ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 32 · Danube Upper Austria Open powered by SKE
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Safiullin
💥 Big Hitter
Cretu
⚔️ The Gladiator
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 56% vs ⚔️ The Gladiator across 2,728 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Roman Safiullin 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 | Safiullin | Cretu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 8–5 | 6–3 |
| Avg odds | 1.99 | 2.01 |
| ROI % | +11.5% | +17.0% |
| Units P/L | +1.50u | +1.53u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
First career meeting
Safiullin and Cretu have never faced each other on tour.
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Safiullin | Cretu |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 63% | 61.5% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 67.6% | 63.6% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 51.4% | 49.5% |
| Aces / Match | 4.8 | 2.3 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| Break Points Saved % | 53.3% | 50.5% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 35.9% | 38.3% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 48.5% | 49.1% |
| BP Converted % | 34.2% | 40.4% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 25.7 | 15 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 33.3 | 28.4 |
| Net Pts Won % | 72.2% | 65.9% |
| Total Pts Won % | 50.7% | 50% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 82% | 63% |
Last five matches per player
Alejo Sanchez Quilez
Danube Upper Austria Open powered by SKE · 2nd Round Qualifying
Apr 27
Bastian Berenz
Danube Upper Austria Open powered by SKE · 1st Round Qualifying
Apr 26
Dalibor Svrcina
Garden Open · Quarterfinals
Apr 24
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Garden Open · Round of 16
Apr 22
Marko Topo
Garden Open · Round of 32
Apr 21
Matchup overview
Roman Safiullin and Cezar Cretu face off in the Round of 32 at Danube Upper Austria Open powered by SKE on Clay.
Roman Safiullin and Cezar Cretu are meeting for the first time in our records.
Roman Safiullin is 5-0 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: W vs Valentin Royer (Apr 19).
Cezar Cretu is 4-1 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: W vs Alejo Sanchez Quilez (Apr 27).
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