Santiago Rodriguez Taverna and Mateus Alves will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Cali Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:30 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 Santiago Rodriguez Taverna who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Santiago Rodriguez Taverna is the pick to win this match.
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna -> 1.65
Mateus Alves -> 2.15
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Prediction and head to head Santiago Rodriguez Taverna vs. Mateus Alves
This will be the 3rd time that Santiago Rodriguez Taverna and Mateus Alves clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Rodriguez Taverna (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Rodriguez Taverna won 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 6-4 in the 1st round in the Temuco Challenger back in 2023.
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna
27 - 26win/loss
226
157
LWLLLWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-29 | 3-3 | 25-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-35 | 7-7 | 34-27 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-27 | 0-2 | 35-24 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 67-26 | 40-16 | 26-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 229, Rodriguez Taverna got to the 2nd round after defeating Johan Alexander Rodriguez 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Alexander Rodriguez (6-4 6-2). During the match, Rodriguez Taverna scored 59 points vs Alexander Rodriguez’s 44. Rodriguez Taverna was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rodriguez Taverna made 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Santiago Rodriguez Taverna was pretty effective on serve to win 83% (25/30) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Santiago was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Alexander Rodriguez 3 times.
Rodriguez Taverna has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (284-197). 24-22 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rodriguez Taverna has a compiled213-150 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
Santiago’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Todi Challenger.
Santiago has a composed 27-25 win-loss record in 2024, 24-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cali Challenger
Mateus Alves
37 - 19win/loss
296
293
LLWWLWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-24 | 3-1 | 37-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 4-7 | 26-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-15 | 5-1 | 17-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-33 | 21-20 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 45-15 | 45-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 309 (career-high), the Brazilian got to the 2nd round after beating Gonzalo Villanueva 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Brazilian had a good straight sets win against Villanueva (6-3 7-5). During the match Alves scored 73 points vs Villanueva’s 54. The Brazilian was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Alves recorded 4 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Mateus Alves was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (30/38) of his 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alves broke Villanueva 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Alves’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Maceio,M25 Marburg and the Bogota Challenger.
The Brazilian has a composed 36-19 win-loss record in 2024, 33-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cali Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rodriguez Taverna | Alves |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 21 |
| Pts | 59-44 | 73-54 |
| Total Points | 103 | 127 |
| Winners | 25 | 30 |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% |
Both Rodriguez Taverna and Alves played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Rodriguez Taverna and Alves have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Rodriguez Taverna played 3 games less than Alves. Rodriguez Taverna scored 25 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Mateus scored 30 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rodriguez Taverna | Alves |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 30/50 | 38/73 |
| %1st in | 60% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 30/38 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 20/35 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 57% |
Rodriguez Taverna blasted 3 aces . Alves fired 4 aces . Rodriguez Taverna won 83% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Alves won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rodriguez Taverna | Alves |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 100% | 60% |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 |
| Saved | 2 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Rodriguez Taverna broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Rodriguez Taverna very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. Alves broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Brazilian conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rodriguez Taverna | |||
| R1 Alexander Rodriguez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 59-44 | 59-44 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/50 | 30/50 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 25/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 12/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 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 | |
| Alves | |||
| R1 Villanueva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 73-54 | 73-54 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 38/73 | 38/73 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 30/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/35 | 20/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLWLLWW Tennis Scores in Cali Challenger
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- Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Samuel HerediaHeredia (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Hugo DellienDellien – Jose PereiraPereira (7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Juan Sebastian GomezSebastian Gomez (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Juan Carlos Manuel AguilarCarlos Manuel Aguilar – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli – Pavlos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-67 6-1) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Peter BertranBertran (6-4 4-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Frazier RengifoRengifo (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi – Wilson LeiteLeite (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Gonzalo BuenoBueno – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (4-6 6-4 7-61) – See score progression
- Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna – Johan Alexander RodriguezAlexander Rodriguez (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Mateus AlvesAlves – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Valerio AboianAboian (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Orlando LuzLuz – Facundo MenaMena (7-69 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
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- Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero – Andrea CollariniCollarini (4-6) – H2H and prediction
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mateus De Carvalho CardosoDe Carvalho Cardoso – Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Carlos Manuel AguilarCarlos Manuel Aguilar – Hugo DellienDellien (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – (3-0) – H2H and prediction
