Alex Barrena and Gonzalo Villanueva will square off in the qualifications of the Buenos Aires Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on CANCHA 8. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Barrena who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Barrena is the pick to win this match.
Alex Barrena -> 1.63
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 2.18
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Prediction and head to head Alex Barrena vs. Gonzalo Villanueva
There is no head to head record between Alex Barrena and Gonzalo Villanueva since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Alex Barrena
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-15 | 0-0 | 13-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-30 | 0-0 | 51-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-19 | 2-1 | 26-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-24 | 1-5 | 10-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 410, Barrena reached the qualifications after defeating Nick Hardt 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, Alex had a good straight sets win against Hardt (6-4 6-3). During the match, Barrena scored 59 points vs Hardt’s 51. Barrena was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Barrena scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Alex Barrena was quite efficient on serve to win 78% (31/40) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Argentine was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Hardt twice.
Barrena has a winning match record in the last 5 years having won 54% of his matches (87-75). 43-24 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Barrena has an overall84-67 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
Barrena’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya and M15 Warmbad Villach.
Barrena has a composed 43-24 win-loss record in 2023, 43-24 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger
Gonzalo Villanueva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-27 | 0-0 | 32-27 | 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. 472, Gonzalo got to the qualifications after beating Nicolas Mejia 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Mejia (6-4 6-2). During the match Villanueva scored 66 points vs Mejia’s 45. The Argentine was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Villanueva wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Gonzalo Villanueva lost the serve once. Furthermore, Villanueva put 66% of his first serves in, winning 77% (27/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Villanueva broke Mejia 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Villanueva’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Tigre 1 Challenger.
Villanueva has a compiled 32-33 win-loss record in 2023, 28-30 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Barrena | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 18 |
| Pts | 59-51 | 66-45 |
| Total Points | 110 | 111 |
| Winners | 31 | 27 |
| %Winners | 53% | 41% |
Both Barrena and Villanueva played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Barrena and Villanueva have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Barrena played 1 game more than Villanueva. Alex scored 31 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, Villanueva bagged 27 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Barrena | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 0 |
| 1st in | 40/61 | 35/53 |
| %1st in | 66% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 27/35 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 9/18 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 50% |
Barrena struck 1 ace . Villanueva didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Barrena won 78% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Villanueva won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Barrena | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/2 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 100% | 50% |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 |
| Saved | 1 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Barrena broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. Alex quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Gonzalo broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Barrena | |||
| Q1 Hardt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 59-51 | 59-51 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/61 | 40/61 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 31/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 12/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 2/2 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Villanueva | |||
| Q1 Mejia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 66-45 | 66-45 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/53 | 35/53 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 27/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 9/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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