Pedro Sakamoto and Gonzalo Villanueva will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Santos Challenger for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 5:00 pm on QUADRA CENTRAL. 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 Pedro Sakamoto who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Pedro Sakamoto is the pick to win this match.
Pedro Sakamoto -> 1.55
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 2.35

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Prediction and head to head Pedro Sakamoto vs. Gonzalo Villanueva

This will be the 5^th time that Pedro Sakamoto and Gonzalo Villanueva play each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Sakamoto and Villanueva (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Villanueva won 1-6 3-2 ret. in the qualifications in the Campinas Challenger back in 2022.

Pedro Sakamoto

Ranked no. 300, Sakamoto reached the 2^nd round after beating Luis Queiroz Miguel 6-4 6-1.

In the 1^st round, The Brazilian had a good straight sets win against Queiroz Miguel (6-4 6-1). During the match, Sakamoto scored 55 points vs Queiroz Miguel’s 34. The Brazilian was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sakamoto couldn’t to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Pedro Sakamoto was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (22/27) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brazilian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Queiroz Miguel 4 times.

Sakamoto has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (299-212). 12-10 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sakamoto has an aggregate 282-193 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

The Brazilian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Tucuman.

Pedro has a composed 13-11 win-loss record in 2024, 12-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Santos Challenger

Gonzalo Villanueva

Ranked no. 427, Villanueva reached the 2^nd round after defeating Wilson Leite 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Gonzalo had a good straight sets win against Leite (6-4 6-2). During the match Villanueva scored 64 points vs Leite’s 48. Gonzalo was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about serving, Villanueva wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Gonzalo Villanueva lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Villanueva put 63% of his first serves in, winning 63% (22/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Gonzalo broke Leite 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

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

The Argentine has an aggregate 20-14 win-loss record in 2024, 20-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sakamoto	Villanueva
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	18
Pts	55-34	64-48
Total Points	89	112
Winners	22	22
%Winners	40%	34%

Both Sakamoto and Villanueva played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sakamoto and Villanueva have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sakamoto played 1 game less than Villanueva. Sakamoto scored 22 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine bagged 22 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sakamoto	Villanueva
Aces	0	0
Avg per match	0	0
1st in	27/43	35/56
%1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	22/27	22/35
%1st pts	81%	63%
2nd pts	11/16	10/21
%2nd pts	69%	48%

Sakamoto didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Villanueva also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sakamoto won 81% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Villanueva won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Sakamoto	Villanueva
Won	4	6
Converted	4/4	6/11
% Converted	100%	55%
Conceded	2	8
Saved	2	5
% Saved	100%	63%
Times Broken	0	3

Sakamoto broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Brazilian had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. Gonzalo broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Villanueva conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Sakamoto
	R1 Queiroz	Total
Score	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	55-34	55-34
Total points	89	89
Winners	22	22
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	27/43	27/43
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	22/27	22/27
% 1st pts	81%	81%
2nd pts	11/16	11/16
% 2nd pts	69%	69%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/4	4/4
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Villanueva
	R1 Leite	Total
Score	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	64-48	64-48
Total points	112	112
Winners	22	22
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	35/56	35/56
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	22/35	22/35
% 1st pts	63%	63%
2nd pts	10/21	10/21
% 2nd pts	48%	48%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/11	6/11
Converted %	55%	55%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	5/8	5
Saved %	63%	63%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Santos Challenger

• Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Luis Queiroz MiguelQueiroz Miguel (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Valerio AboianAboian (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Renzo OlivoOlivo – Ignacio CarouCarou (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Leonardo AboianAboian – Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis (6-3 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Alejo Lorenzo Lingua LavallenLorenzo Lingua Lavallen – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo – Karue SellSell (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli – Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi (2-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Hady HabibHabib – Igor GimenezGimenez (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Ergi KirkinKirkin – Jose PereiraPereira (5-7 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres – Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Aziz OuakaaOuakaa (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara – Facundo MenaMena (6-3 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo (6-0 7-5) – See score progression
• Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna – Nicolas ZanellatoZanellato (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Wilson LeiteLeite (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Ergi KirkinKirkin – Jose PereiraPereira (5-7 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Alejo Lorenzo Lingua LavallenLorenzo Lingua Lavallen – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hady HabibHabib – Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Leonardo AboianAboian – Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alejo Lorenzo Lingua LavallenLorenzo Lingua Lavallen – Renzo OlivoOlivo (0-0) – H2H and prediction