Lukas Neumayer and Gianluca Mager will square off in the 2nd round of the Buenos Aires Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am 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 Lukas Neumayer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lukas Neumayer is the pick to win this match.
Lukas Neumayer -> 1.74
Gianluca Mager -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Lukas Neumayer vs. Gianluca Mager
This will be the 2nd time that Lukas Neumayer and Gianluca Mager face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Mager (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Mager won 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in the Antalya Challenger back in 2023.
Lukas Neumayer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-32 | 2-2 | 38-29 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-32 | 2-1 | 38-28 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 53-26 | 12-4 | 41-21 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-25 | 8-10 | 16-14 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 233, Lukas got to the 2nd round after beating Carlos Sanchez Jover 7-66 6-3.
In the 1st round, Lukas had a good straight sets win against Sanchez Jover (7-66 6-3). During the match, Neumayer scored 74 points vs Sanchez Jover’s 63. Neumayer was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Neumayer managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Lukas Neumayer lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Neumayer put 55% of his first serves in, winning 63% (27/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (19/35) on the 2nd serve. Lukas broke Sanchez Jover 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Neumayer has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 58% of his matches (120-86). 1-0 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Neumayer has a composed96-65 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
The Austrian has an aggregate 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger
Neumayer has never competed in this tournament before.
Gianluca Mager
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-25 | 0-0 | 41-24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-20 | 3-5 | 15-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 20-28 | 2-5 | 17-21 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-28 | 4-7 | 22-15 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-15 | 1-4 | 10-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 335, the Italian got to the 2nd round after defeating Alvaro Guillen Meza 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Gianluca had a good straight sets win against Guillen Meza (6-4 6-4). During the match Mager scored 60 points vs Guillen Meza’s 47. Mager was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Mager struck 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Gianluca Mager was quite efficient on serve to win 90% (26/29) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gianluca broke Guillen Meza 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Gianluca has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Neumayer | Mager |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 20 |
| Pts | 74-63 | 60-47 |
| Total Points | 137 | 107 |
| Winners | 27 | 26 |
| %Winners | 36% | 43% |
Both Neumayer and Mager played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Neumayer and Mager have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Neumayer played 2 games more than Mager. Lukas scored 27 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Gianluca blasted 26 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Neumayer | Mager |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 5 |
| 1st in | 43/78 | 29/52 |
| %1st in | 55% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 27/43 | 26/29 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 90% |
| 2nd pts | 19/35 | 12/23 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 52% |
Neumayer fired 2 aces . Mager scored 5 aces . Neumayer won 63% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Mager won 90% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Neumayer | Mager |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 80% | 75% |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 25% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
The Austrian broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Neumayer conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Mager broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Mager conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Neumayer | |||
| R1 Sanchez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 74-63 | 74-63 | |
| Total points | 137 | 137 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 43/78 | 43/78 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 27/43 | 27/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/35 | 19/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Mager | |||
| R1 Guillen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 60-47 | 60-47 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 29/52 | 29/52 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 26/29 | 26/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 12/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWWLWWW Tennis Scores in Buenos Aires Challenger
- Matias Franco DescotteFranco Descotte – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Max HoukesHoukes – Lautaro MidonMidon (7-66 6-1) – See score progression
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Edoardo LavagnoLavagno (4-6 6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Mateus AlvesAlves – Valerio AboianAboian (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Orlando LuzLuz (5-7 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Alexander WeisWeis (6-2 7-61) – See score progression
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres (3-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Timo StodderStodder – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-2 7-65) – See score progression
- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (4-6 7-5 7-62) – See score progression
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-4 7-60) – See score progression
- Gonzalo BuenoBueno – Alex BarrenaBarrena (6-4 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Liam DraxlDraxl (1-6 5-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Gianluca MagerMager – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Joao FonsecaFonseca – Felix GillGill (2-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (7-66 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Timo StodderStodder (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Mateus De Carvalho CardosoDe Carvalho Cardoso (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max HoukesHoukes – Matias Franco DescotteFranco Descotte (0-0) – H2H and prediction
