H2H, prediction of Gonzalo Villanueva vs Mariano Kestelboim in San Miguel De Tucuman Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 18th April 2024

PREVIEW. San Miguel De Tucuman Challenger. Villanueva and Kestelboim will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the San Miguel de Tucuman Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Thursday the 18th of April

Prediction and head to head Gonzalo Villanueva vs. Mariano Kestelboim

Gonzalo Villanueva and Mariano Kestelboim will square off in the 2nd round of the San Miguel de Tucuman Challenger for the 9th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on CANCHA 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gonzalo Villanueva who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Gonzalo Villanueva is the pick to win this match.
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 1.7
Mariano Kestelboim -> 2.07

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Prediction and head to head Gonzalo Villanueva vs. Mariano Kestelboim

This will be the 9th time that Gonzalo Villanueva and Mariano Kestelboim face off. The head to head is 5-3 for Kestelboim (see full H2H stats), 5-3 on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Villanueva won 6-2 7-5 in the qualifications in the Piracicaba Challenger back in January 2024.

Gonzalo Villanueva

Gonzalo Villanueva
Gonzalo Villanueva

18 - 11win/loss

Clay
18-11
Rank
390
High
268
LWWLWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 43-33 2-1 41-32 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 44-40 5-4 39-36 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 32-33 1-5 31-28 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 28-29 5-10 23-19 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 6-6 0-0 6-6 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 430, the Argentine got to the 2nd round after defeating Alejo Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen 7-61 6-3.

In the 1st round, Gonzalo had a good straight sets win against Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen (7-61 6-3). During the match, Villanueva scored 81 points vs Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen’s 66. Gonzalo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Villanueva wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Gonzalo Villanueva lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Villanueva put 61% of his first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the 2nd serve. Gonzalo broke Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Villanueva has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (340-248). 17-11 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Villanueva has a composed 326-224 record in the last years on clay.

Villanueva’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Punta del Este.

Villanueva has a composed 17-11 win-loss record in 2024, 17-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the San Miguel de Tucuman Challenger

The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.

Villanueva
San Miguel de Tucuman Challenger
Villanueva's Record

Mariano Kestelboim

Mariano Kestelboim
Mariano Kestelboim

12 - 5win/loss

Clay
12-5
Rank
492
High
387
LWLLWWWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 30-19 0-0 30-19 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 20-11 2-1 18-10 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 15-14 0-0 15-14 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 22-23 1-4 21-19 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 14-10 2-2 12-8 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 585, Mariano got to the 2nd round after defeating Ignacio Carou 6-3 6-1.

In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Carou (6-3 6-1). During the match Kestelboim scored 64 points vs Carou’s 41. Kestelboim was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.

About the serving games, Kestelboim scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Mariano Kestelboim lost the serve once. Furthermore, Kestelboim put 66% of his first serves in, winning 81% (25/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (7/16) on the 2nd serve. Mariano broke Carou 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Mariano’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Villa Maria.

The Argentine has a compiled 12-4 win-loss record in 2024, 12-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Kestelboim
San Miguel de Tucuman Challenger
Kestelboim's Record
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Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

G.Villanueva
M.Kestelboim
1h:52
1h:52
Time on court​
1h:30
1h:30
1h:52
1h:52
Last match​
1h:30
1h:30
1
1
Match played
1
1
22
22
Games Played​
16
16
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
81
81
Total points​
64
64
81
81
Avg point​
64
64
30
30
Winners
25
25
30
30
Avg Winners​
25
25
37%
37%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
1
1
0
0
Avg Aces
1
1
2
2
Double Faults
3
3
2
2
Avg Double Faults
3
3
30/43
30/43
1st won total​
25/31
25/31
70%
70%
1st won %
!
81%
81%
16/28
16/28
2nd won total​
7/16
7/16
57%
57%
2nd won %
44%
44%
-- Break Points --
3/7
3/7
BP won
5/8
5/8
3/7
3/7
Avg BP won
5/8
5/8
43%
43%
Won
!
63%
63%
6
6
Conceded
1
1
6
6
Avg Conceded
1
1
2
2
Broken
1
1
2
2
Avg Broken
1
1
4
4
Saved
0
0

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Villanueva Kestelboim
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 16
Pts 81-66 64-41
Total Points 147 105
Winners 30 25
%Winners 37% 39%

Both Villanueva and Kestelboim played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Villanueva and Kestelboim have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Villanueva played 6 games more than Kestelboim. Gonzalo scored 30 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Mariano blasted 25 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Villanueva Kestelboim
Aces 0 1
Avg per match 0 1
1st in 43/71 31/47
%1st in 61% 66%
1st pts 30/43 25/31
%1st pts 70% 81%
2nd pts 16/28 7/16
%2nd pts 57% 44%

Villanueva didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kestelboim struck 1 ace . Villanueva won 70% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Kestelboim won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Villanueva Kestelboim
Won 3 5
Converted 3/7 5/8
% Converted 43% 63%
Conceded 6 1
Saved 4 0
% Saved 67% 0%
Times Broken 2 1

Gonzalo broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Kestelboim conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Villanueva
R1
Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen
Total
Score 7-61 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 81-66 81-66
Total points 147 147
Winners 30 30
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 43/71 43/71
% 1st in 61% 61%
1st pts 30/43 30/43
% 1st pts 70% 70%
2nd pts 16/28 16/28
% 2nd pts 57% 57%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/7 3/7
Converted % 43% 43%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 4/6 4
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 2 2
Kestelboim
R1
Carou
Total
Score 6-3 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 64-41 64-41
Total points 105 105
Winners 25 25
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 31/47 31/47
% 1st in 66% 66%
1st pts 25/31 25/31
% 1st pts 81% 81%
2nd pts 7/16 7/16
% 2nd pts 44% 44%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/8 5/8
Converted % 63% 63%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 0/1 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 1 1

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Villanueva
LWWLWWLWWW
Kestelboim
LWLLWWWLLL
2024 2023 2022
43 - 33
30 - 19
2-1
Hard
0-0
41-32
Clay
30-19

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