ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 16 · Garden Open
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Cretu
⚔️ The Gladiator
Herbert
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 55% vs ⚔️ The Gladiator across 2,534 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Pierre-Hugues Herbert here.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the the gladiator's physical intensity. On Clay, that can swing with conditions.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Cretu | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–2 | 7–5 |
| Avg odds | 2.23 | 2.14 |
| ROI % | -28.0% | +25.8% |
| Units P/L | -0.84u | +3.10u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
First career meeting
Cretu and Herbert have never faced each other on tour.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Herbert has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Cretu's 0%).
| Opponent | Cretu | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Titouan Droguet | L 16 57 | W 46 62 62 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Cretu | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 60.8% | 62.8% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 70.1% | 73% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 45.3% | 50.3% |
| Aces / Match | 2.3 | 6.5 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2 | 2.7 |
| Break Points Saved % | 56.3% | 65.9% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 39.4% | 25.8% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 54.5% | 50% |
| BP Converted % | 49.6% | 39.5% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 17.7 | 21.1 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 31 | 29.6 |
| Net Pts Won % | 70% | 71.4% |
| Total Pts Won % | 51.8% | 50% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 33% | 0% |
Last five matches per player
Marko Topo
Garden Open · Round of 32
Apr 21
David Jorda Sanchis
Garden Open · 2nd Round Qualifying
Apr 20
Jamie Mackenzie
Garden Open · 1st Round Qualifying
Apr 19
Franco Agamenone
Oeiras Open 3 · 1st Round Qualifying
Apr 12
Francesco Forti
Open Città della Disfida - Trofeo Lapietra · 1st Round Qualifying
Mar 29
Guy Den Ouden
Garden Open · Round of 32
Apr 21
Lloyd Harris
Grand Prix Hassan II · 1st Round Qualifying
Mar 29
Patrick Brady
Challenger Cherbourg La Manche · Round of 32
Mar 10
Otto Virtanen
Thionville Open · Round of 16
Mar 5
Gilles Arnaud Bailly
Thionville Open · Round of 32
Mar 4
Matchup overview
Cezar Cretu and Pierre-Hugues Herbert face off in the Round of 16 at Garden Open on Clay.
Cezar Cretu and Pierre-Hugues Herbert are meeting for the first time in our records.
Cezar Cretu is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: W vs Marko Topo (Apr 21).
Pierre-Hugues Herbert is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: W vs Guy Den Ouden (Apr 21).
Model consensus currently favors Pierre-Hugues Herbert with 58.0% confidence.
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