rate.
| Opponent | Jianu | Serna |
|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Hassan | L 46 26 | W 62 36 75 |
| Tommaso Compagnucci | W 62 61 | L 36 76 46 |
| Franco Agamenone | L 62 26 36 | L 67 36 |
| Andrea Pellegrino | L 16 46 | L 16 36 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Johan Nikles
Como Challenger · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Henri Squire
Como Challenger · 1st Round
Sep 1
Robert Guna
M15 Bucharest · 2nd Round
Aug 27
Vladislav Melnic
M15 Bucharest · 1st Round
Aug 26
Jan Kumstat
Prague Challenger · Semifinals
Aug 21
Max Hans Rehberg
Prague Challenger · Quarterfinals
Aug 20
Rudolf Molleker
Prague Challenger · 2nd Round
Aug 19
Andrej Martin
Prague Challenger · 1st Round
Aug 18
Yanaki Milev
Plovdiv 3 Challenger · Quarterfinals
Sep 4
Nikita Mashtakov
Plovdiv 3 Challenger · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Alexander Vasilev
Plovdiv 3 Challenger · 1st Round
Sep 1
Hynek Barton
Augsburg Challenger · 2nd Round
Aug 26
Benjamin Hassan
Augsburg Challenger · 1st Round
Aug 25
Tommaso Compagnucci
Sion Challenger · Quarterfinals
Aug 20
Luca Staeheli
Sion Challenger · 2nd Round
Aug 19
Facundo Mena
Sion Challenger · 1st Round
Aug 18
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 74–81 matches
| Metric | Jianu | Serna |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 68% | 64% |
| Sets won | 65% | 60% |
| Games won | 59% | 54% |