Pablo Cuevas and Matias Zukas will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Florianopolis Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on QUADRA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pablo Cuevas who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pablo Cuevas is the pick to win this match.
Pablo Cuevas -> 1.22
Matias Zukas -> 4.00
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Prediction and head to head Pablo Cuevas vs. Matias Zukas
There is no head to head record between Pablo Cuevas and Matias Zukas since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Pablo Cuevas
Ranked no. 98, the Uruguayan got to the 2nd round after defeating Nicolas Alvarez Varona 7-63 6-2.
In the 1st round, Pablo had a good straight sets win against Alvarez Varona (7-63 6-2). During the match, Cuevas scored 86 points vs Alvarez Varona’s 70. The Uruguayan was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cuevas managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Pablo Cuevas was very effective on serve to win 77% (34/44) of his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Cuevas broke Alvarez Varona 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Cuevas has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (252-177). 16-11 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cuevas has an overall 196-95 match record in the last years on clay.
The Uruguayan’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Lyon Challenger.
Pablo has an overall 21-17 win-loss record in 2021, 16-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Florianopolis Challenger
The Uruguayan has never competed in this tournament before.
Matias Zukas
Ranked no. 432, Matias got to the 2nd round after defeating Alejandro Gonzalez 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Gonzalez (6-1 6-3). During the match Zukas scored 61 points vs Gonzalez’s 41. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.
About the serving games, Zukas bagged 3 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Matias Zukas lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Zukas put 59% of his first serves in, winning 66% (19/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the 2nd serve. Zukas broke Gonzalez 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
The Argentine’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Antalya and M15 Novomoskovsk.
Matias has an overall 45-25 win-loss record in 2021, 45-25 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cuevas | Zukas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 16 |
| Pts | 86-70 | 61-41 |
| Total Points | 156 | 102 |
| Winners | 34 | 19 |
| %Winners | 40% | 31% |
Both Cuevas and Zukas played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Cuevas and Zukas have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Cuevas played 5 games more than Zukas. The Uruguayan scored 34 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Matias struck 19 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cuevas | Zukas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 44/80 | 29/49 |
| %1st in | 55% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 34/44 | 19/29 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 20/36 | 12/20 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 60% |
Cuevas struck 3 aces . Zukas struck 3 aces . Cuevas won 77% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Zukas won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cuevas | Zukas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 50% | 71% |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 |
| Saved | 7 | 2 |
| % Saved | 88% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Pablo broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Uruguayan surrendered his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cuevas | |||
| R1 Alvarez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 86-70 | 86-70 | |
| Total points | 156 | 156 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 44/80 | 44/80 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 34/44 | 34/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/36 | 20/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Zukas | |||
| R1 Gonzalez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 61-41 | 61-41 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 29/49 | 29/49 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 19/29 | 19/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 12/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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Tennis Scores in Florianopolis Challenger
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Luciano DarderiDarderi (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Hugo DellienDellien – Federico ZeballosZeballos (7-60 6-2) – See score progression
- Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Pedja KrstinKrstin (5-7 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Orlando LuzLuz – Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi (6-4 6-77 6-3) – See score progression
- Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero – Gustavo HeideHeide (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Igor Ribeiro MarcondesRibeiro Marcondes – Andrea CollariniCollarini (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva – Wilson LeiteLeite (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas BarrientosBarrientos – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias (4-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Pablo CuevasCuevas – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (7-63 6-2) – See score progression
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Facundo JuarezJuarez – Pedro CachinCachin (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Johan NiklesNikles – Guilherme ClezarClezar (6-3 6-71 6-2) – See score progression
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Mateus AlvesAlves (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Matias ZukasZukas – Alejandro GonzalezGonzalez (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pablo CuevasCuevas – Matias ZukasZukas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva – Nicolas KickerKicker (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas BarrientosBarrientos – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero – Johan NiklesNikles (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Hugo DellienDellien (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Orlando LuzLuz – Igor Ribeiro MarcondesRibeiro Marcondes (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo JuarezJuarez – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida (1-0) – H2H and prediction
