Marco Cecchinato and Gonzalo Villanueva will square off in the 1st round of the Rio De Janeiro Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on QUADRA CENTRAL. 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 Marco Cecchinato who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marco Cecchinato is the pick to win this match.
Marco Cecchinato -> 1.188
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 4.3
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Prediction and head to head Marco Cecchinato vs. Gonzalo Villanueva
This will be the 2nd time that Marco Cecchinato and Gonzalo Villanueva clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cecchinato (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Cecchinato won 6-0 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Punta Del Este Challenger back in 2020.
Marco Cecchinato
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 26-25 | 0-2 | 26-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 13-23 | 1-4 | 12-17 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
2022 | 43-33 | 0-3 | 43-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 32-27 | 1-5 | 31-19 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2020 | 25-17 | 1-4 | 22-11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 117, Cecchinato will start his run in the Rio De Janeiro Challenger after he played his last match in the Parma Challenger where he lost 5-7 6-4 6-3 to Mager in the 1st round on the 4th of October.
Cecchinato has an aggregate 30-29 win-loss record in 2022, 30-26 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Italian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Lisbon Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Cecchinato has an overall 413-291 record. He has a positive 373-208 record on clay.
Previously in the Rio De Janeiro Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Gonzalo Villanueva
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 32-27 | 0-0 | 32-27 | 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. 268 (career-high), Gonzalo will start his run in the Rio De Janeiro Challenger after he played his last match in the Campinas Challenger where he lost 6-4 5-7 6-2 to Mena in the 2nd round on the 5th of October.
Villanueva has a compiled 31-27 win-loss record in 2022, 30-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Argentine’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Rosario.
In terms of his career, Villanueva has an overall 331-240 record. He has a positive 322-221 record on clay.
Previously in the Rio De Janeiro Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- Federico CoriaCoria – Gustavo Ribeiro De AlmeidaRibeiro De Almeida (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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