Tomas Barrios Vera and Max Houkes will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Punta Del Este Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete 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 Tomas Barrios Vera who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tomas Barrios Vera is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Barrios Vera -> 1.5
Max Houkes -> 2.45

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Prediction and head to head Tomas Barrios Vera vs. Max Houkes

This will be the 3^rd time that Tomas Barrios Vera and Max Houkes square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Tomas Barrios Vera (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

The last time that they played, Tomas Barrios Vera won 6-7(4) 6-4 6-1 in the semifinal in the Amersfoort Challenger back in 2024.

Tomas Barrios Vera

Ranked no. 152, Marcelo reached the 2^nd round after defeating Alvaro Guillen Meza 3-6 6-4 7-6(7).

In the 1^st round against Guillen Meza, Marcelo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 7-6⁷).During the match, Tomas Barrios Vera scored less points (2) than Guillen Meza. In fact, the world no. 152 won 111 points vs Guillen Meza’s. That means that Tomas Barrios Vera was more focused during the important points. Tomas Barrios Vera was exceptionally aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Talking about the service games, Tomas Barrios Vera scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Tomas Barrios Vera lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Tomas Barrios Vera put 74% of his first serves in, winning 61% (51/83) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the 2nd serve. Marcelo broke Guillen Meza 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).

Tomas Barrios Vera has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (343-200). 1-0 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tomas Barrios Vera has an aggregate 258-140 record in the last years on clay.

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

Previously in the Punta Del Este Challenger

Max Houkes

Ranked no. 328, Houkes reached the 2^nd round after beating Valerio Aboian 6-4 1-6 6-3, Maxime Chazal 7-5 7-5 and Andrea Collarini 7-5 6-7(5) 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Dutch defeated Collarini (7-5 6-7⁵ 6-2). During the match Houkes scored 110 points vs Collarini’s 102. Max was very aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Talking about serving, Houkes made 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Max Houkes lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Houkes put 63% of his first serves in, winning 72% (51/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (16/41) on the 2nd serve. Max broke Collarini 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Max has an overall 3-2 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Punta Del Este Challenger

Houkes has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tomas Barrios Vera	Houkes
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	3	6
Tot Games	32	59
Pts	111-113	215-210
Total Points	224	425
Winners	51	93
%Winners	46%	43%

Tomas Barrios Vera played 1 match while Houkes competed in 2 matches. Houkes started his run from the qualifications while Tomas Barrios Vera had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Tomas Barrios Vera dropped 1 set, while Max Houkes surrendered 2 sets. Tomas Barrios Vera has played 3 set(s) less than Houkes (3 vs 6). Therefore, Tomas Barrios Vera played 27 games less than Houkes. Tomas Barrios Vera scored 51 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch made 93 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tomas Barrios Vera	Houkes
Aces	1	5
Avg per match	1	2.5
1st in	83/112	147/222
%1st in	74%	66%
1st pts	51/83	93/147
%1st pts	61%	63%
2nd pts	15/29	34/75
%2nd pts	52%	45%

Tomas Barrios Vera fired 1 ace . Houkes also managed to score 5 aces (2.5 per match). Tomas Barrios Vera won 61% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Houkes won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Tomas Barrios Vera	Houkes
Won	4	10
Converted	4/14	10/24
% Converted	29%	42%
Conceded	8	29
Saved	4	22
% Saved	50%	76%
Times Broken	4	7

Tomas Barrios Vera broke his opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. Tomas Barrios Vera surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Max broke his opponents 10 times with a 42% conversion rate. Houkes conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.

Tomas Barrios Vera
	R1 Guillen Meza	Total
Score	3-6 6-4 7-67
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	32
pts	111-113	111-113
Total points	224	224
Winners	51	51
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	83/112	83/112
% 1st in	74%	74%
1st pts	51/83	51/83
% 1st pts	61%	61%
2nd pts	15/29	15/29
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/14	4/14
Converted %	29%	29%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	4/8	4
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	4	4

Houkes
	Q1 Aboian	Q3 Chazal	R1 Collarini	Total
Score	6-4 1-6 6-3	7-5 7-5	7-5 6-75 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	26	24	33	83
pts	105-108	–	110-102	215-210
Total points	213	0	212	425
Winners	42		51	93
%Winners	40%	0%	46%	43%
SERVE
Aces	1	0	4	5
Double Faults	5		6	11
1st in	76/110	/	71/112	147/222
% 1st in	69%	0%	63%	66%
1st pts	42/76	/	51/71	93/147
% 1st pts	55%	0%	72%	63%
2nd pts	18/34	/	16/41	34/75
% 2nd pts	53%	0%	39%	45%
Breaks
Won	4		6	10
Converted	4/13	/	6/11	10/24
Converted %	31%	0%	55%	42%
Conceded	19		10	29
Saved	15/19	0/	7/10	22
Saved %	79%	–	70%	149%
Times Broken	4		3	7

Tennis Scores in Punta Del Este Challenger

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• Federico CoriaCoria – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

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