Francisco Comesana and Juan Pablo Varillas will face off in the quarter of the Buenos Aires Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:30 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Pablo Varillas who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Juan Pablo Varillas is the pick to win this match.
Juan Pablo Varillas -> 1.84
Francisco Comesana -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Francisco Comesana vs. Juan Pablo Varillas
This will be the 3rd time that Francisco Comesana and Juan Pablo Varillas clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Pablo Patino-Samudio (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Pablo Patino-Samudio won 6-2 3-6 6-1 in the 1st round in Santiago back in February 2024.
Francisco Comesana
30 - 22win/loss
85
84
LWWWWWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-28 | 8-5 | 31-21 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-25 | 2-2 | 57-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-18 | 2-2 | 28-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-15 | 0-0 | 49-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-10 | 7-6 | 5-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 104, Francisco reached the quarter after beating Gonzalo Bueno 7-5 6-4 and Dmitry Popko 7-6(4) 7-6(7).
In the 2nd round, Comesana had a good straight sets win against Popko (7-64 7-67). During the match, Comesana scored 92 points vs Popko’s 77. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Comesana managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Francisco Comesana lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Comesana put 64% of his first serves in, winning 65% (36/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (20/31) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Popko 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Comesana has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (255-141). 24-16 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Comesana has an overall239-123 record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Oeiras 3 Challenger where he beat Ugo Blanchet in the final 6-4 3-6 7-5.
Comesana has a composed 29-22 win-loss record in 2024, 24-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger
Juan Pablo Varillas
24 - 26win/loss
209
60
LLWLLWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-31 | 0-5 | 27-25 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-29 | 4-7 | 23-17 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 53-27 | 2-3 | 51-23 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 51-23 | 0-2 | 51-20 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-14 | 1-2 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 189, Juan reached the quarter after defeating Pedro Sakamoto 7-6(4) 6-2 and Roman Andres Burruchaga 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Peruvian had a good straight sets win against Andres Burruchaga (6-1 6-3). During the match Pablo Patino-Samudio scored 66 points vs Andres Burruchaga’s 50. The Peruvian was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.
About the serving games, Pablo Patino-Samudio scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Juan Pablo Varillas was quite effective on serve to win 73% (19/26) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Peruvian broke Andres Burruchaga 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Juan hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Santiago Challenger where he defeated Facundo Bagnis in the final 6-3 6-2.
Juan has an overall 24-25 win-loss record in 2024, 24-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Comesana | Pablo Patino-Samudio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 37 |
| Pts | 165-146 | 141-116 |
| Total Points | 311 | 257 |
| Winners | 65 | 47 |
| %Winners | 39% | 33% |
Both Comesana and Pablo Patino-Samudio played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Comesana and Pablo Patino-Samudio have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Comesana played 11 games more than Pablo Patino-Samudio. The Argentine scored 65 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Juan made 47 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Comesana | Pablo Patino-Samudio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 105/158 | 67/120 |
| %1st in | 66% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 65/105 | 47/67 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 32/53 | 30/53 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 57% |
Comesana fired 3 aces (1.5 per match). Pablo Patino-Samudio bagged 6 aces (3 per match). Comesana won 62% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Pablo Patino-Samudio won 70% of the points behind 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 | Comesana | Pablo Patino-Samudio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 8 |
| Converted | 8/13 | 8/13 |
| % Converted | 62% | 62% |
| Conceded | 15 | 3 |
| Saved | 9 | 1 |
| % Saved | 60% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 2 |
Francisco broke his opponents 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. The Argentine lost his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Pablo Patino-Samudio broke his opponents 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. Juan conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Comesana | ||||
| R1 Bueno |
R2 Popko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 7-64 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 26 | 48 | |
| pts | 73-69 | 92-77 | 165-146 | |
| Total points | 142 | 169 | 311 | |
| Winners | 29 | 36 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 50/72 | 55/86 | 105/158 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 64% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 29/50 | 36/55 | 65/105 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 65% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 20/31 | 32/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 65% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 3/6 | 8/13 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 50% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 9 | 15 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 6/9 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Pablo Patino-Samudio | ||||
| R1 Sakamoto |
R2 Andres Burruchaga |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-2 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 16 | 37 | |
| pts | 75-66 | 66-50 | 141-116 | |
| Total points | 141 | 116 | 257 | |
| Winners | 28 | 19 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 29% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 41/69 | 26/51 | 67/120 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 51% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 28/41 | 19/26 | 47/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 73% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/25 | 30/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 60% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/8 | 8/13 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 50% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | – | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
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