Mateus Alves and Alex Barrena will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Punta Del Este Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 3:30 pm on CANCHA 4. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mateus Alves who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mateus Alves is the pick to win this match.
Mateus Alves -> 1.39
Alex Barrena -> 2.81

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Prediction and head to head Mateus Alves vs. Alex Barrena

There is no head to head record between Mateus Alves and Alex Barrena since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Mateus Alves

Ranked no. 296, Alves got to the qualifications after beating Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva 6-4 6-1.

In the qualifications, The Brazilian had a good straight sets win against Lucas Reis Da (6-4 6-1). During the match, Alves scored 55 points vs Lucas Reis Da’s 33. Mateus was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about the service games, Alves scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Mateus Alves was pretty efficient on serve to win 77% (20/26) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Mateus broke Lucas Reis Da 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Alves has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (211-151). 2-1 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Alves has an aggregate126-100 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

Mateus has an aggregate 2-1 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Punta Del Este Challenger

The Brazilian has never competed in this tournament before.

Alex Barrena

Ranked no. 566, Barrena got to the qualifications after defeating Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 3-6 6-3 6-1

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In the qualifications against Sanchez-Izquierdo, The Argentine recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-1). During the match Barrena scored 82 points vs Sanchez-Izquierdo’s 67. Alex was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

About the serving games, Barrena scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Alex Barrena lost the serve 5 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Barrena put 64% of his first serves in, winning 63% (29/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (10/26) on the 2nd serve. Alex broke Sanchez-Izquierdo 7 times after converting 70% of his break points (7/10).

Barrena has an overall 1-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Alves	Barrena
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	17	25
Pts	55-33	82-67
Total Points	88	149
Winners	20	29
%Winners	36%	35%

Both Alves and Barrena played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Alex Barrena surrendered 1 set while Mateus Alves hasn’t conceded a set so far. Alves has played 1 set(s) less than Barrena (2 vs 3). Therefore, Alves played 8 games less than Barrena. Alves scored 20 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Alex blasted 29 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Alves	Barrena
Aces	1	1
Avg per match	1	1
1st in	26/47	46/72
%1st in	55%	64%
1st pts	20/26	29/46
%1st pts	77%	63%
2nd pts	13/21	10/26
%2nd pts	62%	38%

Alves scored 1 ace . Barrena also scored 1 ace . Alves won 77% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Barrena won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Alves	Barrena
Won	4	7
Converted	4/5	7/10
% Converted	80%	70%
Conceded	1	6
Saved	0	1
% Saved	0%	17%
Times Broken	1	5

Alves broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Brazilian surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Alex broke his opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. Barrena conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 17% of the break points that he conceded.

Alves
	Q1 Lucas Reis Da	Total
Score	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	55-33	55-33
Total points	88	88
Winners	20	20
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	26/47	26/47
% 1st in	55%	55%
1st pts	20/26	20/26
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	13/21	13/21
% 2nd pts	62%	62%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/5	4/5
Converted %	80%	80%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Barrena
	Q1 Sanchez-Izquierdo	Total
Score	3-6 6-3 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	25	25
pts	82-67	82-67
Total points	149	149
Winners	29	29
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	46/72	46/72
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	29/46	29/46
% 1st pts	63%	63%
2nd pts	10/26	10/26
% 2nd pts	38%	38%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/10	7/10
Converted %	70%	70%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	1/6	1
Saved %	17%	17%
Times Broken	5	5

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