Gianluca Mager and Valerio Aboian will square off in the 2nd round of the Santiago Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am 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 Gianluca Mager who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gianluca Mager is the pick to win this match.
Gianluca Mager -> 1.31
Valerio Aboian -> 3.25
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Prediction and head to head Gianluca Mager vs. Valerio Aboian
There is no head to head record between Gianluca Mager and Valerio Aboian since this will be the first time that they will fight against 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. 255, the Italian got to the 2nd round after beating Roman Andres Burruchaga 3-6 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round against Andres Burruchaga, Gianluca recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-3). During the match, Mager scored 96 points vs Andres Burruchaga’s 88. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mager fired 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Gianluca Mager lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Mager put 56% of his first serves in, winning 64% (28/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (20/34) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Andres Burruchaga 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).
Mager has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (305-242). 13-4 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mager has an aggregate 241-163 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Punta Del Este Challenger where he defeated Thiago Agustin Tirante in the final 6-7(5) 6-2 6-0.
Gianluca has an aggregate 13-4 win-loss record in 2024, 13-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santiago Challenger
Mager has never competed in this tournament before.
Valerio Aboian
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-35 | 0-2 | 37-33 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-33 | 0-0 | 54-33 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-22 | 0-0 | 48-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-19 | 0-0 | 42-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 478, the Argentine reached the 2nd round after defeating Jan Henrik Paul 6-1 6-1, Blaise Bicknell 6-0 6-2 and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Valerio had a good straight sets win against Pucinelli De Almeida (6-4 6-4). During the match Aboian scored 67 points vs Pucinelli De Almeida’s 63. Valerio was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Aboian blasted 2 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Valerio Aboian lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Aboian put 72% of his first serves in, winning 63% (30/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the 2nd serve. Valerio broke Pucinelli De Almeida 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
The Argentine has a compiled 9-5 win-loss record in 2024, 9-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mager | Aboian |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 48 |
| Pts | 96-88 | 183-128 |
| Total Points | 184 | 311 |
| Winners | 28 | 73 |
| %Winners | 29% | 40% |
Mager played 1 match while Aboian competed in 3 matches. Aboian started his run from the qualifications while Mager had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Gianluca Mager dropped 1 set while Valerio Aboian hasn’t dropped a set so far. Mager has played 3 set(s) less than Aboian (3 vs 6). Therefore, Mager played 21 games less than Aboian. Mager scored 28 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Aboian blasted 73 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mager | Aboian |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 2 |
| 1st in | 44/78 | 110/157 |
| %1st in | 56% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 28/44 | 73/110 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 20/34 | 30/47 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 64% |
Mager struck 6 aces . Aboian scored 6 aces (2 per match). Mager won 64% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Aboian won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mager | Aboian |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 14 |
| Converted | 5/16 | 14/22 |
| % Converted | 31% | 64% |
| Conceded | 7 | 10 |
| Saved | 4 | 8 |
| % Saved | 57% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Gianluca broke his opponent 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. Gianluca dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Valerio broke his opponents 14 times with a 64% conversion rate. Aboian conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mager | |||
| R1 Andres |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 96-88 | 96-88 | |
| Total points | 184 | 184 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 44/78 | 44/78 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 28/44 | 28/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/34 | 20/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/16 | 5/16 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Aboian | |||||
| Q1 Henrik |
Q3 Bicknell |
R1 Pucinelli De Almeida |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 6-0 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | 20 | 48 | |
| pts | 57-33 | 59-32 | 67-63 | 183-128 | |
| Total points | 90 | 91 | 130 | 311 | |
| Winners | 18 | 25 | 30 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 42% | 45% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 30/44 | 32/46 | 48/67 | 110/157 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 70% | 72% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 18/30 | 25/32 | 30/48 | 73/110 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 78% | 63% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 8/14 | 12/19 | 30/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 57% | 63% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 5/9 | 3/4 | 14/22 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 56% | 75% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 2/2 | 2/3 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 100% | 67% | 247% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
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