Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Alvaro Guillen Meza will play each other in the quarter of the Curitiba Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 pm on QUADRA 1. 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 Manuel Cerundolo who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Juan Manuel Cerundolo is the pick to win this match.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo -> 1.4
Alvaro Guillen Meza -> 2.77

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Prediction and head to head Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Alvaro Guillen Meza

This will be the 3^rd time that Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Alvaro Guillen Meza face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Manuel Cerundolo and Guillen Meza (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they played, Guillen Meza won 4-6 6-0 6-4 in the 2^nd round in the Amersfoort Challenger back in July 2024.

Juan Manuel Cerundolo

Ranked no. 149, the Argentine reached the quarter after beating Juan Pablo Varillas 6-3 7-5 and Tristan Boyer 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Juan had a good straight sets win against Boyer (6-4 6-4). During the match, Manuel Cerundolo scored 62 points vs Boyer’s 52. The Argentine was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Regarding the service games, Manuel Cerundolo scored 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Juan Manuel Cerundolo was extremely effective on serve to win 78% (21/27) of his 1st serve and 71% (20/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Manuel Cerundolo broke Boyer twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Manuel Cerundolo hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Manuel Cerundolo has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (240-145). 41-21 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Manuel Cerundolo has a composed231-125 record in the last 7 years on clay.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Lima 1 Challenger where he overcame Pedro Boscardin Dias in the final 6-4 6-3 and the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger where he beat Alvaro Guillen Meza in the final 3-6 6-1 6-4 and the Antofagasta Challenger where he beat Adolfo Daniel Vallejo in the final 3-6 6-2 6-4.

Juan has an aggregate 41-24 win-loss record in 2024, 41-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Curitiba Challenger

Alvaro Guillen Meza

Ranked no. 264, Alvaro reached the quarter after beating Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva 7-6(3) 6-4 and Jose Pereira 6-1 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, The Ecuadorian had a good straight sets win against Pereira (6-1 6-1). During the match Guillen Meza scored 55 points vs Pereira’s 28. Alvaro was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.

About the serving games, Guillen Meza was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alvaro Guillen Meza was pretty efficient on serve to win 88% (21/24) of his 1st serve and 70% (7/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Guillen Meza broke Pereira 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Ecuadorian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Ibague Challenger where he defeated Facundo Mena in the final 6-0 6-4.

Alvaro has an aggregate 36-28 win-loss record in 2024, 36-27 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Curitiba Challenger

Guillen Meza has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Manuel Cerundolo	Guillen Meza
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	41	37
Pts	138-121	126-95
Total Points	259	221
Winners	52	55
%Winners	38%	44%

Both Manuel Cerundolo and Guillen Meza played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Manuel Cerundolo and Guillen Meza have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Manuel Cerundolo played 4 games more than Guillen Meza. Juan scored 52 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Ecuadorian fired 55 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Manuel Cerundolo	Guillen Meza
Aces	10	0
Avg per match	5	0
1st in	72/134	72/103
%1st in	54%	70%
1st pts	52/72	55/72
%1st pts	72%	76%
2nd pts	35/62	13/31
%2nd pts	56%	42%

Manuel Cerundolo blasted 10 aces (5 per match). Guillen Meza didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Manuel Cerundolo won 72% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Guillen Meza won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Manuel Cerundolo	Guillen Meza
Won	7	9
Converted	7/12	9/15
% Converted	58%	60%
Conceded	12	8
Saved	10	5
% Saved	83%	63%
Times Broken	2	3

The Argentine broke his opponents 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Manuel Cerundolo conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Alvaro broke his opponents 9 times with a 60% conversion rate. Alvaro conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Manuel Cerundolo
	R1 Pablo Patino-Samudio	R2 Boyer	Total
Score	6-3 7-5	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	21	20	41
pts	76-69	62-52	138-121
Total points	145	114	259
Winners	31	21	52
%Winners	41%	34%	38%
SERVE
Aces	6	4	10
Double Faults	7	3	10
1st in	45/79	27/55	72/134
% 1st in	57%	49%	54%
1st pts	31/45	21/27	52/72
% 1st pts	69%	78%	72%
2nd pts	15/34	20/28	35/62
% 2nd pts	44%	71%	56%
Breaks
Won	5	2	7
Converted	5/8	2/4	7/12
Converted %	63%	50%	58%
Conceded	11	1	12
Saved	9/11	1/1	10
Saved %	82%	100%	91%
Times Broken	2	0	2

Guillen Meza
	R1 Lucas Reis Da	R2 Pereira	Total
Score	7-63 6-4	6-1 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	23	14	37
pts	71-67	55-28	126-95
Total points	138	83	221
Winners	34	21	55
%Winners	48%	38%	44%
SERVE
Aces	0	0	0
Double Faults	0	1	1
1st in	48/69	24/34	72/103
% 1st in	70%	71%	70%
1st pts	34/48	21/24	55/72
% 1st pts	71%	88%	76%
2nd pts	6/21	7/10	13/31
% 2nd pts	29%	70%	42%
Breaks
Won	4	5	9
Converted	4/5	5/10	9/15
Converted %	80%	50%	60%
Conceded	8	0	8
Saved	5/8	0/0	5
Saved %	63%	–	32%
Times Broken	3	0	3

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