Hernando Jose Escurra Isnardi and Gonzalo Villanueva will play each other in the qualifications of the Sao Paulo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on QUADRA 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gonzalo Villanueva who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gonzalo Villanueva is the pick to win this match.
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 1.22
Hernando Jose Escurra Isnardi -> 3.92
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Prediction and head to head Hernando Jose Escurra Isnardi vs. Gonzalo Villanueva
There is no head to head record between Hernando Jose Escurra Isnardi and Gonzalo Villanueva since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Hernando Jose Escurra Isnardi
12 - 16win/loss
LLWLWWLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-17 | 2-3 | 10-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 12-13 | 0-1 | 12-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-23 | 11-7 | 23-15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, the Paraguayan got to the qualifications after defeating Juan Ignacio Londero 6-3 7-6(0).
In the qualifications, Jose Escurra Isnardi had a good straight sets win against Londero (6-3 7-60). During the match, Jose Escurra Isnardi scored 66 points vs Londero’s 53. Jose Escurra Isnardi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Jose Escurra Isnardi bagged 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Hernando Jose Escurra Isnardi was exceptionally effective on serve to win 95% (37/39) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Paraguayan was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Londero once.
Jose Escurra Isnardi has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 51% of his matches (64-61). 2-1 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Jose Escurra Isnardi has a compiled13-9 record in the last 6 years on hard.
Hernando has an overall 12-15 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sao Paulo Challenger
The Paraguayan has never competed in this tournament before.
Gonzalo Villanueva
43 - 32win/loss
400
268
LLWWLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-34 | 2-2 | 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. 391, Villanueva reached the qualifications after defeating Enzo Kohlmann De Freitas 7-5 6-3.
In the qualifications, Villanueva had a good straight sets win against Kohlmann De Freitas (7-5 6-3). During the match Villanueva scored 70 points vs Kohlmann De Freitas’s 59. Villanueva was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Villanueva couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Gonzalo Villanueva was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (35/47) of his 1st serve and 56% (5/9) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gonzalo broke Kohlmann De Freitas 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
The Argentine’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Punta del Este and the Santa Fe Challenger.
Villanueva has an aggregate 42-32 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Jose Escurra Isnardi | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 21 |
| Pts | 66-53 | 70-59 |
| Total Points | 119 | 129 |
| Winners | 37 | 35 |
| %Winners | 56% | 50% |
Both Jose Escurra Isnardi and Villanueva played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Jose Escurra Isnardi and Villanueva have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Jose Escurra Isnardi played 1 game more than Villanueva. Hernando scored 37 winners (56% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine fired 35 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Jose Escurra Isnardi | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 0 |
| 1st in | 39/63 | 47/56 |
| %1st in | 62% | 84% |
| 1st pts | 37/39 | 35/47 |
| %1st pts | 95% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 5/9 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 56% |
Jose Escurra Isnardi managed to score 11 aces . Villanueva didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Jose Escurra Isnardi won 95% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Villanueva won 74% 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 | Jose Escurra Isnardi | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 4 |
| Converted | 1/1 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 100% | 40% |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Paraguayan broke his opponent once with a 100% conversion rate. The Paraguayan was rock solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Gonzalo broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Jose Escurra Isnardi | |||
| Q1 Londero |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-60 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 66-53 | 66-53 | |
| Total points | 119 | 119 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 56% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 39/63 | 39/63 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 37/39 | 37/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 95% | 95% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 13/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 1/1 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Villanueva | |||
| Q1 Kohlmann De Freitas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 70-59 | 70-59 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 47/56 | 47/56 | |
| % 1st in | 84% | 84% | |
| 1st pts | 35/47 | 35/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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