Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida and Alex Barrena will play each other in the qualifications of the Villa Maria Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on CANCHA 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida is the pick to win this match.
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida -> 1.363
Alex Barrena -> 2.93

Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).

To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.

Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).

At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.

 

Prediction and head to head Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida vs. Alex Barrena

This will be the 2^nd time that Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida and Alex Barrena face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Pucinelli De Almeida (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Pucinelli De Almeida won 6-1 6-3 in the 2^nd round in the Bogota Challenger back in 2023.

Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida

Ranked no. 374, matheus got to the qualifications after defeating Juan Manuel La Serna 6-3 6-2.

In the qualifications, The Brazilian had a good straight sets win against Manuel La Serna (6-3 6-2). During the match, Pucinelli De Almeida scored 64 points vs Manuel La Serna’s 42. Pucinelli De Almeida was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Regarding the service games, Pucinelli De Almeida was unable to score even 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Pucinelli De Almeida put 56% of his first serves in, winning 69% (20/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the 2nd serve. Pucinelli De Almeida broke Manuel La Serna 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Pucinelli De Almeida has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (191-135). 25-21 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Pucinelli De Almeida has an overall169-116 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

The Brazilian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Piracicaba Challenger and M25 Maribor.

Pucinelli De Almeida has a composed 25-21 win-loss record in 2024, 25-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Villa Maria Challenger

Matheus has never competed in this tournament before.

Alex Barrena

Ranked no. 665, the Argentine got to the qualifications after defeating Alejo Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen 6-2 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen (6-2 6-4). During the match Barrena scored 61 points vs Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen’s 44. Alex was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Barrena recorded 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Alex Barrena was quite efficient on serve to win 73% (27/37) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alex broke Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Alex’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Cordoba.

Alex has a composed 14-15 win-loss record in 2024, 14-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Pucinelli De Almeida	Barrena
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	18
Pts	64-42	61-44
Total Points	106	105
Winners	20	27
%Winners	31%	44%

Both Pucinelli De Almeida and Barrena played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Pucinelli De Almeida and Barrena have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Pucinelli De Almeida played 1 game less than Barrena. Matheus scored 20 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Alex managed to score 27 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Pucinelli De Almeida	Barrena
Aces	0	3
Avg per match	0	3
1st in	29/52	37/58
%1st in	56%	64%
1st pts	20/29	27/37
%1st pts	69%	73%
2nd pts	13/23	11/21
%2nd pts	57%	52%

Pucinelli De Almeida didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Barrena managed to score 3 aces . Pucinelli De Almeida won 69% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Barrena won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Pucinelli De Almeida	Barrena
Won	5	4
Converted	5/7	4/5
% Converted	71%	80%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1	2
% Saved	33%	67%
Times Broken	2	1

Matheus broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Pucinelli De Almeida dropped his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Alex broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Barrena conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Pucinelli De Almeida
	Q1 Manuel La Serna	Total
Score	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	64-42	64-42
Total points	106	106
Winners	20	20
%Winners	31%	31%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	29/52	29/52
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	20/29	20/29
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	13/23	13/23
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/7
Converted %	71%	71%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1/3	1
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	2	2

Barrena
	Q1 Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen	Total
Score	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	61-44	61-44
Total points	105	105
Winners	27	27
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	37/58	37/58
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	27/37	27/37
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	11/21	11/21
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/5	4/5
Converted %	80%	80%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Renzo OlivoOlivo – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (3-3) – H2H and prediction
• Hugo DellienDellien – Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna (4-0) – H2H and prediction
• Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Andrea CollariniCollarini (8-2) – H2H and prediction
• Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Tristan BoyerBoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hady HabibHabib – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mateus De Carvalho CardosoDe Carvalho Cardoso – Orlando LuzLuz (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida – (1-0) – H2H and prediction