Emilio Nava and Max Houkes will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Buenos Aires Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on CANCHA 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Emilio Nava who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Emilio Nava is the pick to win this match.
Emilio Nava -> 1.57
Max Houkes -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Emilio Nava vs. Max Houkes

There is no head to head record between Emilio Nava and Max Houkes since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Emilio Nava

Ranked no. 211, Emilio got to the 2^nd round after defeating Alex Marti Pujolras 6-1 6-7(9) 7-6(5).

In the 1^st round, The American defeated Marti Pujolras (6-1 6-7⁹ 7-6⁵). During the match, Nava scored 106 points vs Marti Pujolras’s 96. Nava was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about the service games, Nava fired 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Emilio Nava lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Nava put 55% of his first serves in, winning 70% (39/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (22/45) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Marti Pujolras 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Nava has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (188-136). 1-0 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Nava has an aggregate70-37 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.

Emilio has a composed 1-2 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger

Emilio has never competed in this tournament before.

Max Houkes

Ranked no. 328, the Dutch got to the 2^nd round after defeating Mariano Kestelboim 6-2 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Max had a good straight sets win against Kestelboim (6-2 6-3). During the match Houkes scored 67 points vs Kestelboim’s 49. Max was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about serving, Houkes scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 8 double faults. Max Houkes lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Houkes put 54% of his first serves in, winning 59% (20/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. Houkes broke Kestelboim 7 times after converting 70% of his break points (7/10).

Houkes has an aggregate 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Nava	Houkes
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	33	17
Pts	106-96	67-49
Total Points	202	116
Winners	39	20
%Winners	37%	30%

Both Nava and Houkes played 1 match. At the moment, Emilio Nava lost 1 set while Max Houkes hasn’t dropped a set so far. Nava has played 1 set more than Houkes (3 vs 2). Therefore, Nava played 16 games more than Houkes. The American scored 39 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Houkes made 20 winners (30%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Nava	Houkes
Aces	7	1
Avg per match	7	1
1st in	56/101	34/63
%1st in	55%	54%
1st pts	39/56	20/34
%1st pts	70%	59%
2nd pts	22/45	14/29
%2nd pts	49%	48%

Nava managed to score 7 aces . Houkes made 1 ace . Nava won 70% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Houkes won 59% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Nava	Houkes
Won	6	7
Converted	6/11	7/10
% Converted	55%	70%
Conceded	7	10
Saved	3	7
% Saved	43%	70%
Times Broken	4	3

The American broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Emilio conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Max broke his opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. Max conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Nava
	R1 Marti	Total
Score	6-1 6-79 7-65
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	33	33
pts	106-96	106-96
Total points	202	202
Winners	39	39
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	56/101	56/101
% 1st in	55%	55%
1st pts	39/56	39/56
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	22/45	22/45
% 2nd pts	49%	49%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/11	6/11
Converted %	55%	55%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	3/7	3
Saved %	43%	43%
Times Broken	4	4

Houkes
	R1 Kestelboim	Total
Score	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	67-49	67-49
Total points	116	116
Winners	20	20
%Winners	30%	30%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	8	8
1st in	34/63	34/63
% 1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	20/34	20/34
% 1st pts	59%	59%
2nd pts	14/29	14/29
% 2nd pts	48%	48%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/10	7/10
Converted %	70%	70%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	7/10	7
Saved %	70%	70%
Times Broken	3	3

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