Hernan Casanova and Jose Pereira will square off in the 2nd round of the Concepcion Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hernan Casanova who should win in 2 sets.
Hernan Casanova -> 1.25
Jose Pereira -> 3.68
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Prediction and head to head Hernan Casanova vs. Jose Pereira
This will be the 2nd time that Hernan Casanova and Jose Pereira play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Casanova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Casanova won 7-5 6-2 in the quarter in Argentina F8.
Hernan Casanova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-24 | 0-0 | 32-23 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-27 | 0-2 | 29-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-22 | 0-0 | 43-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-32 | 3-3 | 42-28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 336, the Argentine reached the 2nd round after defeating Matias Soto 6-3 6-0.
In the 1st round, Casanova had a good straight sets win against Soto (6-3 6-0). During the match, Casanova scored 60 points vs Soto’s 34. Casanova was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Casanova couldn’t to score even 1 ace and he committed only 2 double faults. Hernan Casanova lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Casanova put 75% of his first serves in, winning 68% (27/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (6/13) on the 2nd serve. Hernan broke Soto 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Casanova has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (337-191). 19-12 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Casanova has an overall334-184 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Argentine’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the San Miguel de Tucuman Challenger.
Hernan has an aggregate 19-12 win-loss record in 2024, 19-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Concepcion Challenger
Jose Pereira
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-28 | 7-3 | 22-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-19 | 0-0 | 18-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-21 | 3-2 | 36-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-24 | 7-8 | 30-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-7 | 10-5 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 633, Jose reached the 2nd round after defeating Matt Kuhar 6-1 6-4, Jacob Brumm 6-0 6-3 and Ignacio Antonio Becerra Otarola 6-2 6-0.
In the 1st round, Pereira had a good straight sets win against Antonio Becerra Otarola (6-2 6-0). During the match Pereira scored 60 points vs Antonio Becerra Otarola’s 30. The Brazilian was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Pereira made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Jose Pereira was quite efficient on serve to win 72% (26/36) of his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brazilian broke Antonio Becerra Otarola 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
The Brazilian has an overall 8-9 win-loss record in 2024, 7-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Concepcion Challenger
Jose has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Casanova | Pereira |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 46 |
| Pts | 60-34 | 185-118 |
| Total Points | 94 | 303 |
| Winners | 27 | 73 |
| %Winners | 45% | 39% |
Casanova played 1 match while Pereira competed in 3 matches. Pereira started his run from the qualifications while Casanova had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Casanova has played 4 set(s) less than Pereira (2 vs 6). Therefore, Casanova played 31 games less than Pereira. Casanova scored 27 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Jose struck 73 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Casanova | Pereira |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 40/53 | 105/160 |
| %1st in | 75% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 27/40 | 73/105 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 6/13 | 31/55 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 56% |
Casanova didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Pereira blasted 5 aces (1.7 per match). Casanova won 68% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Pereira won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Casanova | Pereira |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 15 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 15/23 |
| % Converted | 50% | 65% |
| Conceded | 8 | 12 |
| Saved | 6 | 9 |
| % Saved | 75% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Hernan broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Hernan lost his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Pereira broke his opponents 15 times with a 65% conversion rate. Pereira conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Casanova | |||
| R1 Soto | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 60-34 | 60-34 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 40/53 | 40/53 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 27/40 | 27/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Pereira | |||||
| Q1 Kuhar | Q3 Brumm | R1 Antonio Becerra Otarola | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-0 6-3 | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 15 | 14 | 46 | |
| pts | 61-43 | 64-45 | 60-30 | 185-118 | |
| Total points | 104 | 109 | 90 | 303 | |
| Winners | 16 | 31 | 26 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 48% | 43% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 27/50 | 42/60 | 36/50 | 105/160 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 70% | 72% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 16/27 | 31/42 | 26/36 | 73/105 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 74% | 72% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 8/18 | 9/14 | 31/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 44% | 64% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 4/9 | 5/6 | 15/23 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 44% | 83% | 65% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 100% | 100% | 225% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Tennis Scores in Concepcion Challenger
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- Gonzalo BuenoBueno – Franco RiberoRibero (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo – Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli (6-1 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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