Karue Sell and Mateus Alves will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Curitiba Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on QUADRA 1. 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 Karue Sell who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Karue Sell is the pick to win this match.
Karue Sell -> 1.61
Mateus Alves -> 2.2

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Prediction and head to head Karue Sell vs. Mateus Alves

There is no head to head record between Karue Sell and Mateus Alves since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Karue Sell

Ranked no. 262 (career-high), Sell got to the 2^nd round after beating Henrique Rocha 6-4 6-0.

In the 1^st round, Karue had a good straight sets win against Rocha (6-4 6-0). During the match, Sell scored 55 points vs Rocha’s 33. The Brazilian was very aggressive to blast 17 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sell made 2 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Karue Sell lost the serve once. Furthermore, Sell put 66% of his first serves in, winning 63% (17/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 86% (12/14) on the 2nd serve. Karue broke Rocha 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Sell has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 74% of his matches (136-48). 21-5 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Sell has an overall24-7 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.

Karue’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Ithaca,M15 San Diego and M25 Londrina.

Karue has an overall 53-17 win-loss record in 2024, 21-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Curitiba Challenger

The Brazilian has never competed in this tournament before.

Mateus Alves

Ranked no. 292 (career-high), the Brazilian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Gonzalo Bueno 6-3 7-6(4).

In the 1^st round, The Brazilian had a good straight sets win against Bueno (6-3 7-6⁴). During the match Alves scored 67 points vs Bueno’s 50. The Brazilian was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, Alves scored 5 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Mateus Alves was extremely efficient on serve to win 85% (39/46) of his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Brazilian broke Bueno twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Alves’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Maceio,M25 Marburg and the Bogota Challenger.

Mateus has a compiled 41-24 win-loss record in 2024, 38-23 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Curitiba Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sell	Alves
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	22
Pts	55-33	67-50
Total Points	88	117
Winners	17	39
%Winners	31%	58%

Both Sell and Alves played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sell and Alves have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sell played 6 games less than Alves. The Brazilian scored 17 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Mateus recorded 39 winners (58%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sell	Alves
Aces	2	5
Avg per match	2	5
1st in	27/41	46/60
%1st in	66%	77%
1st pts	17/27	39/46
%1st pts	63%	85%
2nd pts	12/14	8/14
%2nd pts	86%	57%

Sell blasted 2 aces . Alves fired 5 aces . Sell won 63% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 86% of the points. On the other side, Alves won 85% 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	Sell	Alves
Won	5	2
Converted	5/8	2/3
% Converted	63%	67%
Conceded	1	2
Saved	0	1
% Saved	0%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Karue broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Karue dropped his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Mateus broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Alves conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Sell
	R1 Rocha	Total
Score	6-4 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	55-33	55-33
Total points	88	88
Winners	17	17
%Winners	31%	31%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	27/41	27/41
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	17/27	17/27
% 1st pts	63%	63%
2nd pts	12/14	12/14
% 2nd pts	86%	86%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Alves
	R1 Bueno	Total
Score	6-3 7-64
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	67-50	67-50
Total points	117	117
Winners	39	39
%Winners	58%	58%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	46/60	46/60
% 1st in	77%	77%
1st pts	39/46	39/46
% 1st pts	85%	85%
2nd pts	8/14	8/14
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/3	2/3
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Curitiba Challenger

• Mateus AlvesAlves – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (7-6³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo (6-3 5-7 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Jaime FariaFaria – Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi (6-2 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo – Facundo MenaMena (0-6 6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Fernando Romboli/Matias SotoRomboli/Matias Soto – Breno Braga/Victor BragaBraga/Victor Braga (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (6-2 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Gustavo HeideHeide – Orlando LuzLuz (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Tristan BoyerBoyer – Wilson LeiteLeite (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Hady HabibHabib – Lautaro MidonMidon (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Gastao EliasElias – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-7⁵ 7-6² 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Matias SotoSoto (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Jose PereiraPereira – Hugo DellienDellien (6-4 3-6 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Karue SellSell – Henrique RochaRocha (6-4 6-0) – See score progression

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