Santiago Rodriguez Taverna and Goncalo Oliveira will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Brazzaville Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:00 pm on CENTRAL COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Santiago Rodriguez Taverna who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Santiago Rodriguez Taverna is the pick to win this match.
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna -> 1.81
Goncalo Oliveira -> 1.92
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Prediction and head to head Santiago Rodriguez Taverna vs. Goncalo Oliveira
This will be the 2nd time that Santiago Rodriguez Taverna and Goncalo Oliveira clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Oliveira (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Oliveira won 6-2 6-1 in the 1st round in the Santiago Challenger back in 2022.
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna
31 - 30win/loss
226
157
LLWWWLLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-32 | 3-3 | 28-28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-35 | 7-7 | 34-27 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-27 | 0-2 | 35-24 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 67-26 | 40-16 | 26-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 230, Santiago got to the semifinal after beating Alec Beckley 6-4 7-5, Daniel Salazar Martinez 6-2 6-4 and Corentin Denolly 6-3 7-6(5).
In the quarter, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Denolly (6-3 7-65). During the match, Rodriguez Taverna scored 75 points vs Denolly’s 62. Santiago was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rodriguez Taverna made 14 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Santiago Rodriguez Taverna was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 89% (31/35) of his 1st serve and 62% (21/34) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Santiago broke Denolly once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Rodriguez Taverna has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (288-202). 28-27 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Rodriguez Taverna has a composed217-155 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Argentine’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Todi Challenger.
The Argentine has a compiled 31-30 win-loss record in 2024, 28-27 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Brazzaville Challenger
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
Goncalo Oliveira
38 - 29win/loss
236
194
LWWWWWLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-30 | 20-17 | 19-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 92-29 | 48-15 | 40-11 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 20-27 | 7-7 | 10-16 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-34 | 8-6 | 14-27 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-16 | 2-5 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 269, Goncalo reached the semifinal after defeating Lawrence Bataljin 6-0 6-1, Preston Brown 6-2 6-3 and Dev Javia 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Oliveira had a good straight sets win against Brown (6-2 6-3). During the match Oliveira scored 61 points vs Brown’s 41. Oliveira was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Oliveira blasted 5 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Goncalo Oliveira was very effective on serve to win 81% (22/27) of his 1st serve and 73% (11/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Goncalo broke Brown 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Goncalo hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 64% of the points he played.
The Portuguese’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Brazzaville and M25 Sapporo.
Oliveira has an aggregate 37-29 win-loss record in 2024, 16-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rodriguez Taverna | Oliveira |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 62 | 49 |
| Pts | 215-172 | 183-116 |
| Total Points | 387 | 299 |
| Winners | 87 | 73 |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% |
Both Rodriguez Taverna and Oliveira played 3 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Rodriguez Taverna and Oliveira have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Rodriguez Taverna played 13 games more than Oliveira. Santiago scored 87 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Oliveira blasted 73 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rodriguez Taverna | Oliveira |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 24 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 107/191 | 90/138 |
| %1st in | 56% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 87/107 | 73/90 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 49/84 | 27/48 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 56% |
Rodriguez Taverna scored 24 aces (8 per match). Oliveira struck 14 aces (4.7 per match). Rodriguez Taverna won 81% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Oliveira won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rodriguez Taverna | Oliveira |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 13 |
| Converted | 8/22 | 13/29 |
| % Converted | 36% | 45% |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 |
| Saved | 5 | 6 |
| % Saved | 71% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Rodriguez Taverna broke his opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. Rodriguez Taverna dropped his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Goncalo broke his opponents 13 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rodriguez Taverna | |||||
| R1 Beckley |
R2 Salazar Martinez |
1/4 Denolly |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 18 | 22 | 62 | |
| pts | 73-62 | 67-48 | 75-62 | 215-172 | |
| Total points | 135 | 115 | 137 | 387 | |
| Winners | 24 | 32 | 31 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 48% | 41% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 14 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 30/60 | 42/62 | 35/69 | 107/191 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 68% | 51% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 32/42 | 31/35 | 87/107 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 76% | 89% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | 10/20 | 21/34 | 49/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 50% | 62% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 4/7 | 1/5 | 8/22 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 57% | 20% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 3/4 | 1/1 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 75% | 100% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Oliveira | |||||
| R1 Bataljin |
R2 Brown |
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | 6-2 6-3 | |||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Tot Games | 13 | 17 | 30 | ||
| pts | 58-26 | 61-41 | 119-67 | ||
| Total points | 84 | 102 | 186 | ||
| Winners | 18 | 22 | 40 | ||
| %Winners | 31% | 36% | 34% | ||
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1st in | 21/33 | 27/42 | 48/75 | ||
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | 64% | ||
| 1st pts | 18/21 | 22/27 | 40/48 | ||
| % 1st pts | 86% | 81% | 83% | ||
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 11/15 | 18/27 | ||
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 73% | 67% | ||
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Converted | 6/15 | 4/10 | 10/25 | ||
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | 40% | ||
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Saved | 1/1 | 2/2 | 3 | ||
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 67% | ||
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Head 2 Head
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