Santiago Rodriguez Taverna and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Temuco Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. 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 Santiago Rodriguez Taverna who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Santiago Rodriguez Taverna is the pick to win this match.
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna -> 1.72
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Santiago Rodriguez Taverna vs. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida
This will be the 3rd time that Santiago Rodriguez Taverna and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Pucinelli De Almeida (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Pucinelli De Almeida won 7-6(5) 6-3 in the 1st round in the Montevideo Challenger back in 2022.
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-13 | 3-3 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-35 | 7-7 | 34-27 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-27 | 0-2 | 35-24 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 67-26 | 40-16 | 26-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 224, Santiago reached the 2nd round after beating Mateus Alves 6-75 7-65 6-4.
In the 1st round against Alves, The Argentine recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 7-65 6-4). During the match, Rodriguez Taverna scored 102 points vs Alves’s 99. The Argentine was pretty aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rodriguez Taverna fired 11 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Santiago Rodriguez Taverna was quite effective on serve to win 80% (49/61) of his 1st serve and 59% (22/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Santiago broke Alves 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Rodriguez Taverna has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (256-171). 6-6 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rodriguez Taverna has a composed65-40 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Santiago’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Tucuman and the Barletta Challenger.
Santiago has an overall 40-34 win-loss record in 2023, 6-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Temuco Challenger
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-25 | 1-3 | 19-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-29 | 1-3 | 27-24 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 72-29 | 0-0 | 72-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-9 | 13-7 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 353, the Brazilian reached the 2nd round after beating Bruno Kuzuhara 3-6 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round against Kuzuhara, Pucinelli De Almeida recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-3). During the match Pucinelli De Almeida scored 112 points vs Kuzuhara’s 100. The Brazilian was quite aggressive to blast 48 winners.
About the serving games, Pucinelli De Almeida scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida was pretty effective on serve to win 73% (48/66) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Pucinelli De Almeida broke Kuzuhara 3 times after converting 21% of his break points (3/14).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Coquimbo Challenger where he beat Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva in the final 7-6(1) 6-7(4) 6-4.
Matheus has a composed 20-24 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Temuco Challenger
Pucinelli De Almeida has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rodriguez Taverna | Pucinelli De Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 27 |
| Pts | 102-99 | 112-100 |
| Total Points | 201 | 212 |
| Winners | 49 | 48 |
| %Winners | 48% | 43% |
Both Rodriguez Taverna and Pucinelli De Almeida played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Santiago Rodriguez Taverna dropped 1 set, while Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Rodriguez Taverna and Pucinelli De Almeida have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Rodriguez Taverna played 9 games more than Pucinelli De Almeida. Santiago scored 49 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Matheus made 48 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rodriguez Taverna | Pucinelli De Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 1 |
| 1st in | 61/98 | 66/92 |
| %1st in | 62% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 49/61 | 48/66 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 22/37 | 14/26 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 54% |
Rodriguez Taverna managed to score 11 aces . Pucinelli De Almeida managed to score 1 ace . Rodriguez Taverna won 80% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Pucinelli De Almeida won 73% 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 | Rodriguez Taverna | Pucinelli De Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/14 |
| % Converted | 50% | 21% |
| Conceded | 2 | 10 |
| Saved | 0 | 9 |
| % Saved | 0% | 90% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Rodriguez Taverna broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Santiago surrendered his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Matheus broke his opponent 3 times with a 21% conversion rate. The Brazilian conceded his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rodriguez Taverna | |||
| R1 Alves |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 102-99 | 102-99 | |
| Total points | 201 | 201 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 61/98 | 61/98 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 49/61 | 49/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/37 | 22/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Pucinelli De Almeida | |||
| R1 Kuzuhara |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 112-100 | 112-100 | |
| Total points | 212 | 212 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 66/92 | 66/92 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 48/66 | 48/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 14/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/14 | 3/14 | |
| Converted % | 21% | 21% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 9/10 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 90% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWLWLLW Tennis Scores in Temuco Challenger
- Ignacio BuseBuse – Hugo DellienDellien (1-6 7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Matias SotoSoto – Facundo MenaMena (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna – Mateus AlvesAlves (6-75 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Mariano KestelboimKestelboim (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Conner Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino – Andres AndradeAndrade (3-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (5-7 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Gustavo HeideHeide – Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Diego Fernandez FloresFernandez Flores (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Blaise BicknellBicknell – Gabriel DecampsDecamps (6-76 6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Keegan SmithSmith – Guido AndreozziAndreozzi (3-6 7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (6-74 7-64 7-62) – See score progression
- Gilbert Klier JuniorKlier Junior – Benjamin LockLock (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Gonzalo LamaLama (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Jose StathamStatham (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Alafia AyeniAyeni – Matias Franco DescotteFranco Descotte (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Matias SotoSoto – Facundo MenaMena (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Blaise BicknellBicknell – Gabriel DecampsDecamps (6-7(6) 6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna – Mateus AlvesAlves (6-7(5) 7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Matias SotoSoto (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alafia AyeniAyeni – Conner Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (0-1) – H2H and prediction
