Juan Bautista Torres and Gonzalo Villanueva will square off in the 1st round of the Sao Paulo Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on QUADRA 4. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Bautista Torres who should win in 2 sets.
Juan Bautista Torres -> 1.33
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Juan Bautista Torres vs. Gonzalo Villanueva
This will be the 2nd time that Juan Bautista Torres and Gonzalo Villanueva fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Villanueva (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Villanueva won 2-6 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in the Buenos Aires Challenger back in 2023.
Juan Bautista Torres
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 45-29 | 1-2 | 44-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-19 | 0-0 | 34-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 1-2 | 33-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-23 | 12-10 | 32-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 283, the Argentine will start his run in the Sao Paulo Challenger after he played his last match in the Montevideo Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-0 to Meligeni Alves in the 2nd round on the 13th of November.
Bautista Torres has an overall 44-27 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Dobrich Challenger where he defeated Ivan Gakhov in the final 5-7 6-0 7-5.
Talking about his overall career, Bautista Torres has an overall 167-108 record. He has a flat 13-13 record on hard.
Previously in the Sao Paulo Challenger
Bautista Torres has never competed in this tournament before.
Gonzalo Villanueva
43 - 32win/loss
400
268
| 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. 390, Villanueva reached the 1st round after defeating Enzo Kohlmann De Freitas 7-5 6-3 and Hernando Jose Escurra Isnardi 4-6 7-5 6-3.
In the qualifications against Jose Escurra Isnardi, Villanueva recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-3).During the match Villanueva scored less points (1) than Jose Escurra Isnardi. In fact, the world no. 283 won 92 points vs Jose Escurra Isnardi’s. That means that Villanueva was more focused during the important points. Villanueva was quite aggressive to blast 50 winners.
About the serving games, Villanueva scored 2 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Gonzalo Villanueva lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Villanueva put 75% of his first serves in, winning 68% (50/74) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. Villanueva broke Jose Escurra Isnardi 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Gonzalo’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Punta del Este and the Santa Fe Challenger.
Gonzalo has an aggregate 43-32 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Sao Paulo Challenger
- Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Remy BertolaBertola (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Orlando LuzLuz (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gustavo HeideGustavo – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaJoao (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Bernard TomicTomic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Nicolas KickerKicker (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Mateus De Carvalho CardosoDe Carvalho Cardoso (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hady HabibHabib – Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Renzo OlivoOlivo (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Garrett JohnsJohns – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matias SotoSoto – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Paulo Andre Saraiva Dos SantosAndre Saraiva Dos Santos – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (0-0) – H2H and prediction