Francisco Comesana and Alex Barrena will face off in the 2^nd round of the Guayaquil Challenger for the 2^nd 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 2^nd 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 1^st round in M15 Antalya back in 2021.

Francisco Comesana

Ranked no. 101, the Argentine got to the 2^nd round after defeating Francisco Castro 6-1 6-0.

In the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 717, the Argentine got to the 2^nd 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 1^st 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 1^st 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

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• Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (7-6⁴ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Federico CoriaCoria – Mariano KestelboimKestelboim (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

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