Matias Franco Descotte and Juan Bautista Otegui will face off in the 1st round of the Lima Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on CANCHA 9. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matias Franco Descotte who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matias Franco Descotte is the pick to win this match.
Matias Franco Descotte -> 1.62
Juan Bautista Otegui -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Matias Franco Descotte vs. Juan Bautista Otegui
There is no head to head record between Matias Franco Descotte and Juan Bautista Otegui since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Matias Franco Descotte
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 12-10 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-30 | 7-7 | 33-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-25 | 3-6 | 38-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-20 | 24-14 | 5-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 34-20 | 26-17 | 7-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 432, Franco Descotte reached the 1st round after defeating Jose Velasco 6-2 6-0 and Gianluca Ballotta 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Ballotta (6-3 6-1). During the match, Franco Descotte scored 60 points vs Ballotta’s 38. The Argentine was extremely aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about the service games, Franco Descotte bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Matias Franco Descotte lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Franco Descotte put 60% of his first serves in, winning 68% (17/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 76% (13/17) on the 2nd serve. Matias broke Ballotta 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 64% of the points he played.
Franco Descotte has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (309-223). 16-12 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Franco Descotte has an aggregate 138-102 match record in the last years on clay.
Franco Descotte’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Naples.
Matias has an overall 23-18 win-loss record in 2023, 16-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lima Challenger
Matias has never competed in this tournament before.
Juan Bautista Otegui
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-16 | 0-0 | 25-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-32 | 4-7 | 14-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 45-26 | 2-1 | 43-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-16 | 1-2 | 19-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-10 | 4-5 | 15-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 500, Juan will start his run in the Lima Challenger after he played his last match in the Todi Challenger where he lost 1-6 6-3 6-3 to Gill in the qualifications on the 13th of August.
Juan has an aggregate 11-23 win-loss record in 2023, 11-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Bautista Otegui has an overall 191-130 record. He has a positive 169-111 record on clay.
Previously in the Lima Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Valerio AboianAboian (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo – Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Conner Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino (3-6 7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gonzalo LamaLama – Jorge Brian Panta HerrerosBrian Panta Herreros (6-74 6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andres AndradeAndrade – Leonardo AboianAboian (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Wilson LeiteLeite (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Blaise BicknellBlaise – Victor LilovVictor (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Juan Bautista OteguiJuan – Matias Franco DescotteMatias (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Tomas FarjatFarjat (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Bautista OteguiBautista Otegui – Matias Franco DescotteFranco Descotte (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arklon Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
