Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida will square off in the quarter of the Antofagasta Challenger for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:30 pm on Court 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida is the pick to win this match.
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida -> 1.44
Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva -> 2.55
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Prediction and head to head Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva vs. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida
This will be the 7th time that Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida face off. The head to head is 4-2 for Pucinelli De Almeida (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Pucinelli De Almeida won 6-3 4-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Curitiba Challenger back in September 2026.
Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva
23 - 25win/loss
230
187
WWLWLWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23-25 | 0-1 | 23-22 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 50-32 | 0-2 | 50-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-28 | 3-3 | 21-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-32 | 4-7 | 24-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-24 | 4-3 | 31-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 230, Lucas Reis Da reached the quarter after beating Bernardo Munk Mesa 6-2 6-2 and Guido Ivan Justo 7-5 ret..
In the 2nd round against Ivan Justo, the Brazilian had a free pass after Ivan Justo retired on a 7-5 . scoreline.
Lucas Reis Da has good record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (275-224). 23-22 on clay in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lucas Reis Da has a compiled 221-182 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Lucas Reis Da’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Tallahassee Challenger and the Tulln Challenger.
The Brazilian has a composed 23-25 win-loss record in 2026, 23-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Antofagasta Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2025. See his history.
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida
36 - 19win/loss
255
190
WWLWWLLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36-19 | 3-3 | 33-14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 39-26 | 0-1 | 39-24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-27 | 0-1 | 38-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-25 | 1-3 | 19-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-29 | 1-3 | 27-24 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 255, Pucinelli De Almeida got to the quarter after defeating Alex Barrena 7-5 6-3 and Genaro Alberto Olivieri 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Brazilian had a good straight sets win against Alberto Olivieri (6-3 6-3). During the match Pucinelli De Almeida scored 57 points vs Alberto Olivieri’s 37. Pucinelli De Almeida was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Pucinelli De Almeida couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida was quite efficient on serve to win 90% (27/30) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Pucinelli De Almeida broke Alberto Olivieri 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pucinelli De Almeida hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
ATP Antofagasta Challenger - Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida's projected path
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Quito Challenger where he beat Hernan Casanova in the final 5-7 6-3 6-2.
Matheus has a compiled 36-19 win-loss record in 2026, 33-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Antofagasta Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lucas Reis Da | Pucinelli De Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 39 |
| Pts | 100-68 | 127-93 |
| Total Points | 168 | 220 |
| Winners | 43 | 57 |
| %Winners | 43% | 45% |
Both Lucas Reis Da and Pucinelli De Almeida played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Lucas Reis Da and Pucinelli De Almeida have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Lucas Reis Da played 11 games less than Pucinelli De Almeida. The Brazilian scored 43 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Matheus bagged 57 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lucas Reis Da | Pucinelli De Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 52/74 | 79/117 |
| %1st in | 70% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 43/52 | 57/79 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 25/38 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 66% |
Lucas Reis Da fired 5 aces (2.5 per match). Pucinelli De Almeida bagged 1 ace (0.5 per match). Lucas Reis Da won 83% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Pucinelli De Almeida won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lucas Reis Da | Pucinelli De Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 7 |
| Converted | 7/17 | 7/9 |
| % Converted | 41% | 78% |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The Brazilian broke his opponents 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Brazilian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Pucinelli De Almeida broke his opponents 7 times with a 78% conversion rate. Matheus conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lucas Reis Da | ||||
| R1 Munk Mesa |
R2 Ivan Justo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 7-5 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 12 | 28 | |
| pts | 60-32 | 40-36 | 100-68 | |
| Total points | 92 | 76 | 168 | |
| Winners | 26 | 17 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/40 | 22/34 | 52/74 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 65% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 26/30 | 17/22 | 43/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 77% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/10 | 3/12 | 10/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 25% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 3/5 | 7/17 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 60% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Pucinelli De Almeida | ||||
| R1 Barrena |
R2 Alberto Olivieri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 18 | 39 | |
| pts | 70-56 | 57-37 | 127-93 | |
| Total points | 126 | 94 | 220 | |
| Winners | 30 | 27 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 47% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 49/72 | 30/45 | 79/117 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 67% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 30/49 | 27/30 | 57/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 90% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 9/15 | 25/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 60% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 3/5 | 7/9 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 60% | 78% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | – | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
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