Santiago Rodriguez Taverna and Gonzalo Villanueva will face off in the quarter of the Santos Challenger for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:30 pm on QUADRA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Santiago Rodriguez Taverna who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Santiago Rodriguez Taverna is the pick to win this match.
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna -> 1.57
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 2.27
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Prediction and head to head Santiago Rodriguez Taverna vs. Gonzalo Villanueva
This will be the 8th time that Santiago Rodriguez Taverna and Gonzalo Villanueva face off. The head to head is 5-2 for Rodriguez Taverna (see full H2H stats), 5-2 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Rodriguez Taverna won 7-5 7-5 in the qualifications in the Montevideo Challenger back in 2023.
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna
12 - 13win/loss
278
157
LLLWLLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-35 | 4-5 | 28-29 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-35 | 7-7 | 34-27 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-27 | 0-2 | 35-24 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 67-26 | 40-16 | 26-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 246, the Argentine reached the quarter after defeating Nicolas Zanellato 6-2 6-4 and Leonardo Aboian 5-7 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Aboian, Rodriguez Taverna recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-4). During the match, Rodriguez Taverna scored 106 points vs Aboian’s 100. Rodriguez Taverna was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rodriguez Taverna made 5 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Santiago Rodriguez Taverna lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Rodriguez Taverna put 55% of his first serves in, winning 80% (43/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (19/44) on the 2nd serve. Rodriguez Taverna broke Aboian 4 times after converting 22% of his break points (4/18).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Rodriguez Taverna has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (268-185). 8-10 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rodriguez Taverna has an aggregate197-138 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
Santiago has a compiled 11-13 win-loss record in 2024, 8-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santos Challenger
Santiago has never competed in this tournament before.
Gonzalo Villanueva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-34 | 2-2 | 41-32 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-40 | 5-4 | 39-36 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-33 | 1-5 | 31-28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-29 | 5-10 | 23-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 427, the Argentine reached the quarter after beating Wilson Leite 6-4 6-2 and Pedro Sakamoto 3-6 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Sakamoto, Gonzalo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-3). During the match Villanueva scored 86 points vs Sakamoto’s 76. The Argentine was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Villanueva scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Gonzalo Villanueva lost the serve 6 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Villanueva put 56% of his first serves in, winning 59% (26/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (15/35) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Sakamoto 8 times after converting 67% of his break points (8/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Villanueva has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Gonzalo’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Punta del Este.
Villanueva has an overall 21-14 win-loss record in 2024, 21-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rodriguez Taverna | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 44 |
| Pts | 181-162 | 150-124 |
| Total Points | 343 | 274 |
| Winners | 69 | 48 |
| %Winners | 38% | 32% |
Both Rodriguez Taverna and Villanueva played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Santiago Rodriguez Taverna conceded 1 set, while Gonzalo Villanueva conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Rodriguez Taverna and Villanueva have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Rodriguez Taverna played 5 games more than Villanueva. Rodriguez Taverna scored 69 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine scored 48 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rodriguez Taverna | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 93/166 | 79/135 |
| %1st in | 56% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 69/93 | 48/79 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 33/73 | 25/56 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 45% |
Rodriguez Taverna scored 6 aces (3 per match). Villanueva made 1 ace (0.5 per match). Rodriguez Taverna won 74% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Villanueva won 61% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rodriguez Taverna | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 14 |
| Converted | 9/29 | 14/23 |
| % Converted | 31% | 61% |
| Conceded | 22 | 19 |
| Saved | 17 | 10 |
| % Saved | 77% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 9 |
Santiago broke his opponents 9 times with a 31% conversion rate. Rodriguez Taverna lost his serve 5 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Gonzalo broke his opponents 14 times with a 61% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rodriguez Taverna | ||||
| R1 Zanellato |
R2 Aboian |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 5-7 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 31 | 49 | |
| pts | 75-62 | 106-100 | 181-162 | |
| Total points | 137 | 206 | 343 | |
| Winners | 26 | 43 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 41% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 39/68 | 54/98 | 93/166 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 55% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 26/39 | 43/54 | 69/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 80% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/29 | 19/44 | 33/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 43% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/18 | 9/29 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 22% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | 22 | |
| Saved | 9/11 | 8/11 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 82% | 73% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Villanueva | ||||
| R1 Leite |
R2 Sakamoto |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 3-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 26 | 44 | |
| pts | 64-48 | 86-76 | 150-124 | |
| Total points | 112 | 162 | 274 | |
| Winners | 22 | 26 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 30% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 44/79 | 79/135 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 56% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 22/35 | 26/44 | 48/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 59% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 15/35 | 25/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 43% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 8/12 | 14/23 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 67% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 11 | 19 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5/11 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 45% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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