Gonzalo Villanueva and Tomas Farjat will clash against each other in the quarter of the Santa Fe Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am 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 -> 1.38
Tomas Farjat -> 2.83
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Prediction and head to head Gonzalo Villanueva vs. Tomas Farjat
This will be the 2nd time that Gonzalo Villanueva and Tomas Farjat play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Farjat (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Farjat won 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in the Temuco Challenger back in 2022.
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. 420, the Argentine reached the quarter after beating Juan Estevez 6-1 6-3 and Ezequiel Monferrer 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Villanueva had a good straight sets win against Monferrer (6-4 6-4). During the match, Villanueva scored 58 points vs Monferrer’s 51. Villanueva was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Villanueva was unable to score even 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Gonzalo Villanueva was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (25/35) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Argentine broke Monferrer 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gonzalo hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Villanueva has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (346-252). 23-15 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Villanueva has an aggregate 332-228 match record in the last years on clay.
The Argentine’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Punta del Este.
Villanueva has a compiled 23-15 win-loss record in 2024, 23-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santa Fe Challenger
Gonzalo has never competed in this tournament before.
Tomas Farjat
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-28 | 2-2 | 32-25 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-29 | 0-0 | 31-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-20 | 5-3 | 21-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-16 | 22-11 | 17-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 602, Farjat got to the quarter after defeating Valentin Basel 6-2 6-2, Franco Ribero 6-2 6-3, Valerio Aboian 6-2 6-3 and Diego Barreto Sanchez 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Tomas had a good straight sets win against Barreto Sanchez (6-4 6-3). During the match Farjat scored 72 points vs Barreto Sanchez’s 60. Farjat was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Farjat made 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Tomas Farjat lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Farjat put 57% of his first serves in, winning 74% (34/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (17/35) on the 2nd serve. Tomas broke Barreto Sanchez 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Farjat started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Farjat’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Bragado and M25 Trelew.
Tomas has an aggregate 15-11 win-loss record in 2024, 12-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santa Fe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Villanueva | Farjat |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 69 |
| Pts | 120-96 | 265-196 |
| Total Points | 216 | 461 |
| Winners | 45 | 105 |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% |
Villanueva played 2 matches while Farjat competed in 4 matches. Farjat started his run from the qualifications while Villanueva had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Villanueva has played 4 set(s) less than Farjat (4 vs 8). Therefore, Villanueva played 33 games less than Farjat. The Argentine scored 45 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine blasted 105 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Villanueva | Farjat |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 0.5 | 3.8 |
| 1st in | 71/107 | 139/236 |
| %1st in | 66% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 45/71 | 105/139 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 23/36 | 53/97 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 55% |
Villanueva managed to score 1 ace (0.5 per match). Farjat also made 15 aces (3.8 per match). Villanueva won 63% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Farjat won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Villanueva | Farjat |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 16 |
| Converted | 9/18 | 16/33 |
| % Converted | 50% | 48% |
| Conceded | 5 | 13 |
| Saved | 2 | 9 |
| % Saved | 40% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Villanueva broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Tomas broke his opponents 16 times with a 48% conversion rate. Tomas conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Villanueva | ||||
| R1 Estevez |
R2 Monferrer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 | 36 | |
| pts | 62-45 | 58-51 | 120-96 | |
| Total points | 107 | 109 | 216 | |
| Winners | 20 | 25 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 43% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 36/52 | 35/55 | 71/107 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 64% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 20/36 | 25/35 | 45/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 71% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 13/20 | 23/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 65% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 3/5 | 9/18 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 60% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 50% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Farjat | ||||||
| Q1 Basel |
Q3 Ribero |
R1 Aboian |
R2 Barreto |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 6-3 | 6-2 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 69 | |
| pts | 71-52 | 68-51 | 54-33 | 72-60 | 265-196 | |
| Total points | 123 | 119 | 87 | 132 | 461 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | 23 | 34 | 105 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 35% | 43% | 47% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 33/56 | 31/54 | 29/45 | 46/81 | 139/236 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 57% | 64% | 57% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 24/31 | 23/29 | 34/46 | 105/139 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 77% | 79% | 74% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 13/23 | 11/16 | 17/35 | 53/97 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 57% | 69% | 49% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 4/10 | 4/6 | 3/4 | 16/33 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 40% | 67% | 75% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 4/5 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 50% | 50% | 80% | 128% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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