Marc-Andrea Huesler and Federico Gaio will face off in the 2nd round of the Mexico City Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 5:00 pm on ESTADIO. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marc-Andrea Huesler who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marc-Andrea Huesler is the pick to win this match.
Marc-Andrea Huesler -> 1.28
Federico Gaio -> 3.50
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Prediction and head to head Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Federico Gaio
This will be the 2nd time that Marc-Andrea Huesler and Federico Gaio clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gaio (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Gaio won 6-4 3-6 7-6(6) in the 2nd round in the Quimper 2 Challenger back in 2021.
Marc-Andrea Huesler
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-18 | 4-3 | 12-7 | 3-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-31 | 7-9 | 2-10 | 5-8 | 4-3 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 45-28 | 9-8 | 18-6 | 11-10 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-33 | 3-6 | 14-15 | 9-7 | 1-3 | 3-2 |
| 2020 | 21-7 | 0-0 | 12-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 7-1 |
Ranked no. 47 (career-high), Marc-Andrea got to the 2nd round after beating Facundo Mena 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round, Huesler had a good straight sets win against Mena (6-4 7-5). During the match, Huesler scored 72 points vs Mena’s 59. The Swiss was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Huesler struck 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Marc-Andrea Huesler was exceptionally effective on serve to win 80% (24/30) of his 1st serve and 68% (19/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Marc-Andrea broke Mena 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Huesler has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 56% of his matches (237-186). 1-0 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Huesler has a compiled76-57 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Marc-Andrea has an aggregate 9-9 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mexico City 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. 304, Gaio got to the 2nd round after defeating Luciano Alcocer 6-2 6-0, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-4 7-62 and Juan Ignacio Londero 7-65 3-6 7-65.
In the 1st round, Gaio defeated Londero (7-65 3-6 7-65).During the match Gaio scored less points (9) than Londero. In fact, the world no. 47 won 108 points vs Londero’s. That means that Gaio was more focused during the important points. Gaio was quite aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Talking about serving, Gaio blasted 17 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 18 double faults. Federico Gaio lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Gaio put 49% of his first serves in, winning 84% (51/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (29/63) on the 2nd serve. Gaio broke Londero once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Gaio’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Monastir and M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio.
Gaio has a composed 20-8 win-loss record in 2023, 10-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mexico City Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Huesler | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 72 |
| Pts | 72-59 | 238-206 |
| Total Points | 131 | 444 |
| Winners | 24 | 96 |
| %Winners | 33% | 40% |
Huesler played 1 match while Gaio competed in 3 matches. Gaio started his run from the qualifications while Huesler had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Federico Gaio conceded 1 set while Marc-Andrea Huesler hasn’t conceded a set so far. Huesler has played 5 set(s) less than Gaio (2 vs 7). Therefore, Huesler played 50 games less than Gaio. Marc-Andrea scored 24 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Federico scored 96 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Huesler | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 28 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 9.3 |
| 1st in | 30/58 | 116/231 |
| %1st in | 52% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 96/116 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 19/28 | 62/115 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 54% |
Huesler bagged 5 aces . Gaio managed to score 28 aces (9.3 per match). Huesler won 80% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Gaio won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Huesler | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 8 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 8/15 |
| % Converted | 38% | 53% |
| Conceded | 2 | 11 |
| Saved | 1 | 8 |
| % Saved | 50% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Swiss broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Huesler lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Gaio broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. Gaio conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Huesler | |||
| R1 Mena |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 72-59 | 72-59 | |
| Total points | 131 | 131 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 30/58 | 30/58 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 24/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/28 | 19/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Gaio | |||||
| Q1 Alcocer |
Q3 Mpetshi |
R1 Londero |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | 6-4 7-62 | 7-65 3-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 23 | 35 | 72 | |
| pts | 57-27 | 73-62 | 108-117 | 238-206 | |
| Total points | 84 | 135 | 225 | 444 | |
| Winners | 15 | 30 | 51 | 96 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 41% | 47% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 7 | 17 | 28 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 7 | 18 | 28 | |
| 1st in | 20/37 | 35/70 | 61/124 | 116/231 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 50% | 49% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 15/20 | 30/35 | 51/61 | 96/116 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 86% | 84% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 22/35 | 29/63 | 62/115 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 63% | 46% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 1/1 | 1/3 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 100% | 33% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 1/1 | 7/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 78% | 178% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWWWLLW Tennis Scores in Mexico City Challenger
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Terence AtmaneAtmane (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Facundo MenaMena (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-4 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Antoine BellierBellier – Elmar EjupovicEjupovic (6-78 7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Federico GaioGaio – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (7-65 3-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Nick HardtHardt (6-74 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Bernard TomicTomic (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Facundo MenaMena (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Antoine BellierBellier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Federico GaioGaio (0-1) – H2H and prediction
