Juan Bautista Torres and Matias Zukas will play each other in the 1st round of the Buenos Aires Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Bautista Torres who should win in 2 sets.
Juan Bautista Torres -> 1.132
Matias Zukas -> 5.25
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Prediction and head to head Juan Bautista Torres vs. Matias Zukas
This will be the 3rd time that Juan Bautista Torres and Matias Zukas play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Bautista Torres (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Bautista Torres won 6-0 2-1 ret. in the 1st round in the Temuco Challenger back in 2022.
Juan Bautista Torres
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-27 | 0-0 | 44-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-19 | 0-0 | 34-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 1-2 | 33-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-23 | 12-10 | 32-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 259, Bautista Torres will start his run in the Buenos Aires Challenger after he played his last match in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-1 to Misolic in the 1st round on the 19th of April.
The Argentine has a composed 16-11 win-loss record in 2023, 16-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The Argentine has an overall 105-73 record. He has a positive 92-60 record on clay.
Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history
.Matias Zukas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 12-21 | 0-1 | 12-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-25 | 1-2 | 25-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-26 | 0-0 | 45-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-12 | 6-5 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 49-27 | 3-3 | 46-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 546, the Argentine reached the 1st round after defeating Lorenzo Gagliardo 6-4 0-6 6-4 and Jose Pereira 2-6 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications against Pereira, Zukas recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 7-5). During the match Zukas scored 94 points vs Pereira’s 90. Zukas was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Zukas struck 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Matias Zukas lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Zukas put 61% of his first serves in, winning 68% (41/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (17/38) on the 2nd serve. Matias was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Pereira 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Matias started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 49% of the points he played.
The Argentine has a compiled 4-7 win-loss record in 2023, 4-7 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Buenos Aires Challenger
- Nick HardtHardt – Lautaro MidonMidon (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna – Alex BarrenaBarrena (6-0 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Gonzalo LamaLama (7-66 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Francisco ComesanaComesana (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Wilson LeiteLeite – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Nick HardtHardt (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Bautista OteguiBautista Otegui – Conner Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Benjamin HassanHassan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas FarjatFarjat – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Alejo Lorenzo Lingua LavallenLorenzo Lingua Lavallen (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (1-0) – H2H and prediction