Gianluca Mager and Joao Fonseca will square off in the quarter of the Buenos Aires Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 pm on ENRIQUE MOREA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joao Fonseca who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Joao Fonseca is the pick to win this match.
Joao Fonseca -> 1.57
Gianluca Mager -> 2.27
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Prediction and head to head Gianluca Mager vs. Joao Fonseca
There is no head to head record between Gianluca Mager and Joao Fonseca since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
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, Mager got to the quarter after defeating Alvaro Guillen Meza 6-4 6-4 and Lukas Neumayer 3-6 7-67 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Neumayer, Gianluca recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-67 6-4).During the match, Mager scored less points (1) than Neumayer. In fact, the world no. 335 won 105 points vs Neumayer’s. That means that Mager was more focused during the important points. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mager managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Gianluca Mager was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (35/47) of his 1st serve and 56% (31/55) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Gianluca broke Neumayer 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gianluca has conceded 2 set in this event to win 52% of the points he played.
Mager has good record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (294-238). 2-0 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Mager has an aggregate 230-159 match record in the last years on clay.
The Italian has an overall 2-0 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger
Gianluca has never competed in this tournament before.
Joao Fonseca
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-23 | 8-3 | 14-11 | 13-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-6 | 1-1 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 727, the Brazilian reached the quarter after defeating Felix Gill 2-6 6-1 6-2 and Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Joao had a good straight sets win against Alejandro Dellien Velasco (7-5 6-4). During the match Fonseca scored 68 points vs Alejandro Dellien Velasco’s 59. The Brazilian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Fonseca blasted 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Joao Fonseca lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Fonseca put 70% of his first serves in, winning 66% (31/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the 2nd serve. The Brazilian broke Alejandro Dellien Velasco 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brazilian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Joao has a composed 2-0 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mager | Fonseca |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 45 |
| Pts | 165-153 | 154-133 |
| Total Points | 318 | 287 |
| Winners | 61 | 58 |
| %Winners | 37% | 38% |
Both Mager and Fonseca played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Gianluca Mager dropped 1 set, while Joao Fonseca surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Mager and Fonseca have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Mager played 7 games more than Fonseca. Mager scored 61 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Brazilian managed to score 58 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mager | Fonseca |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 7.5 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 76/154 | 87/132 |
| %1st in | 49% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 61/76 | 58/87 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 43/78 | 23/45 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 51% |
Mager fired 15 aces (7.5 per match). Fonseca bagged 5 aces (2.5 per match). Mager won 80% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Fonseca won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mager | Fonseca |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 10 |
| Converted | 6/11 | 10/19 |
| % Converted | 55% | 53% |
| Conceded | 15 | 10 |
| Saved | 11 | 5 |
| % Saved | 73% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
The Italian broke his opponents 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Italian lost his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Fonseca broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Joao conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mager | ||||||
| R1 Guillen |
R1 Guillen |
R2 Neumayer |
R2 Neumayer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | 3-6 7-67 6-4 | 3-6 7-67 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | 32 | 32 | 104 | |
| pts | 60-47 | 60-47 | 105-106 | 105-106 | 330-306 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | 211 | 211 | 636 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | 35 | 35 | 122 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | 33% | 33% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 20 | |
| 1st in | 29/52 | 29/52 | 47/102 | 47/102 | 152/308 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | 46% | 46% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 26/29 | 26/29 | 35/47 | 35/47 | 122/152 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | 74% | 74% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 12/23 | 31/55 | 31/55 | 86/156 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | 56% | 56% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | 3/7 | 3/7 | 12/22 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | 43% | 43% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 30 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1/2 | 10/13 | 10/13 | 22 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 77% | 77% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Fonseca | ||||||
| R1 Gill |
R2 Alejandro Dellien Velasco |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-1 6-2 | 7-5 6-4 | ||||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Tot Games | 23 | 22 | 45 | |||
| pts | 86-74 | 68-59 | 154-133 | |||
| Total points | 160 | 127 | 287 | |||
| Winners | 27 | 31 | 58 | |||
| %Winners | 31% | 46% | 38% | |||
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1st in | 40/65 | 47/67 | 87/132 | |||
| % 1st in | 62% | 70% | 66% | |||
| 1st pts | 27/40 | 31/47 | 58/87 | |||
| % 1st pts | 68% | 66% | 67% | |||
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 11/20 | 23/45 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 55% | 51% | |||
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |||
| Converted | 6/14 | 4/5 | 10/19 | |||
| Converted % | 43% | 80% | 53% | |||
| Conceded | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||
| Saved | 1/4 | 4/6 | 5 | |||
| Saved % | 25% | 67% | 23% | |||
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
Head 2 Head
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