Gonzalo Villanueva and Federico Gaio will play each other in the qualifications of the Santiago Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on CANCHA 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Federico Gaio who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Federico Gaio is the pick to win this match.
Federico Gaio -> 1.6
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 2.23
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Prediction and head to head Gonzalo Villanueva vs. Federico Gaio
This will be the 2nd time that Gonzalo Villanueva and Federico Gaio fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gaio (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Gaio won 3-6 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Santiago Challenger back in 2019.
Gonzalo Villanueva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-19 | 0-0 | 25-19 | 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. 304, Gonzalo got to the qualifications after beating Ignacio Antonio Becerra Otarola 6-2 6-0.
In the qualifications, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Antonio Becerra Otarola (6-2 6-0). During the match, Villanueva scored 61 points vs Antonio Becerra Otarola’s 35. Villanueva was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Villanueva wasn’t able to score even 1 ace and he committed only 1 double fault. Gonzalo Villanueva lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Villanueva put 93% of his first serves in, winning 68% (26/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (0/3) on the 2nd serve. Gonzalo broke Antonio Becerra Otarola 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Villanueva has winning record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (318-229). 7-4 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Villanueva has a compiled 305-206 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Villanueva’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Tigre 1 Challenger.
Villanueva has an overall 11-7 win-loss record in 2023, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santiago Challenger
Federico Gaio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-16 | 2-7 | 10-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-30 | 14-12 | 25-15 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-28 | 9-9 | 8-15 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-38 | 6-8 | 14-16 | 13-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-19 | 5-4 | 10-12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 356, Gaio got to the qualifications after beating Orlando Luz 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, Gaio had a good straight sets win against Luz (6-4 7-5). During the match Gaio scored 65 points vs Luz’s 49. Federico was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Gaio blasted 8 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Federico Gaio was exceptionally effective on serve to win 86% (24/28) of his 1st serve and 78% (18/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gaio broke Luz 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
The Italian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Monastir and M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio.
The Italian has an overall 11-6 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Villanueva | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 22 |
| Pts | 61-35 | 65-49 |
| Total Points | 96 | 114 |
| Winners | 26 | 24 |
| %Winners | 43% | 37% |
Both Villanueva and Gaio played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Villanueva and Gaio have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Villanueva played 8 games less than Gaio. The Argentine scored 26 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian bagged 24 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Villanueva | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 8 |
| 1st in | 38/41 | 28/51 |
| %1st in | 93% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 26/38 | 24/28 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 0/3 | 18/23 |
| %2nd pts | 0% | 78% |
Villanueva didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Gaio recorded 8 aces . Villanueva won 68% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 0% of the points. On the other side, Gaio won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 78% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Villanueva | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 50% | 43% |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Gonzalo broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Villanueva conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Gaio broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Federico conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Villanueva | |||
| Q1 Antonio Becerra Otarola |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 61-35 | 61-35 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 38/41 | 38/41 | |
| % 1st in | 93% | 93% | |
| 1st pts | 26/38 | 26/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 0/3 | 0/3 | |
| % 2nd pts | 0% | 0% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Gaio | |||
| Q1 Luz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 65-49 | 65-49 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 28/51 | 28/51 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 24/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/23 | 18/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 78% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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