Francisco Comesana and Alex Barrena will face off in the 2nd round of the Guayaquil Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:15 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francisco Comesana who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francisco Comesana is the pick to win this match.
Francisco Comesana -> 1.127
Alex Barrena -> 5.3
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Prediction and head to head Francisco Comesana vs. Alex Barrena
This will be the 2nd time that Francisco Comesana and Alex Barrena square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Comesana (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Comesana won 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in M15 Antalya back in 2021.
Francisco Comesana
34 - 25win/loss
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LWWWWWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-28 | 8-5 | 31-21 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-25 | 2-2 | 57-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-18 | 2-2 | 28-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-15 | 0-0 | 49-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-10 | 7-6 | 5-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 101, the Argentine got to the 2nd round after defeating Francisco Castro 6-1 6-0.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Castro (6-1 6-0). During the match, Comesana scored 55 points vs Castro’s 22. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Comesana blasted 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Francisco Comesana was quite effective on serve to win 85% (22/26) of his 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Francisco broke Castro 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Comesana has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (260-143). 29-18 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Comesana has a compiled244-125 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Oeiras 3 Challenger where he defeated Ugo Blanchet in the final 6-4 3-6 7-5 and the Buenos Aires Challenger where he beat Federico Coria in the final 1-6 7-6(7) 6-4.
The Argentine has an overall 34-24 win-loss record in 2024, 29-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guayaquil Challenger
Alex Barrena
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-20 | 0-0 | 29-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-30 | 0-0 | 51-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-19 | 2-1 | 26-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-24 | 1-5 | 10-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 717, the Argentine got to the 2nd round after defeating Ignacio Carou 6-1 7-6(2), Genaro Alberto Olivieri 6-4 6-0 and Vilius Gaubas 6-4 3-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Argentine defeated Gaubas (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match Barrena scored 80 points vs Gaubas’s 77. Barrena was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Barrena scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex Barrena lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Barrena put 61% of his first serves in, winning 74% (37/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. Alex broke Gaubas 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
The Argentine’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Cordoba.
The Argentine has a composed 17-16 win-loss record in 2024, 17-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guayaquil Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Comesana | Barrena |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 64 |
| Pts | 55-22 | 219-179 |
| Total Points | 77 | 398 |
| Winners | 22 | 95 |
| %Winners | 40% | 43% |
Comesana played 1 match while Barrena competed in 3 matches. Barrena started his run from the qualifications while Comesana had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Alex Barrena dropped 1 set while Francisco Comesana hasn’t lost a set so far. Comesana has played 5 set(s) less than Barrena (2 vs 7). Therefore, Comesana played 51 games less than Barrena. Francisco scored 22 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Alex managed to score 95 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Comesana | Barrena |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 0.7 |
| 1st in | 26/39 | 136/196 |
| %1st in | 67% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 95/136 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 31/60 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 52% |
Comesana bagged 7 aces . Barrena fired 2 aces (0.7 per match). Comesana won 85% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Barrena won 70% 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 | Comesana | Barrena |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 14 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 14/27 |
| % Converted | 71% | 52% |
| Conceded | 0 | 16 |
| Saved | 0 | 9 |
| % Saved | 0% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 7 |
Francisco broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Comesana was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Barrena broke his opponents 14 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Comesana | |||
| R1 Castro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 55-22 | 55-22 | |
| Total points | 77 | 77 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 26/39 | 26/39 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 22/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 8/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Barrena | |||||
| Q1 Carou |
Q3 Alberto |
R1 Gaubas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-62 | 6-4 6-0 | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 16 | 28 | 64 | |
| pts | 75-57 | 64-45 | 80-77 | 219-179 | |
| Total points | 132 | 109 | 157 | 398 | |
| Winners | 31 | 27 | 37 | 95 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 42% | 46% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 44/61 | 42/53 | 50/82 | 136/196 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 79% | 61% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 31/44 | 27/42 | 37/50 | 95/136 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 64% | 74% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 6/11 | 15/32 | 31/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 55% | 47% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 6/9 | 4/9 | 14/27 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 67% | 44% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/6 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | 50% | 170% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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