Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida and Garrett Johns will square off in the 2nd round of the Lima 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CANCHA 9. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida is the pick to win this match.
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida -> 1.32
Garrett Johns -> 3.2
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Prediction and head to head Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida vs. Garrett Johns
There is no head to head record between Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida and Garrett Johns since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-27 | 0-1 | 38-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-25 | 1-3 | 19-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-29 | 1-3 | 27-24 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 72-29 | 0-0 | 72-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-9 | 13-7 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 353, the Brazilian got to the 2nd round after defeating Alvaro Guillen Meza 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Pucinelli De Almeida had a good straight sets win against Guillen Meza (6-3 6-4). During the match, Pucinelli De Almeida scored 58 points vs Guillen Meza’s 41. Matheus was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Pucinelli De Almeida scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida was pretty effective on serve to win 84% (36/43) of his 1st serve and 71% (5/7) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Pucinelli De Almeida was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Guillen Meza twice.
Pucinelli De Almeida has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (179-123). 13-9 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Pucinelli De Almeida has an overall157-104 record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Brazilian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Piracicaba Challenger.
Matheus has a compiled 13-9 win-loss record in 2024, 13-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lima 1 Challenger
Garrett Johns
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-21 | 12-10 | 13-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-16 | 29-11 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 19-8 | 13-4 | 6-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-9 | 9-6 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 452, Johns got to the 2nd round after beating Luis Jose Nakamine 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Jose Nakamine (6-2 6-2). During the match Johns scored 57 points vs Jose Nakamine’s 39. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Talking about serving, Johns fired 3 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Garrett Johns lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Johns put 57% of his first serves in, winning 50% (15/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the 2nd serve. Garrett was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Jose Nakamine 6 times.
The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Vero Beach.
The American has an aggregate 7-3 win-loss record in 2024, 6-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pucinelli De Almeida | Johns |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 16 |
| Pts | 58-41 | 57-39 |
| Total Points | 99 | 96 |
| Winners | 36 | 15 |
| %Winners | 62% | 26% |
Both Pucinelli De Almeida and Johns played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Pucinelli De Almeida and Johns have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Pucinelli De Almeida played 3 games more than Johns. The Brazilian scored 36 winners (62% of the total points). On the other side, The American bagged 15 winners (26%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pucinelli De Almeida | Johns |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
| 1st in | 43/50 | 30/53 |
| %1st in | 86% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 36/43 | 15/30 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 50% |
| 2nd pts | 5/7 | 16/23 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 70% |
Pucinelli De Almeida blasted 1 ace . Johns also managed to score 3 aces . Pucinelli De Almeida won 84% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Johns won 50% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pucinelli De Almeida | Johns |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 6 |
| Converted | 2/2 | 6/6 |
| % Converted | 100% | 100% |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Pucinelli De Almeida broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. Pucinelli De Almeida was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. Johns broke his opponent 6 times with a 100% conversion rate. Garrett conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pucinelli De Almeida | |||
| R1 Guillen Meza |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 58-41 | 58-41 | |
| Total points | 99 | 99 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 62% | 62% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 43/50 | 43/50 | |
| % 1st in | 86% | 86% | |
| 1st pts | 36/43 | 36/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 2/2 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Johns | |||
| R1 Jose |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 57-39 | 57-39 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 15 | 15 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 26% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 30/53 | 30/53 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 15/30 | 15/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 50% | 50% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 16/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/6 | 6/6 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWLWLWL Tennis Scores in Lima 1 Challenger
- Karue SellSell – Hady HabibHabib (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Blaise BicknellBicknell (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Harrison AdamsAdams (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Facundo MenaMena – Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi (3-6 7-62 7-5) – See score progression
- Igor GimenezGimenez – Mateo Barreiros ReyesBarreiros Reyes (6-2 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
- Diego Barreto SanchezBarreto Sanchez – Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Alejo Lorenzo Lingua LavallenLorenzo Lingua Lavallen – Nicolas ZanellatoZanellato (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna – Wilson LeiteLeite (6-2 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo – Emile HuddHudd (6-4 6-74 6-2) – See score progression
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias – Valerio AboianAboian (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Garrett JohnsJohns – Luis Jose NakamineJose Nakamine (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Lautaro MidonMidon (6-3 5-7 7-63) – See score progression
- Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Milledge CossuCossu (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (7-6(6) 6-4) – See score progression
- Karue SellSell – Hady HabibHabib (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Igor GimenezGimenez – Mateo Barreiros ReyesBarreiros Reyes (6-2 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
- Diego Barreto SanchezBarreto Sanchez – Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna – Wilson LeiteLeite (6-2 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Facundo MenaMena – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Igor GimenezGimenez (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Garrett JohnsJohns – Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejo Lorenzo Lingua LavallenLorenzo Lingua Lavallen – Karue SellSell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Augusto Barreto SanchezAugusto Barreto Sanchez – Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna (0-1) – H2H and prediction
