Federico Coria and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida will clash against each other in the quarter of the Guayaquil Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Federico Coria who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Federico Coria is the pick to win this match.
Federico Coria -> 1.32
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Federico Coria vs. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida
This will be the 2nd time that Federico Coria and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Coria (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Coria won 6-0 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Montevideo Challenger back in 2021.
Federico Coria
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-28 | 0-3 | 32-24 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-29 | 3-8 | 35-20 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-32 | 2-5 | 39-26 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-31 | 2-7 | 40-20 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-22 | 3-5 | 15-13 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 71, Coria got to the quarter after beating Francisco Comesana 6-2 7-66 and Facundo Diaz Acosta 3-6 6-1 7-62.
In the 2nd round against Diaz Acosta, The Argentine recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 7-62). During the match, Coria scored 103 points vs Diaz Acosta’s 94. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Regarding the service games, Coria couldn’t to score even 1 ace and he committed only 5 double faults. Federico Coria lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Coria put 71% of his first serves in, winning 68% (50/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. Federico broke Diaz Acosta 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 53% of the points he played.
Coria has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (467-278). 37-25 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Coria has an overall 454-242 record in the last years on clay.
Federico’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Milan Challenger.
Federico has a compiled 39-31 win-loss record in 2022, 37-25 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guayaquil Challenger
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-21 | 0-0 | 24-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-25 | 1-3 | 19-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-29 | 1-3 | 27-24 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 72-29 | 0-0 | 72-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-9 | 13-7 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 214, matheus reached the quarter after defeating Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-1 7-68 and Felipe Meligeni Alves 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Matheus had a good straight sets win against Meligeni Alves (6-3 6-4). During the match Pucinelli De Almeida scored 68 points vs Meligeni Alves’s 51. Matheus was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Pucinelli De Almeida bagged 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida was quite effective on serve to win 85% (29/34) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Matheus broke Meligeni Alves 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brazilian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The Brazilian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Braga Challenger.
Pucinelli De Almeida has a composed 28-26 win-loss record in 2022, 26-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Coria | Pucinelli De Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 50 | 39 |
| Pts | 186-165 | 134-106 |
| Total Points | 351 | 240 |
| Winners | 82 | 58 |
| %Winners | 44% | 43% |
Both Coria and Pucinelli De Almeida played 2 matches. At the moment, Federico Coria lost 1 set while Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida hasn’t lost a set so far. Coria has played 1 set more than Pucinelli De Almeida (5 vs 4). Therefore, Coria played 11 games more than Pucinelli De Almeida. The Argentine scored 82 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Pucinelli De Almeida made 58 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Coria | Pucinelli De Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 4 |
| 1st in | 127/179 | 74/123 |
| %1st in | 71% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 82/127 | 58/74 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 28/52 | 25/49 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 51% |
Coria didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Pucinelli De Almeida scored 8 aces (4 per match). Coria won 65% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Pucinelli De Almeida won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Coria | Pucinelli De Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 7 |
| Converted | 9/20 | 7/13 |
| % Converted | 45% | 54% |
| Conceded | 19 | 4 |
| Saved | 13 | 1 |
| % Saved | 68% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 3 |
The Argentine broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Federico lost his serve 6 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded. Pucinelli De Almeida broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Brazilian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.
| Coria | ||||
| R1 Comesana |
R2 Diaz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-66 | 3-6 6-1 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 29 | 50 | |
| pts | 83-71 | 103-94 | 186-165 | |
| Total points | 154 | 197 | 351 | |
| Winners | 32 | 50 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 49% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 54/76 | 73/103 | 127/179 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 32/54 | 50/73 | 82/127 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 68% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 14/30 | 28/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 47% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/11 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 36% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 10 | 19 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 7/10 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 70% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Pucinelli De Almeida | ||||
| R1 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
R2 Meligeni Alves |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-68 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 19 | 39 | |
| pts | 66-55 | 68-51 | 134-106 | |
| Total points | 121 | 119 | 240 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 40/66 | 34/57 | 74/123 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 29/40 | 29/34 | 58/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 85% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 12/23 | 25/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 52% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 3/9 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 33% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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