Joel Schwaerzler and Pedro Sakamoto will face off in the 1st round of the Piracicaba Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on QUADRA 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joel Schwaerzler who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Joel Schwaerzler is the pick to win this match.
Joel Schwaerzler -> 1.68
Pedro Sakamoto -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Joel Schwaerzler vs. Pedro Sakamoto
There is no head to head record between Joel Schwaerzler and Pedro Sakamoto since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Joel Schwaerzler
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-23 | 3-3 | 21-16 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 6-9 | 1-2 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 320 (career-high), Joel got to the 1st round after defeating Leonardo Aboian 5-7 6-3 7-6(7) and Pedro Boscardin Dias 2-6 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications against Boscardin Dias, The Austrian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-4).During the match, Schwaerzler scored less points (3) than Boscardin Dias. In fact, the world no. 320 won 86 points vs Boscardin Dias’s. That means that Schwaerzler was more focused during the important points. Joel was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Schwaerzler blasted 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Joel Schwaerzler lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Schwaerzler put 54% of his first serves in, winning 74% (34/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (18/39) on the 2nd serve. Joel broke Boscardin Dias 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Schwaerzler started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 2 set in this tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Schwaerzler has a winning match record in the last 3 years having won 51% of his matches (35-34). 4-2 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Schwaerzler has a composed30-25 win-loss record in the last 3 years on clay.
The Austrian has an aggregate 4-2 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Piracicaba Challenger
Joel has never competed in this tournament before.
Pedro Sakamoto
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-30 | 7-3 | 28-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-24 | 4-2 | 35-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-24 | 2-3 | 19-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 344, the Brazilian will start his run in the Piracicaba Challenger after he played his last match in the Temuco Challenger where he lost 7-6(3) 6-1 to Dedura-Palomero in the 1st round on the 26th of November.
This will be the first match of the season on clay.
In terms of his career, Pedro has an overall 408-288 record. He has a positive 374-258 record on clay.
Previously in the Piracicaba Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Alex Marti PujolrasMarti Pujolras – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler – Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Lautaro MidonMidon – Orlando LuzLuz (6-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Valerio AboianAboian – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Maxime ChazalChazal – Mariano KestelboimKestelboim (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Maxime ChazalChazal – Hugo DellienDellien (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Mateus De Carvalho CardosoDe Carvalho Cardoso (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Emilio NavaNava (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Facundo MenaMena (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alex Marti PujolrasMarti Pujolras – Carlos TabernerTaberner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max HoukesHoukes – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
