Thiago Moura Monteiro and Mateus Alves will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Montevideo Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7:00 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 Thiago Moura Monteiro who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Thiago Moura Monteiro is the pick to win this match.
Thiago Moura Monteiro -> 1.182
Mateus Alves -> 4.35

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Prediction and head to head Thiago Moura Monteiro vs. Mateus Alves

There is no head to head record between Thiago Moura Monteiro and Mateus Alves since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Thiago Moura Monteiro

Ranked no. 99, Moura Monteiro got to the 2^nd round after defeating Joaquin Aguilar Cardozo 6-2 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Moura Monteiro had a good straight sets win against Aguilar Cardozo (6-2 6-1). During the match, Moura Monteiro scored 66 points vs Aguilar Cardozo’s 42. The Brazilian was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Moura Monteiro struck 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Thiago Moura Monteiro conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Moura Monteiro put 60% of his first serves in, winning 86% (24/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. Moura Monteiro broke Aguilar Cardozo 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Moura Monteiro has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (372-285). 32-16 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Moura Monteiro has an aggregate 306-192 match record in the last years on clay.

Thiago’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger and the Salzburg Challenger.

Thiago has a compiled 37-26 win-loss record in 2024, 32-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Montevideo Challenger

Mateus Alves

Ranked no. 282, Mateus got to the 2^nd round after defeating Ignacio Carou 5-7 6-4 6-1, Mariano Kestelboim 7-5 7-5 and Alvaro Guillen Meza 5-7 6-4 7-6(4).

In the 1^st round against Guillen Meza, The Brazilian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 7-6⁴). During the match Alves scored 115 points vs Guillen Meza’s 108. Mateus was very aggressive to blast 53 winners.

Talking about serving, Alves recorded 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Mateus Alves lost the serve 5 times and he saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Alves put 65% of his first serves in, winning 65% (53/82) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (22/45) on the 2nd serve. Alves was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Guillen Meza 5 times.

Alves’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Maceio,M25 Marburg and the Bogota Challenger.

Mateus has a composed 46-26 win-loss record in 2024, 43-25 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Montevideo Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Moura Monteiro	Alves
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	8
Tot Games	15	88
Pts	66-42	307-277
Total Points	108	584
Winners	24	148
%Winners	36%	48%

Moura Monteiro played 1 match while Alves competed in 3 matches. Alves started his run from the qualifications while Moura Monteiro had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Mateus Alves dropped 2 sets while Thiago Moura Monteiro hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Moura Monteiro has played 6 set(s) less than Alves (2 vs 8). Therefore, Moura Monteiro played 73 games less than Alves. Thiago scored 24 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Mateus recorded 148 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Moura Monteiro	Alves
Aces	6	12
Avg per match	6	4
1st in	28/47	222/327
%1st in	60%	68%
1st pts	24/28	148/222
%1st pts	86%	67%
2nd pts	8/19	52/105
%2nd pts	42%	50%

Moura Monteiro struck 6 aces . Alves struck 12 aces (4 per match). Moura Monteiro won 86% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Alves won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Moura Monteiro	Alves
Won	5	13
Converted	5/12	13/22
% Converted	42%	59%
Conceded	1	47
Saved	1	38
% Saved	100%	81%
Times Broken	0	9

The Brazilian broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Brazilian extremely effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Mateus broke his opponents 13 times with a 59% conversion rate. Alves conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded.

Moura Monteiro
	R1 Aguilar Cardozo	Total
Score	6-2 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	66-42	66-42
Total points	108	108
Winners	24	24
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	28/47	28/47
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	24/28	24/28
% 1st pts	86%	86%
2nd pts	8/19	8/19
% 2nd pts	42%	42%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/12	5/12
Converted %	42%	42%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Alves
	Q1 Carou	Q3 Kestelboim	R1 Guillen	Total
Score	5-7 6-4 6-1	7-5 7-5	5-7 6-4 7-64
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	29	24	35	88
pts	97-78	95-91	115-108	307-277
Total points	175	186	223	584
Winners	46	49	53	148
%Winners	47%	52%	46%	48%
SERVE
Aces	1	0	11	12
Double Faults	2	2	3	7
1st in	61/95	79/105	82/127	222/327
% 1st in	64%	75%	65%	68%
1st pts	46/61	49/79	53/82	148/222
% 1st pts	75%	62%	65%	67%
2nd pts	20/34	10/26	22/45	52/105
% 2nd pts	59%	38%	49%	50%
Breaks
Won	3	5	5	13
Converted	3/7	5/10	5/5	13/22
Converted %	43%	50%	100%	59%
Conceded	9	20	18	47
Saved	8/9	17/20	13/18	38
Saved %	89%	85%	72%	246%
Times Broken	1	3	5	9

Tennis Scores in Montevideo Challenger

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• Hugo DellienDellien – Orlando LuzLuz (6-3 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliCamilo – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoMurkel (6-7(4) 7-5 6-3) – See score progression

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