Gonzalo Villanueva and Juan Pablo Paz will face off in the 1^st round of the Montevideo Challenger for the 8^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 5:30 pm on CANCHA 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Pablo Paz who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Juan Pablo Paz is the pick to win this match.
Juan Pablo Paz -> 1.86
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Gonzalo Villanueva vs. Juan Pablo Paz

This will be the 8^th time that Gonzalo Villanueva and Juan Pablo Paz square off. The head to head is 6-1 for Pablo Paz (see full H2H stats), 6-1 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Pablo Paz won 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in the Blumenau Challenger back in January 2022.

Gonzalo Villanueva

Ranked no. 283, the Argentine reached the 1^st round after defeating Dario Acosta 7-6⁰ 6-3.

Villanueva has good match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (329-240). 31-26 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Villanueva has a composed 320-221 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

Gonzalo’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Rosario.

The Argentine has a compiled 32-30 win-loss record in 2022, 31-26 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Montevideo Challenger

Juan Pablo Paz

Ranked no. 409, Pablo Paz reached the 1^st round after beating Matias Zukas 6-2 6-0 and Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva 6-4 6-1.

In the qualifications, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Lucas Reis Da (6-4 6-1). During the match Pablo Paz scored 65 points vs Lucas Reis Da’s 45. Pablo Paz was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.

About the serving games, Pablo Paz recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Juan Pablo Paz was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (22/31) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Argentine broke Lucas Reis Da 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Juan started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 60% of the points he played.

Juan’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Litija,M25 Pitesti and M15 Curtea de Arges.

The Argentine has a composed 43-27 win-loss record in 2022, 43-27 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Montevideo Challenger

Juan has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Villanueva	Pablo Paz
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	4
Tot Games	22	31
Pts	80-66	123-81
Total Points	146	204
Winners	28	43
%Winners	35%	35%

Villanueva played 1 match while Pablo Paz competed in 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Villanueva has played 2 set(s) less than Pablo Paz (2 vs 4). Therefore, Villanueva played 9 games less than Pablo Paz. Gonzalo scored 28 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Pablo Paz scored 43 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Villanueva	Pablo Paz
Aces	0	3
Avg per match	0	1.5
1st in	48/85	62/98
%1st in	56%	63%
1st pts	28/48	43/62
%1st pts	58%	69%
2nd pts	20/37	21/36
%2nd pts	54%	58%

Villanueva didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Pablo Paz struck 3 aces (1.5 per match). Villanueva won 58% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Pablo Paz won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Villanueva	Pablo Paz
Won	5	10
Converted	5/6	10/17
% Converted	83%	59%
Conceded	15	2
Saved	11	1
% Saved	73%	50%
Times Broken	4	1

The Argentine broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Villanueva surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Pablo Paz broke his opponents 10 times with a 59% conversion rate. Juan conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Villanueva
	Q1 Acosta	Q3 Zeballos	Total
Score	7-60 6-3	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	22	19	41
pts	80-66	–	80-66
Total points	146	0	146
Winners	28		28
%Winners	35%	0%	35%
SERVE
Aces	0	0	0
Double Faults	4		4
1st in	48/85	/	48/85
% 1st in	56%	0%	56%
1st pts	28/48	/	28/48
% 1st pts	58%	0%	58%
2nd pts	20/37	/	20/37
% 2nd pts	54%	0%	54%
Breaks
Won	5		5
Converted	5/6	/	5/6
Converted %	83%	0%	83%
Conceded	15		15
Saved	11/15	0/	11
Saved %	73%	–	37%
Times Broken	4		4

Pablo Paz
	Q1 Zukas	Q3 Lucas Reis Da	Total
Score	6-2 6-0	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	14	17	31
pts	58-36	65-45	123-81
Total points	94	110	204
Winners	21	22	43
%Winners	36%	34%	35%
SERVE
Aces	1	2	3
Double Faults	0	1	1
1st in	31/48	31/50	62/98
% 1st in	65%	62%	63%
1st pts	21/31	22/31	43/62
% 1st pts	68%	71%	69%
2nd pts	11/17	10/19	21/36
% 2nd pts	65%	53%	58%
Breaks
Won	5	5	10
Converted	5/7	5/10	10/17
Converted %	71%	50%	59%
Conceded	1	1	2
Saved	1/1	0/1	1
Saved %	100%	0%	50%
Times Broken	0	1	1

Tennis Scores in Montevideo Challenger

• Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Guido PellaPella (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nicolas KickerKicker – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves – Sumit NagalNagal (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Nikola MilojevicMilojevic (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Facundo Diaz AcostaFacundo – Hernan CasanovaHernan (6-3 4-1 ret.) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Facundo BagnisBagnis – Federico ZeballosZeballos (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andrea CollariniCollarini – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz (1-6) – H2H and prediction
• Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Eduardo RibeiroRibeiro – Gastao EliasElias (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Moez EcharguiEchargui (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida – Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Max HoukesHoukes – Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli (0-0) – H2H and prediction