Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Alvaro Guillen Meza will clash against each other in the final of the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Manuel Cerundolo who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Juan Manuel Cerundolo is the pick to win this match.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo -> 1.27
Alvaro Guillen Meza -> 3.52

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Prediction and head to head Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Alvaro Guillen Meza

There is no head to head record between Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Alvaro Guillen Meza since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Juan Manuel Cerundolo

Ranked no. 154, the Argentine got to the final after defeating Lautaro Midon 1-6 6-1 7-5, Jose Pereira 6-4 7-5, Pedro Sakamoto 6-4 6-3 and Hady Habib 7-6⁴ 6-4.

In the semifinal, Manuel Cerundolo had a good straight sets win against Habib (7-6⁴ 6-4). During the match, Manuel Cerundolo scored 77 points vs Habib’s 70. The Argentine was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about the service games, Manuel Cerundolo managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Juan Manuel Cerundolo lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Manuel Cerundolo put 63% of his first serves in, winning 80% (37/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (11/27) on the 2nd serve. Juan broke Habib 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Juan has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Manuel Cerundolo has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (223-137). 24-14 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Manuel Cerundolo has a compiled214-118 match record in the last 7 years on clay.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Lima 1 Challenger where he overcame Pedro Boscardin Dias in the final 6-4 6-3.

Juan has a composed 24-16 win-loss record in 2024, 24-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger

Manuel Cerundolo has never competed in this tournament before.

Alvaro Guillen Meza

Ranked no. 283, the Ecuadorian got to the final after defeating Adria Soriano Barrera 7-6⁵ 6-3, Juan Bautista Torres 7-5 6-7² 6-1, Garrett Johns 6-2 4-6 6-3 and Facundo Mena 3-6 6-3 6-3.

In the semifinal against Mena, The Ecuadorian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-3). During the match Guillen Meza scored 99 points vs Mena’s 91. Guillen Meza was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about serving, Guillen Meza struck 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alvaro Guillen Meza lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Guillen Meza put 62% of his first serves in, winning 73% (40/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (15/34) on the 2nd serve. Guillen Meza broke Mena 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Guillen Meza has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Guillen Meza’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Punta del Este.

The Ecuadorian has an overall 18-16 win-loss record in 2024, 18-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Manuel Cerundolo	Guillen Meza
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	9	11
Tot Games	90	108
Pts	301-259	384-343
Total Points	560	727
Winners	131	169
%Winners	44%	44%

Both Manuel Cerundolo and Guillen Meza played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Juan Manuel Cerundolo lost 1 set, while Alvaro Guillen Meza dropped 3 sets. Manuel Cerundolo has played 2 set(s) less than Guillen Meza (9 vs 11). Therefore, Manuel Cerundolo played 18 games less than Guillen Meza. Juan scored 131 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Ecuadorian scored 169 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Manuel Cerundolo	Guillen Meza
Aces	14	6
Avg per match	3.5	1.5
1st in	174/271	257/379
%1st in	64%	68%
1st pts	131/174	169/257
%1st pts	75%	66%
2nd pts	50/97	67/122
%2nd pts	52%	55%

Manuel Cerundolo struck 14 aces (3.5 per match). Guillen Meza scored 6 aces (1.5 per match). Manuel Cerundolo won 75% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Guillen Meza won 66% 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	Manuel Cerundolo	Guillen Meza
Won	14	16
Converted	14/31	16/39
% Converted	45%	41%
Conceded	16	40
Saved	8	31
% Saved	50%	78%
Times Broken	8	9

Manuel Cerundolo broke his opponents 14 times with a 45% conversion rate. Manuel Cerundolo lost his serve 8 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Alvaro broke his opponents 16 times with a 41% conversion rate. Guillen Meza conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

Manuel Cerundolo
	R1 Midon	R2 Pereira	1/4 Sakamoto	1/2 Habib	Total
Score	1-6 6-1 7-5	6-4 7-5	6-4 6-3	7-64 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	2	2	9
Tot Games	26	22	19	23	90
pts	90-85	74-58	60-46	77-70	301-259
Total points	175	132	106	147	560
Winners	36	28	30	37	131
%Winners	40%	38%	50%	48%	44%
SERVE
Aces	2	5	3	4	14
Double Faults	4	0	1	3	8
1st in	52/86	37/56	39/56	46/73	174/271
% 1st in	60%	66%	70%	63%	64%
1st pts	36/52	28/37	30/39	37/46	131/174
% 1st pts	69%	76%	77%	80%	75%
2nd pts	15/34	12/19	12/17	11/27	50/97
% 2nd pts	44%	63%	71%	41%	52%
Breaks
Won	5	4	2	3	14
Converted	5/8	4/14	2/3	3/6	14/31
Converted %	63%	29%	67%	50%	45%
Conceded	8	3	0	5	16
Saved	4/8	1/3	0/0	3/5	8
Saved %	50%	33%	–	60%	36%
Times Broken	4	2	0	2	8

Guillen Meza
	R1 Soriano Barrera	R2 Bautista Torres	1/4 Johns	1/2 Mena	Total
Score	7-65 6-3	7-5 6-72 6-1	6-2 4-6 6-3	3-6 6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	3	3	11
Tot Games	22	32	27	27	108
pts	78-73	113-98	94-81	99-91	384-343
Total points	151	211	175	190	727
Winners	38	51	40	40	169
%Winners	49%	45%	43%	40%	44%
SERVE
Aces	3	0	1	2	6
Double Faults	2	1	4	4	11
1st in	64/82	73/109	65/99	55/89	257/379
% 1st in	78%	67%	66%	62%	68%
1st pts	38/64	51/73	40/65	40/55	169/257
% 1st pts	59%	70%	62%	73%	66%
2nd pts	13/18	18/36	21/34	15/34	67/122
% 2nd pts	72%	50%	62%	44%	55%
Breaks
Won	2	5	5	4	16
Converted	2/5	5/13	5/8	4/13	16/39
Converted %	40%	38%	63%	31%	41%
Conceded	10	11	12	7	40
Saved	9/10	9/11	9/12	4/7	31
Saved %	90%	82%	75%	57%	76%
Times Broken	1	2	3	3	9

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