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.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gonzalo Villanueva who should win in 3 sets.
As 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
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-34 | 2-2 | 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.
Mariano Kestelboim
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-20 | 2-1 | 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).
H2H Performance in the tournament
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
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