Gonzalo Villanueva and Federico Zeballos will square off in the qualifications of the Montevideo Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 3:30 pm on CANCHA 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gonzalo Villanueva who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gonzalo Villanueva is the pick to win this match.
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 1.36
Federico Zeballos -> 2.94
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Prediction and head to head Gonzalo Villanueva vs. Federico Zeballos
This will be the 2nd time that Gonzalo Villanueva and Federico Zeballos fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zeballos (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Zeballos won 6-4 6-1 in the 1st round in the Buenos Aires Challenger back in 2019.
Gonzalo Villanueva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-34 | 2-2 | 41-32 | 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. 283, the Argentine got to the qualifications after beating Dario Acosta 7-60 6-3.
In the qualifications, Gonzalo had a good straight sets win against Acosta (7-60 6-3). During the match, Villanueva scored 80 points vs Acosta’s 66. Gonzalo was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Villanueva wasn’t able to score even 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 4 double faults. Gonzalo Villanueva lost the serve 4 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Villanueva put 56% of his first serves in, winning 58% (28/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (20/37) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Acosta 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Villanueva has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (329-239). 31-25 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Villanueva has a composed 320-220 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Villanueva’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Rosario.
Villanueva has a composed 32-29 win-loss record in 2022, 31-25 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Montevideo Challenger
Federico Zeballos
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-8 | 0-3 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-20 | 10-11 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-18 | 3-5 | 9-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-7 | 0-2 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 805, the Bolivian got to the qualifications after defeating Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Bolivian had a good straight sets win against Seyboth Wild (6-4 6-4). During the match Zeballos scored 67 points vs Seyboth Wild’s 56. Zeballos was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Zeballos recorded 2 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Federico Zeballos lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Zeballos put 65% of his first serves in, winning 85% (29/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (6/18) on the 2nd serve. The Bolivian broke Seyboth Wild 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Federico’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Cancun.
Zeballos has an overall 10-16 win-loss record in 2022, 2-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Montevideo Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Villanueva | Zeballos |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 20 |
| Pts | 80-66 | 67-56 |
| Total Points | 146 | 123 |
| Winners | 28 | 29 |
| %Winners | 35% | 43% |
Both Villanueva and Zeballos played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Villanueva and Zeballos have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Villanueva played 2 games more than Zeballos. Gonzalo scored 28 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Bolivian managed to score 29 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Villanueva | Zeballos |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 2 |
| 1st in | 48/85 | 34/52 |
| %1st in | 56% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 28/48 | 29/34 |
| %1st pts | 58% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 20/37 | 6/18 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 33% |
Villanueva didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Zeballos blasted 2 aces . Villanueva won 58% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Zeballos won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 33% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Villanueva | Zeballos |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 83% | 44% |
| Conceded | 15 | 5 |
| Saved | 11 | 3 |
| % Saved | 73% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Villanueva broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Gonzalo lost his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Federico broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Zeballos conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Villanueva | |||
| Q1 Acosta |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-60 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 80-66 | 80-66 | |
| Total points | 146 | 146 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 48/85 | 48/85 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 28/48 | 28/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/37 | 20/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 11/15 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Zeballos | |||
| Q1 Seyboth |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 67-56 | 67-56 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 34/52 | 34/52 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 29/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/18 | 6/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 33% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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