Gustavo Heide and Mateus Alves will clash against each other in the quarter of the Curitiba Challenger for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:00 pm on QUADRA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gustavo Heide who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Gustavo Heide is the pick to win this match.
Gustavo Heide -> 1.32
Mateus Alves -> 3.14

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Prediction and head to head Gustavo Heide vs. Mateus Alves

This will be the 4^th time that Gustavo Heide and Mateus Alves square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Heide (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Heide won 6-4 6-2 in the 1^st round in the Salvador De Bahia Challenger back in 2022.

Gustavo Heide

Ranked no. 177, the Brazilian reached the quarter after beating Orlando Luz 6-4 6-4 and Tomas Barrios Vera 6-3 3-6 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, The Brazilian defeated Tomas Barrios Vera (6-3 3-6 6-1). During the match, Heide scored 77 points vs Tomas Barrios Vera’s 68. The Brazilian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about the service games, Heide bagged 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Gustavo Heide was very effective on serve to win 79% (38/48) of his 1st serve and 51% (19/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Heide was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Tomas Barrios Vera 3 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Heide has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Heide has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (132-76). 29-18 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Heide has a composed116-61 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Asuncion Challenger where he beat Joao Fonseca in the final 7-5 6-7(6) 6-1.

The Brazilian has an overall 29-21 win-loss record in 2024, 29-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Curitiba Challenger

Heide has never competed in this tournament before.

Mateus Alves

Ranked no. 292 (career-high), Mateus got to the quarter after defeating Gonzalo Bueno 6-3 7-6(4) and Karue Sell 7-6(5) 3-6 7-5.

In the 2^nd round, The Brazilian defeated Sell (7-6⁵ 3-6 7-5). During the match Alves scored 99 points vs Sell’s 89. Mateus was very aggressive to blast 52 winners.

Talking about serving, Alves blasted 9 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Mateus Alves was very efficient on serve to win 74% (52/70) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Alves broke Sell 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Mateus has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

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

Alves has an overall 42-24 win-loss record in 2024, 39-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).

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 (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Heide	Alves
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	45	56
Pts	141-118	166-139
Total Points	259	305
Winners	62	91
%Winners	44%	55%

Both Heide and Alves played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Gustavo Heide lost 1 set, while Mateus Alves lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Heide and Alves have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Heide played 11 games less than Alves. The Brazilian scored 62 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Brazilian blasted 91 winners (55%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Heide	Alves
Aces	10	14
Avg per match	5	7
1st in	78/135	116/149
%1st in	58%	78%
1st pts	62/78	91/116
%1st pts	79%	78%
2nd pts	33/57	21/33
%2nd pts	58%	64%

Heide made 10 aces (5 per match). Alves recorded 14 aces (7 per match). Heide won 79% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Alves won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Heide	Alves
Won	6	5
Converted	6/10	5/8
% Converted	60%	63%
Conceded	7	8
Saved	5	4
% Saved	71%	50%
Times Broken	2	4

Heide broke his opponents 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Brazilian lost his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Mateus broke his opponents 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Alves conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Heide
	R1 Luz	R2 Tomas Barrios Vera	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	6-3 3-6 6-1
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	20	25	45
pts	64-50	77-68	141-118
Total points	114	145	259
Winners	24	38	62
%Winners	38%	49%	44%
SERVE
Aces	4	6	10
Double Faults	3	5	8
1st in	30/50	48/85	78/135
% 1st in	60%	56%	58%
1st pts	24/30	38/48	62/78
% 1st pts	80%	79%	79%
2nd pts	14/20	19/37	33/57
% 2nd pts	70%	51%	58%
Breaks
Won	3	3	6
Converted	3/7	3/3	6/10
Converted %	43%	100%	60%
Conceded	1	6	7
Saved	0/1	5/6	5
Saved %	0%	83%	42%
Times Broken	1	1	2

Alves
	R1 Bueno	R2 Sell	Total
Score	6-3 7-64	7-65 3-6 7-5
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	22	34	56
pts	67-50	99-89	166-139
Total points	117	188	305
Winners	39	52	91
%Winners	58%	53%	55%
SERVE
Aces	5	9	14
Double Faults	0	0	0
1st in	46/60	70/89	116/149
% 1st in	77%	79%	78%
1st pts	39/46	52/70	91/116
% 1st pts	85%	74%	78%
2nd pts	8/14	13/19	21/33
% 2nd pts	57%	68%	64%
Breaks
Won	2	3	5
Converted	2/3	3/5	5/8
Converted %	67%	60%	63%
Conceded	2	6	8
Saved	1/2	3/6	4
Saved %	50%	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	3	4

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