Federico Arnaboldi and Gonzalo Villanueva will face off in the qualifications of the Verona Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on GRANDSTAND. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Federico Arnaboldi who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Federico Arnaboldi is the pick to win this match.
Federico Arnaboldi -> 1.285
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 3.42
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Prediction and head to head Federico Arnaboldi vs. Gonzalo Villanueva
There is no head to head record between Federico Arnaboldi and Gonzalo Villanueva since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Federico Arnaboldi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-16 | 0-0 | 33-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-29 | 1-2 | 23-21 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-24 | 0-2 | 23-19 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 60-15 | 12-2 | 48-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-12 | 10-5 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 361 (career-high), Federico reached the qualifications after defeating Kirill Kivattsev 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Arnaboldi had a good straight sets win against Kivattsev (6-3 6-4). During the match, Arnaboldi scored 68 points vs Kivattsev’s 49. Federico was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Arnaboldi recorded 2 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Federico Arnaboldi was quite efficient on serve to win 87% (26/30) of his 1st serve and 78% (14/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Arnaboldi broke Kivattsev twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Arnaboldi has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (175-129). 30-16 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Arnaboldi has an aggregate143-97 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Italian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Opatija and the Modena Challenger.
Federico has a compiled 30-16 win-loss record in 2024, 30-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Verona Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Gonzalo Villanueva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-20 | 0-0 | 26-20 | 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. 391, Gonzalo reached the qualifications after defeating Gian Matias Di Natale 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, Gonzalo had a good straight sets win against Matias Di Natale (6-4 6-2). During the match Villanueva scored 59 points vs Matias Di Natale’s 47. Villanueva was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Villanueva recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Gonzalo Villanueva conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Villanueva put 64% of his first serves in, winning 68% (25/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 71% (15/21) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Matias Di Natale 3 times.
Gonzalo’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Punta del Este and the Santa Fe Challenger.
Villanueva has a compiled 26-19 win-loss record in 2024, 26-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Verona Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Arnaboldi | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 18 |
| Pts | 68-49 | 59-47 |
| Total Points | 117 | 106 |
| Winners | 26 | 25 |
| %Winners | 38% | 42% |
Both Arnaboldi and Villanueva played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Arnaboldi and Villanueva have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Arnaboldi played 1 game more than Villanueva. Arnaboldi scored 26 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine recorded 25 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Arnaboldi | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 30/48 | 37/58 |
| %1st in | 63% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 26/30 | 25/37 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 14/18 | 15/21 |
| %2nd pts | 78% | 71% |
Arnaboldi blasted 2 aces . Villanueva struck 2 aces . Arnaboldi won 87% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 78% of the points. On the other side, Villanueva won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Arnaboldi | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/10 | 3/3 |
| % Converted | 20% | 100% |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Federico broke his opponent twice with a 20% conversion rate. The Italian was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Villanueva broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Villanueva was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Arnaboldi | |||
| Q1 Kivattsev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 68-49 | 68-49 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 30/48 | 30/48 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 26/30 | 26/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/18 | 14/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 78% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/10 | 2/10 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Villanueva | |||
| Q1 Matias Di Natale |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 59-47 | 59-47 | |
| Total points | 106 | 106 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 37/58 | 37/58 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 25/37 | 25/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/21 | 15/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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