Gonzalo Villanueva and Carlos Sanchez Jover will face off in the 2nd round of the Tigre 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on CANCHA 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Sanchez Jover who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Carlos Sanchez Jover is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Sanchez Jover -> 1.63
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 2.18
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Prediction and head to head Gonzalo Villanueva vs. Carlos Sanchez Jover
There is no head to head record between Gonzalo Villanueva and Carlos Sanchez Jover since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Gonzalo Villanueva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-33 | 2-1 | 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. 299, Gonzalo reached the 2nd round after defeating Evan Zhu 6-1 2-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Argentine defeated Zhu (6-1 2-6 6-2). During the match, Villanueva scored 89 points vs Zhu’s 79. The Argentine was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Villanueva scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 4 double faults. Gonzalo Villanueva lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Villanueva put 66% of his first serves in, winning 59% (29/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. Gonzalo broke Zhu 7 times after converting 44% of his break points (7/16).
Villanueva has good match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (311-223). 4-1 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Villanueva has an aggregate 302-203 record in the last years on clay.
Villanueva’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Tigre 1 Challenger.
Villanueva has a composed 4-1 win-loss record in 2023, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tigre 2 Challenger
Carlos Sanchez Jover
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-27 | 1-1 | 48-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-31 | 7-4 | 44-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-29 | 4-9 | 30-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 52-28 | 4-3 | 48-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 1-3 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 403, the Spaniard reached the 2nd round after defeating Mateus Alves 6-3 7-64, Christian Langmo 6-1 6-3 and Hernan Casanova 6-76 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round against Casanova, Carlos recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 6-4 7-5). During the match Sanchez scored 122 points vs Casanova’s 118. Sanchez was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Sanchez scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 7 double faults. Carlos Sanchez Jover lost the serve 6 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez put 51% of his first serves in, winning 59% (36/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (29/59) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Casanova 8 times after converting 67% of his break points (8/12).
Carlos has a compiled 6-1 win-loss record in 2023, 6-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Villanueva | Sanchez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 73 |
| Pts | 89-79 | 258-220 |
| Total Points | 168 | 478 |
| Winners | 29 | 97 |
| %Winners | 33% | 38% |
Villanueva played 1 match while Sanchez competed in 3 matches. Sanchez started his run from the qualifications while Villanueva had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Gonzalo Villanueva conceded 1 set, while Carlos Sanchez Jover conceded 1 set. Villanueva has played 4 set(s) less than Sanchez (3 vs 7). Therefore, Villanueva played 50 games less than Sanchez. The Argentine scored 29 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard managed to score 97 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Villanueva | Sanchez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 49/74 | 142/242 |
| %1st in | 66% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 29/49 | 97/142 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 55/100 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 55% |
Villanueva blasted 1 ace . Sanchez also recorded 5 aces (1.7 per match). Villanueva won 59% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Sanchez won 68% 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 | Villanueva | Sanchez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 14 |
| Converted | 7/16 | 14/24 |
| % Converted | 44% | 58% |
| Conceded | 10 | 24 |
| Saved | 6 | 17 |
| % Saved | 60% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 7 |
Gonzalo broke his opponent 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Argentine surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 14 times with a 58% conversion rate. Carlos conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Villanueva | |||
| R1 Zhu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 2-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 89-79 | 89-79 | |
| Total points | 168 | 168 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 49/74 | 49/74 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 29/49 | 29/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 12/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/16 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Sanchez | |||||
| Q1 Alves |
Q3 Langmo |
R1 Casanova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-64 | 6-1 6-3 | 6-76 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 16 | 35 | 73 | |
| pts | 70-59 | 66-43 | 122-118 | 258-220 | |
| Total points | 129 | 109 | 240 | 478 | |
| Winners | 32 | 29 | 36 | 97 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 44% | 30% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 47/69 | 34/53 | 61/120 | 142/242 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 64% | 51% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 32/47 | 29/34 | 36/61 | 97/142 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 85% | 59% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/22 | 9/19 | 29/59 | 55/100 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 47% | 49% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 4/8 | 8/12 | 14/24 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 67% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 18 | 24 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 4/4 | 12/18 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 67% | 217% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | |
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