Akira Santillan and Luca Castelnuovo will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Wuning 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 3:30 pm on Center Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Akira Santillan who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Akira Santillan is the pick to win this match.
Akira Santillan -> 1.65
Luca Castelnuovo -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Akira Santillan vs. Luca Castelnuovo
There is no head to head record between Akira Santillan and Luca Castelnuovo since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Akira Santillan
33 - 28win/loss
324
144
LLWLWLLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33-28 | 16-19 | 10-7 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 61-23 | 33-14 | 6-2 | 22-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 3-7 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-33 | 11-13 | 21-14 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-28 | 28-19 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 317, the Australian will start his run in the Wuning 3 Challenger after he played his last match in the Jingshan Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-4 to Pavlovic in the 1st round on the 29th of September.
Akira has a compiled 33-28 win-loss record in 2026, 16-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Australian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Antalya and M25 Maanshan.
Talking about his overall career, The Australian has an overall 375-270 record. He has a positive 224-157 record on hard.
Previously in the Wuning 3 Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Luca Castelnuovo
27 - 22win/loss
455
342
LLWLWWWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27-22 | 20-15 | 1-4 | 5-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 43-23 | 32-18 | 3-2 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-21 | 25-20 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-23 | 22-15 | 4-3 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 9-16 | 8-7 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-2 |
Ranked no. 447, the Swiss will start his run in the Wuning 3 Challenger after he played his last match in Chengdu where he lost 6-7(4) 7-5 7-5 to Kotov in the qualifications on the 22nd of September.
Castelnuovo has an overall 27-22 win-loss record in 2026, 20-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Luca’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Maanshan.
In terms of his career, The Swiss has an overall 264-233 record. He has a positive 167-143 record on hard.
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