Matias Zukas and Luca Castelnuovo will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Ambato Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 3. 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 Matias Zukas who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matias Zukas is the pick to win this match.
Matias Zukas -> 1.28
Luca Castelnuovo -> 3.50
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Prediction and head to head Matias Zukas vs. Luca Castelnuovo
There is no head to head record between Matias Zukas and Luca Castelnuovo since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Matias Zukas
Ranked no. 522, Matias reached the qualifications after beating Matias Franco Descotte 6-4 7-63.
In the qualifications, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Franco Descotte (6-4 7-63). During the match, Zukas scored 81 points vs Franco Descotte’s 69. Matias was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zukas managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Matias Zukas was very effective on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 68% (27/40) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Zukas broke Franco Descotte twice after converting 18% of his break points (2/11).
Zukas has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (194-125). 32-18 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zukas has a compiled176-110 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Matias’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Antalya and M15 Novomoskovsk.
Zukas has an overall 32-18 win-loss record in 2021, 32-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ambato Challenger
Matias has never competed in this tournament before.
Luca Castelnuovo
Ranked no. 720, Castelnuovo reached the qualifications after beating Gonzalo Villanueva 7-64 7-64.
In the qualifications, Castelnuovo had a good straight sets win against Villanueva (7-64 7-64). During the match Castelnuovo and Villanueva scored the same amount of points (83). However, the world no. 522 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Swiss was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Castelnuovo bagged 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Luca Castelnuovo was quite efficient on serve to win 78% (35/45) of his 1st serve and 61% (22/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Luca broke Villanueva once after converting 10% of his break points (1/10).
Luca has a composed 16-19 win-loss record in 2021, 8-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zukas | Castelnuovo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 26 |
| Pts | 81-69 | 83-83 |
| Total Points | 150 | 166 |
| Winners | 26 | 35 |
| %Winners | 32% | 42% |
Both Zukas and Castelnuovo played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zukas and Castelnuovo have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Zukas played 3 games less than Castelnuovo. The Argentine scored 26 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Castelnuovo fired 35 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zukas | Castelnuovo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 11 |
| 1st in | 33/73 | 45/81 |
| %1st in | 45% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 35/45 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 27/40 | 22/36 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 61% |
Zukas recorded 9 aces . Castelnuovo managed to score 11 aces . Zukas won 79% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Castelnuovo won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zukas | Castelnuovo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 1 |
| Converted | 2/11 | 1/10 |
| % Converted | 18% | 10% |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Zukas broke his opponent twice with a 18% conversion rate. Zukas surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Luca broke his opponent once with a 10% conversion rate. Castelnuovo conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zukas | |||
| Q1 Franco Descotte |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 81-69 | 81-69 | |
| Total points | 150 | 150 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/73 | 33/73 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 45% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 26/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/40 | 27/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/11 | 2/11 | |
| Converted % | 18% | 18% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Castelnuovo | |||
| Q1 Villanueva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 83-83 | 83-83 | |
| Total points | 166 | 166 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 45/81 | 45/81 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 35/45 | 35/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/36 | 22/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/10 | 1/10 | |
| Converted % | 10% | 10% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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