Hernan Casanova and Igor Gimenez will face off in the 2nd round of the Lima 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 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 Hernan Casanova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hernan Casanova is the pick to win this match.
Hernan Casanova -> 1.16
Igor Gimenez -> 4.8
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Prediction and head to head Hernan Casanova vs. Igor Gimenez
This will be the 2nd time that Hernan Casanova and Igor Gimenez clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Casanova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Casanova won 3-6 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in the San Miguel de Tucuman Challenger back in April 2024.
Hernan Casanova
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 27-24 | 0-0 | 27-23 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2023 | 29-27 | 0-2 | 29-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 43-22 | 0-0 | 43-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 45-32 | 3-3 | 42-28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 343, Hernan reached the 2nd round after beating Blaise Bicknell 6-1 6-0.
In the 1st round, Hernan had a good straight sets win against Bicknell (6-1 6-0). During the match, Casanova scored 54 points vs Bicknell’s 22. Hernan was very aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Regarding the service games, Casanova wasn’t able to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Hernan Casanova was very efficient on serve to win 81% (17/21) of his 1st serve and 100% (7/7) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Casanova broke Bicknell 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Casanova has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (340-194). 22-15 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Casanova has an overall337-187 record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Argentine’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the San Miguel de Tucuman Challenger.
The Argentine has an overall 22-15 win-loss record in 2024, 22-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lima 1 Challenger
Igor Gimenez
15 - 14win/loss
566
566
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 31-25 | 6-3 | 25-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 44-33 | 2-5 | 42-28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 47-30 | 4-3 | 43-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 651 (career-high), Gimenez got to the 2nd round after beating Christopher Li 2-6 6-0 6-1, Franco Ribero 2-6 6-0 6-3 and Mateo Barreiros Reyes 6-2 5-7 7-5.
In the 1st round, Gimenez defeated Barreiros Reyes (6-2 5-7 7-5). During the match Gimenez scored 114 points vs Barreiros Reyes’s 103. Gimenez was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Gimenez recorded 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Igor Gimenez lost the serve 7 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Gimenez put 73% of his first serves in, winning 56% (43/77) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. The Brazilian broke Barreiros Reyes 9 times after converting 60% of his break points (9/15).
The Brazilian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Maceio.
Igor has a compiled 15-13 win-loss record in 2024, 13-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Casanova | Gimenez |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 3 |
Tot Set | 2 | 9 |
Tot Games | 13 | 76 |
Pts | 54-22 | 273-233 |
Total Points | 76 | 506 |
Winners | 17 | 102 |
%Winners | 31% | 37% |
Casanova played 1 match while Gimenez competed in 3 matches. Gimenez started his run from the qualifications while Casanova had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Igor Gimenez lost 3 sets while Hernan Casanova hasn’t dropped a set so far. Casanova has played 7 set(s) less than Gimenez (2 vs 9). Therefore, Casanova played 63 games less than Gimenez. The Argentine scored 17 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Igor fired 102 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Casanova | Gimenez |
---|---|---|
Aces | 0 | 3 |
Avg per match | 0 | 1 |
1st in | 21/28 | 169/245 |
%1st in | 75% | 69% |
1st pts | 17/21 | 102/169 |
%1st pts | 81% | 60% |
2nd pts | 7/7 | 40/76 |
%2nd pts | 100% | 53% |
Casanova didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Gimenez fired 3 aces (1 per match). Casanova won 81% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 100% of the points. On the other side, Gimenez won 60% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Casanova | Gimenez |
---|---|---|
Won | 6 | 19 |
Converted | 6/10 | 19/38 |
% Converted | 60% | 50% |
Conceded | 0 | 20 |
Saved | 0 | 8 |
% Saved | 0% | 40% |
Times Broken | 0 | 12 |
The Argentine broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Casanova pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Igor broke his opponents 19 times with a 50% conversion rate. Igor conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
Casanova | |||
R1 Bicknell |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-1 6-0 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
pts | 54-22 | 54-22 | |
Total points | 76 | 76 | |
Winners | 17 | 17 | |
%Winners | 31% | 31% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 0 | 0 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
1st in | 21/28 | 21/28 | |
% 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
1st pts | 17/21 | 17/21 | |
% 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
2nd pts | 7/7 | 7/7 | |
% 2nd pts | 100% | 100% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 6 | 6 | |
Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
Saved % | – | 0% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Gimenez | |||||
Q1 Li |
Q3 Ribero |
R1 Barreiros |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 2-6 6-0 6-1 | 2-6 6-0 6-3 | 6-2 5-7 7-5 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Tot Games | 21 | 23 | 32 | 76 | |
pts | 80-61 | 79-69 | 114-103 | 273-233 | |
Total points | 141 | 148 | 217 | 506 | |
Winners | 28 | 31 | 43 | 102 | |
%Winners | 35% | 39% | 38% | 37% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
1st in | 45/65 | 47/75 | 77/105 | 169/245 | |
% 1st in | 69% | 63% | 73% | 69% | |
1st pts | 28/45 | 31/47 | 43/77 | 102/169 | |
% 1st pts | 62% | 66% | 56% | 60% | |
2nd pts | 12/20 | 16/28 | 12/28 | 40/76 | |
% 2nd pts | 60% | 57% | 43% | 53% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | |
Converted | 6/18 | 4/5 | 9/15 | 19/38 | |
Converted % | 33% | 80% | 60% | 50% | |
Conceded | 6 | 2 | 12 | 20 | |
Saved | 3/6 | 0/2 | 5/12 | 8 | |
Saved % | 50% | 0% | 42% | 92% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
Head 2 Head
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