Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida and Pedro Sakamoto will play each other in the 2nd round of the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on CANCHA 9. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida is the pick to win this match.
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida -> 1.3
Pedro Sakamoto -> 3.32
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Prediction and head to head Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida vs. Pedro Sakamoto
This will be the 3rd time that Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida and Pedro Sakamoto play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Sakamoto (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Sakamoto won 6-2 2-6 6-2 in the qualifications in the Montevideo Challenger back in 2023.
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 24-21 | 0-0 | 24-21 | 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. 304, Pucinelli De Almeida reached the 2nd round after beating Andrea Collarini 6-1 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Brazilian had a good straight sets win against Collarini (6-1 6-1). During the match, Pucinelli De Almeida scored 67 points vs Collarini’s 44. The Brazilian was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pucinelli De Almeida scored just 1 ace in the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 9 break points. Furthermore, Pucinelli De Almeida put 60% of his first serves in, winning 68% (26/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the 2nd serve. Matheus broke Collarini 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Pucinelli De Almeida has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (172-117). 6-3 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Pucinelli De Almeida has an overall150-98 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Pucinelli De Almeida’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Piracicaba Challenger.
Matheus has a composed 6-3 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger
Pedro Sakamoto
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 30-23 | 6-1 | 24-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 39-24 | 4-2 | 35-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 21-24 | 2-3 | 19-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 18-14 | 2-2 | 14-10 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 336, the Brazilian reached the 2nd round after beating Marco Cecchinato 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Pedro had a good straight sets win against Cecchinato (6-4 6-4). During the match Sakamoto scored 78 points vs Cecchinato’s 75. Pedro was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Sakamoto scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Pedro Sakamoto conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Sakamoto put 69% of his first serves in, winning 68% (34/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the 2nd serve. Sakamoto broke Cecchinato twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
The Brazilian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Tucuman.
The Brazilian has a compiled 8-4 win-loss record in 2024, 8-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 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 | Pucinelli De Almeida | Sakamoto |
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Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
Tot Games | 14 | 20 |
Pts | 67-44 | 78-75 |
Total Points | 111 | 153 |
Winners | 26 | 34 |
%Winners | 39% | 44% |
Both Pucinelli De Almeida and Sakamoto played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Pucinelli De Almeida and Sakamoto have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Pucinelli De Almeida played 6 games less than Sakamoto. Matheus scored 26 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Brazilian made 34 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Pucinelli De Almeida | Sakamoto |
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Aces | 1 | 1 |
Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
1st in | 38/63 | 50/72 |
%1st in | 60% | 69% |
1st pts | 26/38 | 34/50 |
%1st pts | 68% | 68% |
2nd pts | 14/25 | 12/22 |
%2nd pts | 56% | 55% |
Pucinelli De Almeida struck 1 ace . Sakamoto also managed to score 1 ace . Pucinelli De Almeida won 68% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Sakamoto won 68% of the points behind 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 | Pucinelli De Almeida | Sakamoto |
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Won | 5 | 2 |
Converted | 5/7 | 2/9 |
% Converted | 71% | 22% |
Conceded | 9 | 2 |
Saved | 9 | 2 |
% Saved | 100% | 100% |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Pucinelli De Almeida broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Matheus quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 9 break points. Pedro broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. Sakamoto was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
Pucinelli De Almeida | |||
R1 Collarini |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
pts | 67-44 | 67-44 | |
Total points | 111 | 111 | |
Winners | 26 | 26 | |
%Winners | 39% | 39% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 1 | 1 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 38/63 | 38/63 | |
% 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
1st pts | 26/38 | 26/38 | |
% 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
2nd pts | 14/25 | 14/25 | |
% 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 5 | 5 | |
Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
Saved | 9/9 | 9 | |
Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Sakamoto | |||
R1 Cecchinato |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
pts | 78-75 | 78-75 | |
Total points | 153 | 153 | |
Winners | 34 | 34 | |
%Winners | 44% | 44% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 1 | 1 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
1st in | 50/72 | 50/72 | |
% 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
1st pts | 34/50 | 34/50 | |
% 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
2nd pts | 12/22 | 12/22 | |
% 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 2 | 2 | |
Converted | 2/9 | 2/9 | |
Converted % | 22% | 22% | |
Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Santa Cruz De La Sierra Challenger
- Gabi Adrian BoitanAdrian Boitan – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Gianluca MagerMager – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Mariano KestelboimKestelboim (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Liam DraxlDraxl – Blaise BicknellBicknell (3-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Goncalo OliveiraOliveira – Alexander WeisWeis (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Philip SekulicSekulic (6-75 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Hugo DellienDellien (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Valerio AboianAboian – Paul JubbJubb (6-3 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Andrea CollariniCollarini (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Edoardo LavagnoLavagno (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo (7-610 5-7 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Mariano KestelboimKestelboim (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Gianluca MagerMager – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Liam DraxlDraxl – Blaise BicknellBicknell (3-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Hugo DellienDellien (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Gabi Adrian BoitanAdrian Boitan – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Philip SekulicSekulic (6-7(5) 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Francisco ComesanaComesana (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Goncalo OliveiraOliveira – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Gabi Adrian BoitanAdrian Boitan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam DraxlDraxl – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (0-2) – H2H and prediction