Jaime Faria and Gustavo Heide will square off in the semifinal of the Curitiba Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:00 pm on QUADRA 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 Gustavo Heide who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Gustavo Heide is the pick to win this match.
Gustavo Heide -> 1.5
Jaime Faria -> 2.45

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Prediction and head to head Jaime Faria vs. Gustavo Heide

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

The last time that they locked horns, Faria won 6-4 6-4 in the 2^nd round in the Oeiras 4 Challenger back in May 2024.

Jaime Faria

Ranked no. 144 (career-high), Faria got to the semifinal after defeating Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi 6-2 5-7 6-3, Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida 7-5 6-1 and Gastao Elias 5-7 6-3 6-1.

In the quarter against Elias, The Portuguese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-1). During the match, Faria scored 93 points vs Elias’s 70. The Portuguese was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Faria recorded 2 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Jaime Faria lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Faria put 59% of his first serves in, winning 79% (37/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. Jaime broke Elias 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jaime has conceded 2 set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.

Faria has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 63% of his matches (155-91). 25-14 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Faria has a compiled69-42 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Oeiras 4 Challenger where he overcame Elias Ymer in the final 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4.

The Portuguese has a compiled 51-25 win-loss record in 2024, 25-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Curitiba Challenger

The Portuguese has never competed in this tournament before.

Gustavo Heide

Ranked no. 177, the Brazilian reached the semifinal after beating Orlando Luz 6-4 6-4, Tomas Barrios Vera 6-3 3-6 6-1 and Mateus Alves 6-3 6-7(5) 6-2.

In the quarter, Gustavo defeated Alves (6-3 6-7⁵ 6-2). During the match Heide scored 93 points vs Alves’s 83. Heide was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about serving, Heide managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Gustavo Heide lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Heide put 54% of his first serves in, winning 83% (38/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (18/39) on the 2nd serve. The Brazilian broke Alves 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Gustavo has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

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.

Heide has an overall 30-21 win-loss record in 2024, 30-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Faria	Heide
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	8	8
Tot Games	76	75
Pts	257-197	234-201
Total Points	454	435
Winners	101	100
%Winners	39%	43%

Both Faria and Heide played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jaime Faria conceded 2 sets, while Gustavo Heide dropped 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Faria and Heide have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Faria played 1 game more than Heide. Faria scored 101 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Brazilian struck 100 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Faria	Heide
Aces	11	15
Avg per match	3.7	5
1st in	124/229	124/220
%1st in	54%	56%
1st pts	101/124	100/124
%1st pts	81%	81%
2nd pts	51/105	51/96
%2nd pts	49%	53%

Faria managed to score 11 aces (3.7 per match). Heide fired 15 aces (5 per match). Faria won 81% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Heide won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Faria	Heide
Won	15	12
Converted	15/24	12/20
% Converted	63%	60%
Conceded	14	10
Saved	7	6
% Saved	50%	60%
Times Broken	7	4

The Portuguese broke his opponents 15 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Portuguese dropped his serve 7 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Heide broke his opponents 12 times with a 60% conversion rate. Heide conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Faria
	R1 Emanuel	R2 Pucinelli De Almeida	1/4 Elias	Total
Score	6-2 5-7 6-3	7-5 6-1	5-7 6-3 6-1
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	29	19	28	76
pts	100-82	64-45	93-70	257-197
Total points	182	109	163	454
Winners	40	24	37	101
%Winners	40%	38%	40%	39%
SERVE
Aces	4	5	2	11
Double Faults	9	5	7	21
1st in	50/91	27/58	47/80	124/229
% 1st in	55%	47%	59%	54%
1st pts	40/50	24/27	37/47	101/124
% 1st pts	80%	89%	79%	81%
2nd pts	19/41	16/31	16/33	51/105
% 2nd pts	46%	52%	48%	49%
Breaks
Won	5	4	6	15
Converted	5/10	4/4	6/10	15/24
Converted %	50%	100%	60%	63%
Conceded	6	4	4	14
Saved	3/6	3/4	1/4	7
Saved %	50%	75%	25%	50%
Times Broken	3	1	3	7

Heide
	R1 Luz	R2 Tomas Barrios Vera	1/4 Alves	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	6-3 3-6 6-1	6-3 6-75 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	20	25	30	75
pts	64-50	77-68	93-83	234-201
Total points	114	145	176	435
Winners	24	38	38	100
%Winners	38%	49%	41%	43%
SERVE
Aces	4	6	5	15
Double Faults	3	5	5	13
1st in	30/50	48/85	46/85	124/220
% 1st in	60%	56%	54%	56%
1st pts	24/30	38/48	38/46	100/124
% 1st pts	80%	79%	83%	81%
2nd pts	14/20	19/37	18/39	51/96
% 2nd pts	70%	51%	46%	53%
Breaks
Won	3	3	6	12
Converted	3/7	3/3	6/10	12/20
Converted %	43%	100%	60%	60%
Conceded	1	6	3	10
Saved	0/1	5/6	1/3	6
Saved %	0%	83%	33%	39%
Times Broken	1	1	2	4

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