Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida and Gonzalo Villanueva will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Montevideo Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 3:30 pm on CANCHA 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida who should win in 2 sets.
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida -> 1.4
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 2.77
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Prediction and head to head Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida vs. Gonzalo Villanueva
This will be the 2nd time that Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida and Gonzalo Villanueva square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Pucinelli De Almeida (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Pucinelli De Almeida won 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in M15 Villa Maria back in 2021.
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-27 | 0-1 | 38-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-25 | 1-3 | 19-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-29 | 1-3 | 27-24 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 72-29 | 0-0 | 72-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-9 | 13-7 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 323, Pucinelli De Almeida got to the qualifications after beating Thiago Cigarran 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, Matheus had a good straight sets win against Cigarran (6-2 6-3). During the match, Pucinelli De Almeida scored 66 points vs Cigarran’s 45. The Brazilian was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Pucinelli De Almeida couldn’t to score even 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Pucinelli De Almeida put 66% of his first serves in, winning 65% (20/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Matheus broke Cigarran 7 times after converting 78% of his break points (7/9).
Pucinelli De Almeida has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (204-138). 38-24 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Pucinelli De Almeida has a compiled182-119 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Pucinelli De Almeida’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Lajeado.
Pucinelli De Almeida has a compiled 38-24 win-loss record in 2024, 38-24 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Montevideo Challenger
Gonzalo Villanueva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-33 | 2-1 | 41-32 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-40 | 5-4 | 39-36 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-33 | 1-5 | 31-28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-29 | 5-10 | 23-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 413, the Argentine got to the qualifications after beating Conner Huertas Del Pino 7-5 6-3.
In the qualifications, Gonzalo had a good straight sets win against Huertas Del Pino (7-5 6-3). During the match Villanueva scored 63 points vs Huertas Del Pino’s 52. Gonzalo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Villanueva was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Gonzalo Villanueva lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Villanueva put 74% of his first serves in, winning 64% (29/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the 2nd serve. Gonzalo broke Huertas Del Pino 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
The Argentine’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Punta del Este and the Santa Fe Challenger.
Villanueva has a compiled 40-31 win-loss record in 2024, 40-31 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Montevideo Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019, 2021 and 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pucinelli De Almeida | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 |
| Pts | 66-45 | 63-52 |
| Total Points | 111 | 115 |
| Winners | 20 | 29 |
| %Winners | 30% | 46% |
Both Pucinelli De Almeida and Villanueva played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Pucinelli De Almeida and Villanueva have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Pucinelli De Almeida played 4 games less than Villanueva. The Brazilian scored 20 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine managed to score 29 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pucinelli De Almeida | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 0 |
| 1st in | 31/47 | 45/61 |
| %1st in | 66% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 20/31 | 29/45 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 10/16 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 63% |
Pucinelli De Almeida didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Villanueva also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Pucinelli De Almeida won 65% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Villanueva won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pucinelli De Almeida | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 4 |
| Converted | 7/9 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 78% | 67% |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 40% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
The Brazilian broke his opponent 7 times with a 78% conversion rate. The Brazilian surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Gonzalo conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pucinelli De Almeida | |||
| Q1 Cigarran | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 66-45 | 66-45 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 31/47 | 31/47 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 20/31 | 20/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 8/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/9 | 7/9 | |
| Converted % | 78% | 78% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Villanueva | |||
| Q1 Huertas Del Pino | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 63-52 | 63-52 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 45/61 | 45/61 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 29/45 | 29/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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