Sebastian Baez and Gonzalo Villanueva will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Santiago Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on CANCHA 11. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Baez who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sebastian Baez is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Baez -> 1.17
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 5.05
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Baez vs. Gonzalo Villanueva
There is no head to head record between Sebastian Baez and Gonzalo Villanueva since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Sebastian Baez
Ranked no. 253 (career high), Baez got to the 2nd round after beating Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Baez had a good straight sets win against Vitus Nodskov Rune (6-2 6-4). During the match Baez scored 80 points vs Vitus Nodskov Rune’s 67. Sebastian was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Baez scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Sebastian Baez lost the serve twice and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Baez put 77% of his first serves in, winning 62% (37/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. Baez broke Vitus Nodskov Rune 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Baez has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 68% of his matches (116-55). 10-2 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Baez has a 100-45 record in the last 6 years on clay.
Baez’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Concepcion Challenger.
Sebastian has a 10-2 win-loss record in 2021, 10-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santiago Challenger
Baez has never competed in this tournament before.
Gonzalo Villanueva
Ranked no. 420, the Argentine got to the 2nd round after beating Daniel Antonio Nunez 3-6 6-3 7-63, Carlos Gomez-Herrera 6-4 6-3 and Andrea Collarini 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Villanueva had a good straight sets win against Collarini (6-4 6-4). During the match Villanueva scored 75 points vs Collarini’s 62. Gonzalo was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Villanueva made 5 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Gonzalo Villanueva conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Villanueva put 68% of his first serves in, winning 67% (34/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 71% (17/24) on the 2nd serve. Gonzalo broke Collarini twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
The Argentine’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Naples.
The Argentine has a 6-2 win-loss record in 2021, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Baez | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 70 |
| Pts | 80-67 | 228-198 |
| Total Points | 147 | 426 |
| Winners | 37 | 99 |
| %Winners | 46% | 43% |
Baez played 1 match while Villanueva competed in 3 matches. Villanueva started his run from the qualifications while Baez had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Gonzalo Villanueva dropped 1 set while Sebastian Baez hasn’t dropped a set so far. Baez has played 5 set(s) less than Villanueva (2 vs 7). Therefore, Baez played 52 games less than Villanueva. Baez scored 37 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Gonzalo managed to score 99 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Baez | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 60/78 | 147/222 |
| %1st in | 77% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 37/60 | 99/147 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 42/75 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 56% |
Baez recorded 1 ace . Villanueva also fired 14 aces (4.7 per match). Baez won 62% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Villanueva won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Baez | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 11 |
| Converted | 5/14 | 11/18 |
| % Converted | 36% | 61% |
| Conceded | 14 | 16 |
| Saved | 12 | 10 |
| % Saved | 86% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
The Argentine broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Baez lost his serve twice and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponents 11 times with a 61% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Baez | |||
| R1 Vitus Nodskov Rune |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 80-67 | 80-67 | |
| Total points | 147 | 147 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 60/78 | 60/78 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 37/60 | 37/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 8/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 12/14 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Villanueva | |||||
| Q1 Antonio |
Q3 Gomez-Herrera |
R1 Collarini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 7-63 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 19 | 20 | 70 | |
| pts | 95-91 | 58-45 | 75-62 | 228-198 | |
| Total points | 186 | 103 | 137 | 426 | |
| Winners | 36 | 29 | 34 | 99 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 50% | 45% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 59/95 | 37/52 | 51/75 | 147/222 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 71% | 68% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 36/59 | 29/37 | 34/51 | 99/147 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 78% | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/36 | 6/15 | 17/24 | 42/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 40% | 71% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/6 | 2/3 | 11/18 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 67% | 67% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 1 | 5 | 16 | |
| Saved | 5/10 | 0/1 | 5/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 0% | 100% | 150% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWLWLLWL Tennis Scores in Santiago Challenger
- Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Andrea CollariniCollarini (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Joao MenezesMenezes (5-7 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Orlando LuzLuz (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Pedro SousaSousa – Rafael MatosMatos (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Martin CuevasCuevas (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Thomaz BellucciBellucci (2-6 6-2 7-60) – See score progression
- Gonzalo LamaLama – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Christian LindellLindell (4-6 6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Guido AndreozziAndreozzi (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pedro SousaSousa – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Gonzalo LamaLama (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Goncalo OliveiraOliveira – Andrej MartinMartin (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Nicolas JarryJarry (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit – Nicolas KickerKicker (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
