Pablo Cuevas and Juan Pablo Varillas will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 7:30 pm on CANCHA 1. 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 Juan Pablo Varillas who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Juan Pablo Varillas is the pick to win this match.
Juan Pablo Varillas -> 1.69
Pablo Cuevas -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Pablo Cuevas vs. Juan Pablo Varillas
There is no head to head record between Pablo Cuevas and Juan Pablo Varillas since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Pablo Cuevas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-12 | 1-2 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-18 | 5-4 | 17-12 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-17 | 1-7 | 10-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 105, Pablo got to the semifinal after beating Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco 6-4 3-6 6-3, Steven Diez 6-4 6-1 and Genaro Alberto Olivieri 3-6 6-1 6-2.
In the quarter against Alberto Olivieri, Pablo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-2). During the match, Cuevas scored 97 points vs Alberto Olivieri’s 71. Pablo was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cuevas managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Pablo Cuevas was quite effective on serve to win 78% (36/46) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Uruguayan broke Alberto Olivieri 5 times after converting 29% of his break points (5/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pablo has lost 2 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Cuevas has a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (257-182). 3-2 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cuevas has an overall 200-98 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Uruguayan has an aggregate 4-4 win-loss record in 2022, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger
The Uruguayan has never competed in this tournament before.
Juan Pablo Varillas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-19 | 0-4 | 16-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-29 | 4-7 | 23-17 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 53-27 | 2-3 | 51-23 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 51-23 | 0-2 | 51-20 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-14 | 1-2 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 119, Juan got to the semifinal after beating Renzo Olivo 6-2 6-2, Johan Nikles 6-2 6-1 and Facundo Mena 6-4 7-5.
In the quarter, Juan had a good straight sets win against Mena (6-4 7-5). During the match Pablo Patino-Samudio scored 83 points vs Mena’s 68. Juan was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Pablo Patino-Samudio struck 3 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Juan Pablo Varillas was extremely efficient on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Juan broke Mena 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Peruvian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
Pablo Patino-Samudio’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Santiago Challenger.
Pablo Patino-Samudio has a composed 15-6 win-loss record in 2022, 13-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cuevas | Pablo Patino-Samudio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 69 | 53 |
| Pts | 265-213 | 212-148 |
| Total Points | 478 | 360 |
| Winners | 104 | 72 |
| %Winners | 39% | 34% |
Both Cuevas and Pablo Patino-Samudio played 3 matches. At the moment, Pablo Cuevas lost 2 sets while Juan Pablo Varillas hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cuevas has played 2 sets more than Pablo Patino-Samudio (8 vs 6). Therefore, Cuevas played 16 games more than Pablo Patino-Samudio. Cuevas scored 104 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Juan bagged 72 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cuevas | Pablo Patino-Samudio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 145/227 | 109/177 |
| %1st in | 64% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 104/145 | 72/109 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 42/82 | 47/68 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 69% |
Cuevas recorded 18 aces (6 per match). Pablo Patino-Samudio struck 4 aces (1.3 per match). Cuevas won 72% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Pablo Patino-Samudio won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cuevas | Pablo Patino-Samudio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 12 |
| Converted | 14/37 | 12/29 |
| % Converted | 38% | 41% |
| Conceded | 30 | 9 |
| Saved | 24 | 7 |
| % Saved | 80% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 2 |
Pablo broke his opponents 14 times with a 38% conversion rate. Cuevas surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Pablo Patino-Samudio broke his opponents 12 times with a 41% conversion rate. Pablo Patino-Samudio conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cuevas | |||||
| R1 Alejandro Dellien Velasco |
R2 Diez |
1/4 Alberto |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | 6-4 6-1 | 3-6 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 17 | 24 | 69 | |
| pts | 104-102 | 64-40 | 97-71 | 265-213 | |
| Total points | 206 | 104 | 168 | 478 | |
| Winners | 42 | 26 | 36 | 104 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% | 37% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 64/107 | 35/51 | 46/69 | 145/227 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 69% | 67% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 42/64 | 26/35 | 36/46 | 104/145 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 74% | 78% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/43 | 8/16 | 12/23 | 42/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 50% | 52% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 5/7 | 5/17 | 14/37 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 71% | 29% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 20 | 5 | 5 | 30 | |
| Saved | 17/20 | 4/5 | 3/5 | 24 | |
| Saved % | 85% | 80% | 60% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| Pablo Patino-Samudio | |||||
| R1 Olivo |
R2 Nikles |
1/4 Mena |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 15 | 22 | 53 | |
| pts | 67-43 | 62-37 | 83-68 | 212-148 | |
| Total points | 110 | 99 | 151 | 360 | |
| Winners | 26 | 18 | 28 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 29% | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 38/53 | 32/59 | 39/65 | 109/177 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 54% | 60% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 26/38 | 18/32 | 28/39 | 72/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 56% | 72% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 19/27 | 17/26 | 47/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 70% | 65% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/9 | 3/9 | 12/29 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 56% | 33% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 4/5 | 1/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 80% | 50% | 77% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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