Gonzalo Bueno and Nicolas Zanellato will face off in the 2nd round of the Porto Alegre Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on QUADRA 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gonzalo Bueno who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Gonzalo Bueno is the pick to win this match.
Gonzalo Bueno -> 1.33
Nicolas Zanellato -> 3.14

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Prediction and head to head Gonzalo Bueno vs. Nicolas Zanellato

This will be the 3rd time that Gonzalo Bueno and Nicolas Zanellato fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Bueno and Zanellato (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Bueno won 5-7 6-3 6-0 in the 1st round in the Concepcion Challenger back in April 2024.

Gonzalo Bueno

Gonzalo Bueno

19 - 9win/loss

Clay
19-9
Rank
237
High
235
LLWWWLLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 35-30 0-1 35-28 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 40-28 2-1 38-27 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 20-14 0-0 20-14 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 3-5 0-0 3-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 1-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 361, the Peruvian got to the 2nd round after beating Alvaro Guillen Meza 7-65 3-6 6-1.

In the 1st round, Gonzalo defeated Guillen Meza (7-65 3-6 6-1). During the match, Bueno scored 113 points vs Guillen Meza’s 111. The Peruvian was pretty aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Talking about the service games, Bueno scored just 1 ace and he committed only 5 double faults. Gonzalo Bueno lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Bueno put 74% of his first serves in, winning 63% (51/81) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (11/29) on the 2nd serve. Gonzalo broke Guillen Meza 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Bueno has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 59% of his matches (82-58). 18-9 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bueno has an overall80-57 match record in the last 5 years on clay.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Buenos Aires Challenger where he beat Dmitry Popko in the final 6-4 2-6 7-6(4) and the Concepcion Challenger where he overcame Juan Pablo Ficovich in the final 6-4 6-0.

Bueno has a compiled 18-9 win-loss record in 2024, 18-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Porto Alegre Challenger

The Peruvian has never competed in this tournament before.

Porto Alegre Challenger
Bueno's Record

Nicolas Zanellato

Nicolas Zanellato

9 - 11win/loss

Clay
9-11
Rank
711
High
458
LLWLWWLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 14-20 0-0 14-20 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 46-29 0-0 46-29 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 43-26 5-6 38-20 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 15-14 1-3 14-11 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 458 (career-high), the Brazilian reached the 2nd round after defeating Stefanos Sakellaridis 6-3 6-76 7-65.

In the 1st round, Zanellato defeated Sakellaridis (6-3 6-76 7-65). During the match Zanellato scored 124 points vs Sakellaridis’s 116. Zanellato was quite aggressive to blast 65 winners.

About the serving games, Zanellato wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Nicolas Zanellato lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Zanellato put 77% of his first serves in, winning 71% (65/92) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. The Brazilian broke Sakellaridis 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Zanellato has an overall 9-10 win-loss record in 2024, 9-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Porto Alegre Challenger
Zanellato's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

G.Bueno
N.Zanellato
3h:06
3h:06
Time on court​
2h:54
2h:54
!
3h:06
3h:06
Last match​
!
2h:54
2h:54
1
1
Match played
1
1
29
29
Games Played​
35
35
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
113
113
Total points​
124
124
113
113
Avg point​
124
124
51
51
Winners
65
65
51
51
Avg Winners​
65
65
45%
45%
Ratio winners
52%
52%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
0
0
1
1
Avg Aces
0
0
5
5
Double Faults
2
2
5
5
Avg Double Faults
2
2
51/81
51/81
1st won total​
65/92
65/92
63%
63%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
11/29
11/29
2nd won total​
12/28
12/28
!
38%
38%
2nd won %
43%
43%
-- Break Points --
5/12
5/12
BP won
3/8
3/8
5/12
5/12
Avg BP won
3/8
3/8
42%
42%
Won
38%
38%
12
12
Conceded
11
11
12
12
Avg Conceded
11
11
4
4
Broken
2
2
4
4
Avg Broken
2
2
8
8
Saved
9
9

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Bueno Zanellato
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 29 35
Pts 113-111 124-116
Total Points 224 240
Winners 51 65
%Winners 45% 52%

Both Bueno and Zanellato played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Gonzalo Bueno surrendered 1 set, while Nicolas Zanellato lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Bueno and Zanellato have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Bueno played 6 games less than Zanellato. Bueno scored 51 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Brazilian scored 65 winners (52%).

Serve Performance

Serve Bueno Zanellato
Aces 1 0
Avg per match 1 0
1st in 81/110 92/120
%1st in 74% 77%
1st pts 51/81 65/92
%1st pts 63% 71%
2nd pts 11/29 12/28
%2nd pts 38% 43%

Bueno bagged 1 ace . Zanellato didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Bueno won 63% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Zanellato won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Bueno Zanellato
Won 5 3
Converted 5/12 3/8
% Converted 42% 38%
Conceded 12 11
Saved 8 9
% Saved 67% 82%
Times Broken 4 2

The Peruvian broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Peruvian surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Zanellato broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Brazilian conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.

Bueno
R1
Guillen
Total
Score 7-65 3-6 6-1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 29 29
pts 113-111 113-111
Total points 224 224
Winners 51 51
%Winners 45% 45%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 81/110 81/110
% 1st in 74% 74%
1st pts 51/81 51/81
% 1st pts 63% 63%
2nd pts 11/29 11/29
% 2nd pts 38% 38%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/12 5/12
Converted % 42% 42%
Conceded 12 12
Saved 8/12 8
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 4 4
Zanellato
R1
Sakellaridis
Total
Score 6-3 6-76 7-65
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 35 35
pts 124-116 124-116
Total points 240 240
Winners 65 65
%Winners 52% 52%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 92/120 92/120
% 1st in 77% 77%
1st pts 65/92 65/92
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 12/28 12/28
% 2nd pts 43% 43%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/8 3/8
Converted % 38% 38%
Conceded 11 11
Saved 9/11 9
Saved % 82% 82%
Times Broken 2 2

Tennis Scores in Porto Alegre Challenger

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