Federico Coria and Gonzalo Villanueva will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Buenos Aires Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday 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 Federico Coria who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Federico Coria is the pick to win this match.
Federico Coria -> 1.165
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 4.6

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Prediction and head to head Federico Coria vs. Gonzalo Villanueva

This will be the 5th time that Federico Coria and Gonzalo Villanueva square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Coria (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Coria won 7-5 6-1 in the qualifications in the Montevideo Challenger back in 2018.

Federico Coria

Federico Coria

31 - 28win/loss

Hard
0-3
I Hard
0-0
Clay
31-24
Grass
0-1
Rank
100
High
49
LWWLWWWLWW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 45-35 0-3 45-31 0-0 0-1 0-0
2023 38-29 3-8 35-20 0-0 0-1 0-0
2022 41-32 2-5 39-26 0-0 0-1 0-0
2021 43-31 2-7 40-20 1-3 0-1 0-0
2020 20-22 3-5 15-13 2-4 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 93, Coria reached the 2nd round after beating Alvaro Guillen Meza 5-7 6-1 6-2.

In the 1st round against Guillen Meza, The Argentine recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-1 6-2). During the match, Coria scored 100 points vs Guillen Meza’s 85. Federico was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about the service games, Coria struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Federico Coria lost the serve 4 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Coria put 71% of his first serves in, winning 59% (42/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. Coria broke Guillen Meza 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).

Coria has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (433-285). 30-24 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Coria has a compiled 417-236 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

The Argentine’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Piracicaba Challenger.

The Argentine has a composed 30-28 win-loss record in 2024, 30-24 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger

Buenos Aires Challenger
Coria's Record

Gonzalo Villanueva

Gonzalo Villanueva

32 - 27win/loss

Clay
32-27
Rank
400
High
268
LLWWLWWLWW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 43-34 2-2 41-32 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
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Ranked no. 411, Villanueva got to the 2nd round after defeating Alex Barrena 2-6 6-0 7-6(7), Mateus Alves 6-7(2) 6-1 7-6(3) and Genaro Alberto Olivieri 7-6(5) 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Alberto Olivieri (7-65 6-4). During the match Villanueva scored 83 points vs Alberto Olivieri’s 71. The Argentine was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Villanueva was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Gonzalo Villanueva lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Villanueva put 58% of his first serves in, winning 74% (34/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (15/34) on the 2nd serve. Villanueva broke Alberto Olivieri 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Gonzalo’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Punta del Este and the Santa Fe Challenger.

The Argentine has an aggregate 32-26 win-loss record in 2024, 32-26 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.

Buenos Aires Challenger
Villanueva's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

F.Coria
G.Villanueva
2h:28
2h:28
Time on court​
!
7h:48
7h:48
!
2h:28
2h:28
Last match​
!
2h:08
2h:08
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
27
27
Games Played​
83
83
3
3
Set played​​
8
8
100
100
Total points​
287
287
100
100
Avg point​
95.7
95.7
42
42
Winners
124
124
42
42
Avg Winners​
41.3
41.3
42%
42%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
4
4
2
2
Avg Aces
1.3
1.3
2
2
Double Faults
5
5
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1.7
1.7
42/71
42/71
1st won total​
124/184
124/184
59%
59%
1st won %
67%
67%
14/29
14/29
2nd won total​
49/100
49/100
48%
48%
2nd won %
49%
49%
-- Break Points --
7/12
7/12
BP won
14/25
14/25
7/12
7/12
Avg BP won
4.7/8.3
4.7/8.3
!
58%
58%
Won
!
56%
56%
13
13
Conceded
25
25
13
13
Avg Conceded
8.3
8.3
4
4
Broken
10
10
4
4
Avg Broken
3.3
3.3
9
9
Saved
15
15
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Coria Villanueva
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 3 8
Tot Games 27 83
Pts 100-85 287-257
Total Points 185 544
Winners 42 124
%Winners 42% 43%

Coria played 1 match while Villanueva competed in 3 matches. Villanueva started his run from the qualifications while Coria had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Federico Coria dropped 1 set, while Gonzalo Villanueva surrendered 2 sets. Coria has played 5 set(s) less than Villanueva (3 vs 8). Therefore, Coria played 56 games less than Villanueva. Federico scored 42 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine blasted 124 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Coria Villanueva
Aces 2 4
Avg per match 2 1.3
1st in 71/100 184/284
%1st in 71% 65%
1st pts 42/71 124/184
%1st pts 59% 67%
2nd pts 14/29 49/100
%2nd pts 48% 49%

Coria made 2 aces . Villanueva bagged 4 aces (1.3 per match). Coria won 59% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Villanueva won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Coria Villanueva
Won 7 14
Converted 7/12 14/25
% Converted 58% 56%
Conceded 13 25
Saved 9 15
% Saved 69% 60%
Times Broken 4 10

Federico broke his opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Gonzalo broke his opponents 14 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Coria
R1
Guillen		 Total
Score 5-7 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 27 27
pts 100-85 100-85
Total points 185 185
Winners 42 42
%Winners 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 71/100 71/100
% 1st in 71% 71%
1st pts 42/71 42/71
% 1st pts 59% 59%
2nd pts 14/29 14/29
% 2nd pts 48% 48%
Breaks
Won 7 7
Converted 7/12 7/12
Converted % 58% 58%
Conceded 13 13
Saved 9/13 9
Saved % 69% 69%
Times Broken 4 4
Villanueva
Q1
Barrena		 Q3
Alves		 R1
Alberto		 Total
Score 2-6 6-0 7-67 6-72 6-1 7-63 7-65 6-4
Tot Set 3 3 2 8
Tot Games 27 33 23 83
pts 90-84 114-102 83-71 287-257
Total points 174 216 154 544
Winners 36 54 34 124
%Winners 40% 47% 41% 43%
SERVE
Aces 1 3 0 4
Double Faults 3 1 1 5
1st in 60/96 78/108 46/80 184/284
% 1st in 63% 72% 58% 65%
1st pts 36/60 54/78 34/46 124/184
% 1st pts 60% 69% 74% 67%
2nd pts 16/36 18/30 15/34 49/100
% 2nd pts 44% 60% 44% 49%
Breaks
Won 6 4 4 14
Converted 6/8 4/10 4/7 14/25
Converted % 75% 40% 57% 56%
Conceded 9 7 9 25
Saved 4/9 5/7 6/9 15
Saved % 44% 71% 67% 182%
Times Broken 5 2 3 10

Tennis Scores in Buenos Aires Challenger

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