Ezequiel Monferrer and Gonzalo Villanueva will face off in the 2^nd round of the Santa Fe Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete 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 Gonzalo Villanueva who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Gonzalo Villanueva is the pick to win this match.
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 1.13
Ezequiel Monferrer -> 5.4

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Prediction and head to head Ezequiel Monferrer vs. Gonzalo Villanueva

There is no head to head record between Ezequiel Monferrer and Gonzalo Villanueva since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Ezequiel Monferrer

Currently unranked, Monferrer got to the 2^nd round after beating Alvaro Guillen Meza 7-5 2-6 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Ezequiel defeated Guillen Meza (7-5 2-6 6-3). During the match, Monferrer scored 79 points vs Guillen Meza’s 77. Monferrer was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about the service games, Monferrer scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 4 double faults. Ezequiel Monferrer lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Monferrer put 67% of his first serves in, winning 69% (34/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the 2nd serve. Ezequiel broke Guillen Meza 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Monferrer has a winning match record in the last 5 years having won 54% of his matches (34-29). 11-11 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Monferrer has an aggregate32-28 record in the last 5 years on clay.

Ezequiel has an overall 13-12 win-loss record in 2024, 11-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Santa Fe Challenger

Gonzalo Villanueva

Ranked no. 420, Gonzalo reached the 2^nd round after defeating Juan Estevez 6-1 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Villanueva had a good straight sets win against Estevez (6-1 6-3). During the match Villanueva scored 62 points vs Estevez’s 45. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.

About the serving games, Villanueva scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Gonzalo Villanueva lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Villanueva put 69% of his first serves in, winning 56% (20/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the 2nd serve. Gonzalo broke Estevez 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).

Villanueva’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Punta del Este.

Gonzalo has a composed 22-15 win-loss record in 2024, 22-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Monferrer	Villanueva
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	29	16
Pts	79-77	62-45
Total Points	156	107
Winners	34	20
%Winners	43%	32%

Both Monferrer and Villanueva played 1 match. At the moment, Ezequiel Monferrer surrendered 1 set while Gonzalo Villanueva hasn’t conceded a set so far. Monferrer has played 1 set more than Villanueva (3 vs 2). Therefore, Monferrer played 13 games more than Villanueva. The Argentine scored 34 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Gonzalo recorded 20 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Monferrer	Villanueva
Aces	1	1
Avg per match	1	1
1st in	49/73	36/52
%1st in	67%	69%
1st pts	34/49	20/36
%1st pts	69%	56%
2nd pts	13/24	10/16
%2nd pts	54%	63%

Monferrer recorded 1 ace . Villanueva also fired 1 ace . Monferrer won 69% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Villanueva won 56% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Monferrer	Villanueva
Won	4	6
Converted	4/8	6/13
% Converted	50%	46%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	0	1
% Saved	0%	33%
Times Broken	3	2

Ezequiel broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Monferrer surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Gonzalo broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Gonzalo conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Monferrer
	R1 Guillen	Total
Score	7-5 2-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	79-77	79-77
Total points	156	156
Winners	34	34
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	49/73	49/73
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	34/49	34/49
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	13/24	13/24
% 2nd pts	54%	54%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/8
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	0/3	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	3	3

Villanueva
	R1 Estevez	Total
Score	6-1 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	62-45	62-45
Total points	107	107
Winners	20	20
%Winners	32%	32%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	36/52	36/52
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	20/36	20/36
% 1st pts	56%	56%
2nd pts	10/16	10/16
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/13	6/13
Converted %	46%	46%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1/3	1
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Santa Fe Challenger

• Lautaro MidonMidon – Nicolas ZanellatoZanellato (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Hugo DellienDellien (5-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ulises BlanchBlanch – Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Andrea CollariniCollarini – Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

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