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H2H, PREDICTION Matheus Pucinelle De Almeida vs Joao Menezes | Sao Paulo Challenger odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Sao Paulo Challenger. Pucinelle De Almeida and Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes will clash against each other in the quarter of the Sao Paulo Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match

Mark Hall

27 November 2020

Prediction and head to head Matheus Pucinelle De Almeida vs. Joao Menezes

Matheus Pucinelle De Almeida and Joao Menezes will clash against each other in the quarter of the Sao Paulo Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joao Menezes who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Joao Menezes is the pick to win this match.
Joao Menezes -> 1.36
Matheus Pucinelle De Almeida -> 3.15

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Prediction and head to head Matheus Pucinelle De Almeida vs. Joao Menezes

There is no head to head record between Matheus Pucinelle De Almeida and Joao Menezes since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Matheus Pucinelle De Almeida

Ranked no. (career high), matheus got to the quarter after defeating Martin Cuevas 6-4 7-5, Oscar Jose Gutierrez 6-1 6-3, Kaichi Uchida 6-2 5-7 6-3 and Orlando Luz 6-4 2-6 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, The Brazilian defeated Luz (6-4 2-6 6-3). During the match Pucinelle De Almeida scored 89 points vs Luz’s 86. The Brazilian was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about the service games, Pucinelle De Almeida blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Matheus Pucinelle De Almeida lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Pucinelle De Almeida put 59% of his first serves in, winning 70% (40/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (18/40) on the 2nd serve. Matheus broke Luz 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Pucinelle De Almeida has conceded 2 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Pucinelle De Almeida has a winning win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 57% of his matches (20-15). 4-0 on clay in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Pucinelle De Almeida has a 5-4 win-loss record in the last 4 years on clay.

Matheus has a 17-7 win-loss record in 2020, 4-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Sao Paulo Challenger

Pucinelle De Almeida didn’t compete in the Sao Paulo Challenger in 2019.

Joao Menezes

Ranked no. 204, Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes reached the quarter after defeating Joao Pedro Sorgi 6-1 6-1 and Chun Hsin Tseng 6-3 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Joao had a good straight sets win against Hsin Tseng (6-3 6-3). During the match Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes scored 72 points vs Hsin Tseng’s 60. The Brazilian was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Joao Menezes lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes put 74% of his first serves in, winning 60% (27/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the 2nd serve. The Brazilian broke Hsin Tseng 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Joao hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.

Joao has a 9-14 win-loss record in 2020, 5-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Pucinelle De Almeida	Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes
Match played	4	2
Tot Set	10	4
Tot Games	94	32
Pts	329-285	126-85
Total Points	614	211
Winners	133	48
%Winners	40%	38%

Pucinelle De Almeida played 4 matches while Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes competed in 2 matches. Pucinelle De Almeida started his run from the qualifications while Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Matheus Pucinelle De Almeida surrendered 2 sets while Joao Menezes hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Pucinelle De Almeida has played 6 sets more than Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes (10 vs 4). Therefore, Pucinelle De Almeida played 62 games more than Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes. Matheus scored 133 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Brazilian recorded 48 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Pucinelle De Almeida	Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes
Aces	15	5
Avg per match	3.8	2.5
1st in	185/318	68/102
%1st in	58%	67%
1st pts	133/185	48/68
%1st pts	72%	71%
2nd pts	67/133	20/34
%2nd pts	50%	59%

Pucinelle De Almeida scored 15 aces (3.8 per match). Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes made 5 aces (2.5 per match). Pucinelle De Almeida won 72% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Pucinelle De Almeida	Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes
Won	17	10
Converted	17/34	10/18
% Converted	50%	56%
Conceded	35	13
Saved	26	11
% Saved	74%	85%
Times Broken	9	2

Matheus broke his opponents 17 times with a 50% conversion rate. Pucinelle De Almeida dropped his serve 9 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded. Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes broke his opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Brazilian conceded his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded.

	Q1 Cuevas	Q3 Jose Gutierrez	R1 Uchida	R2 Luz	Total
Pucinelle De Almeida
Score	6-4 7-5	6-1 6-3	6-2 5-7 6-3	6-4 2-6 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	3	3	10
Tot Games	22	16	29	27	94
pts	73-60	75-53	92-86	89-86	329-285
Total points	133	128	178	175	614
Winners	31	21	41	40	133
%Winners	42%	28%	45%	45%	40%
SERVE
Aces	2	0	10	3	15
Double Faults	2	3	1	1	7
1st in	39/62	32/66	57/93	57/97	185/318
% 1st in	63%	48%	61%	59%	58%
1st pts	31/39	21/32	41/57	40/57	133/185
% 1st pts	79%	66%	72%	70%	72%
2nd pts	11/23	17/34	21/36	18/40	67/133
% 2nd pts	48%	50%	58%	45%	50%
Breaks
Won	4	6	3	4	17
Converted	4/11	6/11	3/5	4/7	17/34
Converted %	36%	55%	60%	57%	50%
Conceded	7	11	6	11	35
Saved	5/7	9/11	5/6	7/11	26
Saved %	71%	82%	83%	64%	75%
Times Broken	2	2	1	4	9

	R1 Pedro Sorgi	R2 Hsin	Total
Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes
Score	6-1 6-1	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	14	18	32
pts	54-25	72-60	126-85
Total points	79	132	211
Winners	21	27	48
%Winners	39%	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	3	2	5
Double Faults	2	3	5
1st in	23/41	45/61	68/102
% 1st in	56%	74%	67%
1st pts	21/23	27/45	48/68
% 1st pts	91%	60%	71%
2nd pts	10/18	10/16	20/34
% 2nd pts	56%	63%	59%
Breaks
Won	5	5	10
Converted	5/6	5/12	10/18
Converted %	83%	42%	56%
Conceded	5	8	13
Saved	5/5	6/8	11
Saved %	100%	75%	44%
Times Broken	0	2	2