Gustavo Heide and Mariano Kestelboim will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Buenos Aires Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on CANCHA 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gustavo Heide who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gustavo Heide is the pick to win this match.
Gustavo Heide -> 1.58
Mariano Kestelboim -> 2.27
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Prediction and head to head Gustavo Heide vs. Mariano Kestelboim
There is no head to head record between Gustavo Heide and Mariano Kestelboim since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Gustavo Heide
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-9 | 0-0 | 15-7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-22 | 9-5 | 24-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-13 | 3-2 | 24-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-14 | 4-5 | 27-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 441, the Brazilian got to the 1st round after beating Ignacio Carou 6-1 6-2 and Facundo Juarez 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, Gustavo had a good straight sets win against Juarez (6-3 6-1). During the match, Heide scored 63 points vs Juarez’s 44. Gustavo was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Heide scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Gustavo Heide was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Gustavo broke Juarez 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brazilian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 61% of the points he played.
Heide has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 66% of his matches (74-38). 4-5 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Heide has a composed67-31 record in the last 6 years on clay.
The Brazilian has an aggregate 4-5 win-loss record in 2023, 4-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger
The Brazilian has never competed in this tournament before.
Mariano Kestelboim
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-11 | 0-0 | 19-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-11 | 2-1 | 18-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-14 | 0-0 | 15-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-23 | 1-4 | 21-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-10 | 2-2 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 823, the Argentine got to the 1st round after beating Gonzalo Bueno 6-3 6-2 and Leonardo Aboian 6-3 7-5.
In the qualifications, Mariano had a good straight sets win against Aboian (6-3 7-5). During the match Kestelboim scored 81 points vs Aboian’s 66. The Argentine was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Kestelboim bagged 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Mariano Kestelboim lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kestelboim put 73% of his first serves in, winning 71% (39/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. Mariano broke Aboian 4 times after converting 24% of his break points (4/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kestelboim started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Mariano has a composed 2-0 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2016 and 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Heide | Kestelboim |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 38 |
| Pts | 122-77 | 143-114 |
| Total Points | 199 | 257 |
| Winners | 36 | 70 |
| %Winners | 30% | 49% |
Both Heide and Kestelboim played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Heide and Kestelboim have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Heide played 7 games less than Kestelboim. Gustavo scored 36 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine managed to score 70 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Heide | Kestelboim |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 46/79 | 104/136 |
| %1st in | 58% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 36/46 | 70/104 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 25/33 | 15/32 |
| %2nd pts | 76% | 47% |
Heide bagged 6 aces (3 per match). Kestelboim blasted 2 aces (1 per match). Heide won 78% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 76% of the points. On the other side, Kestelboim won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Heide | Kestelboim |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 8 |
| Converted | 9/19 | 8/26 |
| % Converted | 47% | 31% |
| Conceded | 0 | 9 |
| Saved | 0 | 6 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Gustavo broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. Gustavo quite strong on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Argentine broke his opponents 8 times with a 31% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Heide | ||||
| Q1 Carou |
Q3 Juarez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 16 | 31 | |
| pts | 59-33 | 63-44 | 122-77 | |
| Total points | 92 | 107 | 199 | |
| Winners | 13 | 23 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 22% | 37% | 30% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 17/36 | 29/43 | 46/79 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 67% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 13/17 | 23/29 | 36/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 79% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/19 | 9/14 | 25/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 84% | 64% | 76% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/10 | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 40% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kestelboim | ||||
| Q1 Bueno |
Q3 Aboian |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 | 38 | |
| pts | 62-48 | 81-66 | 143-114 | |
| Total points | 110 | 147 | 257 | |
| Winners | 31 | 39 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 48% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 49/61 | 55/75 | 104/136 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 73% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 31/49 | 39/55 | 70/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 71% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 8/20 | 15/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 40% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/17 | 8/26 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 24% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 4/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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