Oleksii Krutykh and Mateus Alves will square off in the 2^nd round of the Buenos Aires Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:30 am on CANCHA 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Oleksii Krutykh who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Oleksii Krutykh is the pick to win this match.
Oleksii Krutykh -> 1.59
Mateus Alves -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Oleksii Krutykh vs. Mateus Alves

There is no head to head record between Oleksii Krutykh and Mateus Alves since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Oleksii Krutykh

Ranked no. 298, the Ukrainian got to the 2^nd round after beating Gonzalo Villanueva 4-6 7-5 7-6²

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In the 1^st round against Villanueva, The Ukrainian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 7-6²). During the match, Krutykh scored 113 points vs Villanueva’s 105. Krutykh was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Regarding the service games, Krutykh scored 15 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Oleksii Krutykh was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (44/59) of his 1st serve and 52% (22/42) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. Krutykh broke Villanueva 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Krutykh has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (199-133). 1-0 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Krutykh has an overall136-82 record in the last 7 years on clay.

Krutykh has a compiled 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger

The Ukrainian has never competed in this tournament before.

Mateus Alves

Ranked no. 429, Alves reached the 2^nd round after beating Tadeo Meneo 6-4 6-3, Alex Marti Pujolras 6-3 1-6 6-1 and Valerio Aboian 6-1 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Mateus had a good straight sets win against Aboian (6-1 6-2). During the match Alves scored 53 points vs Aboian’s 29. Alves was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Alves fired 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Mateus Alves was pretty effective on serve to win 92% (23/25) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brazilian broke Aboian 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

The Brazilian has a composed 3-0 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Krutykh	Alves
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	3	7
Tot Games	35	57
Pts	113-105	192-145
Total Points	218	337
Winners	44	81
%Winners	39%	42%

Krutykh played 1 match while Alves competed in 3 matches. Alves started his run from the qualifications while Krutykh had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Oleksii Krutykh dropped 1 set, while Mateus Alves surrendered 1 set. Krutykh has played 4 set(s) less than Alves (3 vs 7). Therefore, Krutykh played 22 games less than Alves. Krutykh scored 44 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Mateus fired 81 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Krutykh	Alves
Aces	15	8
Avg per match	15	2.7
1st in	59/101	98/165
%1st in	58%	59%
1st pts	44/59	81/98
%1st pts	75%	83%
2nd pts	22/42	37/67
%2nd pts	52%	55%

Krutykh scored 15 aces . Alves scored 8 aces (2.7 per match). Krutykh won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Alves won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Krutykh	Alves
Won	4	11
Converted	4/6	11/19
% Converted	67%	58%
Conceded	8	7
Saved	4	4
% Saved	50%	57%
Times Broken	4	3

The Ukrainian broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Krutykh dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Alves broke his opponents 11 times with a 58% conversion rate. Alves conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Krutykh
	R1 Villanueva	Total
Score	4-6 7-5 7-62
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	35	35
pts	113-105	113-105
Total points	218	218
Winners	44	44
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	15	15
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	59/101	59/101
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	44/59	44/59
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	22/42	22/42
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	4/8	4
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	4	4

Alves
	Q1 Meneo	Q3 Marti	R1 Aboian	Total
Score	6-4 6-3	6-3 1-6 6-1	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	19	23	15	57
pts	70-58	69-58	53-29	192-145
Total points	128	127	82	337
Winners	32	26	23	81
%Winners	46%	38%	43%	42%
SERVE
Aces	5	1	2	8
Double Faults	2	3	3	8
1st in	36/52	37/71	25/42	98/165
% 1st in	69%	52%	60%	59%
1st pts	32/36	26/37	23/25	81/98
% 1st pts	89%	70%	92%	83%
2nd pts	7/16	20/34	10/17	37/67
% 2nd pts	44%	59%	59%	55%
Breaks
Won	3	4	4	11
Converted	3/8	4/6	4/5	11/19
Converted %	38%	67%	80%	58%
Conceded	0	5	2	7
Saved	0/0	2/5	2/2	4
Saved %	–	40%	100%	140%
Times Broken	0	3	0	3

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