Tomas Barrios Vera and Gonzalo Villanueva will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Salvador De Bahia Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. 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 Tomas Barrios Vera who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tomas Barrios Vera is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Barrios Vera -> 1.35
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 3.2
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Prediction and head to head Tomas Barrios Vera vs. Gonzalo Villanueva
This will be the 3rd time that Tomas Barrios Vera and Gonzalo Villanueva clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Tomas Barrios Vera (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Tomas Barrios Vera won 7-5 6-1 in the 2nd round in the Lima 2 Challenger back in 2021.
Tomas Barrios Vera
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 31-26 | 1-3 | 26-19 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
2023 | 50-30 | 4-7 | 42-22 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
2022 | 23-17 | 3-1 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
2021 | 41-27 | 4-6 | 34-20 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
2020 | 25-13 | 1-1 | 24-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 145, the Chilean reached the semifinal after defeating Joao Menezes 6-2 6-3, Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva 6-3 7-61 and Gonzalo Lama 6-2 6-3.
In the quarter, The Chilean had a good straight sets win against Lama (6-2 6-3). During the match, Tomas Barrios Vera scored 73 points vs Lama’s 52. Tomas Barrios Vera was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tomas Barrios Vera wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Tomas Barrios Vera lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Tomas Barrios Vera put 57% of his first serves in, winning 73% (27/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Marcelo broke Lama 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marcelo hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Tomas Barrios Vera has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (263-144). 11-8 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Tomas Barrios Vera has an overall190-102 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Chilean’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Concepcion 2 Challenger.
Tomas Barrios Vera has an overall 14-9 win-loss record in 2022, 11-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Salvador De Bahia Challenger
Tomas Barrios Vera has never competed in this tournament before.
Gonzalo Villanueva
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 39-31 | 0-0 | 39-31 | 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), the Argentine got to the semifinal after beating Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves 7-5 6-4, Hernan Casanova 6-3 6-0 and Daniel Dutra Da Silva 6-2 6-4.
In the quarter, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Dutra Da Silva (6-2 6-4). During the match Villanueva scored 67 points vs Dutra Da Silva’s 58. Gonzalo was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Villanueva scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Gonzalo Villanueva was very efficient on serve to win 71% (25/35) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Argentine broke Dutra Da Silva 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Gonzalo’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Rosario.
Gonzalo has a compiled 23-9 win-loss record in 2022, 23-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Tomas Barrios Vera | Villanueva |
---|---|---|
Match played | 3 | 3 |
Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
Tot Games | 56 | 55 |
Pts | 209-153 | 199-147 |
Total Points | 362 | 346 |
Winners | 78 | 71 |
%Winners | 37% | 36% |
Both Tomas Barrios Vera and Villanueva played 3 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Tomas Barrios Vera and Villanueva have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Tomas Barrios Vera played 1 game more than Villanueva. The Chilean scored 78 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Gonzalo made 71 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Tomas Barrios Vera | Villanueva |
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Aces | 4 | 2 |
Avg per match | 1.3 | 0.7 |
1st in | 109/169 | 99/175 |
%1st in | 64% | 57% |
1st pts | 78/109 | 71/99 |
%1st pts | 72% | 72% |
2nd pts | 31/60 | 42/76 |
%2nd pts | 52% | 55% |
Tomas Barrios Vera bagged 4 aces (1.3 per match). Villanueva bagged 2 aces (0.7 per match). Tomas Barrios Vera won 72% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Villanueva won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Tomas Barrios Vera | Villanueva |
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Won | 16 | 14 |
Converted | 16/29 | 14/31 |
% Converted | 55% | 45% |
Conceded | 19 | 18 |
Saved | 13 | 13 |
% Saved | 68% | 72% |
Times Broken | 6 | 5 |
The Chilean broke his opponents 16 times with a 55% conversion rate. Marcelo lost his serve 6 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded. Villanueva broke his opponents 14 times with a 45% conversion rate. Villanueva conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded.
Tomas Barrios Vera | |||||
R1 Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes |
R2 Lucas Reis Da |
1/4 Lama |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-3 7-61 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Tot Games | 17 | 22 | 17 | 56 | |
pts | 59-44 | 77-57 | 73-52 | 209-153 | |
Total points | 103 | 134 | 125 | 362 | |
Winners | 25 | 26 | 27 | 78 | |
%Winners | 42% | 34% | 37% | 37% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
1st in | 33/49 | 39/55 | 37/65 | 109/169 | |
% 1st in | 67% | 71% | 57% | 64% | |
1st pts | 25/33 | 26/39 | 27/37 | 78/109 | |
% 1st pts | 76% | 67% | 73% | 72% | |
2nd pts | 8/16 | 9/16 | 14/28 | 31/60 | |
% 2nd pts | 50% | 56% | 50% | 52% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |
Converted | 5/8 | 6/11 | 5/10 | 16/29 | |
Converted % | 63% | 55% | 50% | 55% | |
Conceded | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | |
Saved | 2/3 | 4/8 | 7/8 | 13 | |
Saved % | 67% | 50% | 88% | 68% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
Villanueva | |||||
R1 Meligeni Rodrigues Alves |
R2 Casanova |
1/4 Dutra Da Silva |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-5 6-4 | 6-3 6-0 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Tot Games | 22 | 15 | 18 | 55 | |
pts | 74-58 | 58-31 | 67-58 | 199-147 | |
Total points | 132 | 89 | 125 | 346 | |
Winners | 27 | 19 | 25 | 71 | |
%Winners | 36% | 33% | 37% | 36% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
1st in | 34/63 | 30/52 | 35/60 | 99/175 | |
% 1st in | 54% | 58% | 58% | 57% | |
1st pts | 27/34 | 19/30 | 25/35 | 71/99 | |
% 1st pts | 79% | 63% | 71% | 72% | |
2nd pts | 17/29 | 12/22 | 13/25 | 42/76 | |
% 2nd pts | 59% | 55% | 52% | 55% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | |
Converted | 4/11 | 6/8 | 4/12 | 14/31 | |
Converted % | 36% | 75% | 33% | 45% | |
Conceded | 4 | 8 | 6 | 18 | |
Saved | 2/4 | 6/8 | 5/6 | 13 | |
Saved % | 50% | 75% | 83% | 69% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Salvador De Bahia Challenger
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias (5-7 7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Joao DominguesDomingues – Wilson LeiteLeite (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Gonzalo LamaLama (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Joao DominguesDomingues – Renzo OlivoOlivo (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (2-0) – H2H and prediction