Hernan Casanova and Gonzalo Villanueva will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Salvador De Bahia Challenger for the 9th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gonzalo Villanueva who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gonzalo Villanueva is the pick to win this match.
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 1.77
Hernan Casanova -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Hernan Casanova vs. Gonzalo Villanueva
This will be the 9th time that Hernan Casanova and Gonzalo Villanueva fight against each other. The head to head is 4-4 (see full H2H stats), 4-3 on clay.
The last time that they played, Casanova won 7-6(4) 4-6 7-5 in the qualifications in the Campinas Challenger back in 2021.
Hernan Casanova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-18 | 0-0 | 25-17 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-27 | 0-2 | 29-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-22 | 0-0 | 43-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-32 | 3-3 | 42-28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 313, Hernan got to the 2nd round after defeating Juan Bautista Torres 3-6 7-5 7-5.
In the 1st round against Bautista Torres, The Argentine recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 7-5).During the match, Casanova scored less points (9) than Bautista Torres. In fact, the world no. 313 won 97 points vs Bautista Torres’s. That means that Casanova was more focused during the important points. Hernan was very aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Talking about the service games, Casanova was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Hernan Casanova lost the serve 5 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Casanova put 80% of his first serves in, winning 59% (51/86) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Hernan broke Bautista Torres 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Casanova has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (256-137). 10-7 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Casanova has a compiled253-132 record in the last 7 years on clay.
Casanova has an overall 10-7 win-loss record in 2022, 10-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Salvador De Bahia Challenger
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
Gonzalo Villanueva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-19 | 0-0 | 25-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-40 | 5-4 | 39-36 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-33 | 1-5 | 31-28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-29 | 5-10 | 23-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 330 (career-high), Villanueva reached the 2nd round after beating Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, Gonzalo had a good straight sets win against Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (7-5 6-4). During the match Villanueva scored 74 points vs Meligeni Rodrigues Alves’s 58. The Argentine was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Villanueva couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Gonzalo Villanueva was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (27/34) of his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Gonzalo broke Meligeni Rodrigues Alves 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Villanueva’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Rosario.
Gonzalo has an overall 21-9 win-loss record in 2022, 21-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Casanova | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 22 |
| Pts | 97-106 | 74-58 |
| Total Points | 203 | 132 |
| Winners | 51 | 27 |
| %Winners | 53% | 36% |
Both Casanova and Villanueva played 1 match. At the moment, Hernan Casanova lost 1 set while Gonzalo Villanueva hasn’t lost a set so far. Casanova has played 1 set more than Villanueva (3 vs 2). Therefore, Casanova played 11 games more than Villanueva. The Argentine scored 51 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, Gonzalo bagged 27 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Casanova | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 0 |
| 1st in | 86/108 | 34/63 |
| %1st in | 80% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 51/86 | 27/34 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 17/29 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 59% |
Casanova didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Villanueva also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Casanova won 59% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Villanueva won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Casanova | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 42% | 36% |
| Conceded | 13 | 4 |
| Saved | 8 | 2 |
| % Saved | 62% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
The Argentine broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Argentine lost his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded. Villanueva broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Casanova | |||
| R1 Bautista |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 97-106 | 97-106 | |
| Total points | 203 | 203 | |
| Winners | 51 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 86/108 | 86/108 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 80% | |
| 1st pts | 51/86 | 51/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 10/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 8/13 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 62% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Villanueva | |||
| R1 Meligeni Rodrigues Alves |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 74-58 | 74-58 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 34/63 | 34/63 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 27/34 | 27/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 17/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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