Matias Soto and Gonzalo Villanueva will square off in the qualifications of the Cordoba Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:30 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 Matias Soto who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matias Soto is the pick to win this match.
Matias Soto -> 1.61
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 2.2
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Prediction and head to head Matias Soto vs. Gonzalo Villanueva
There is no head to head record between Matias Soto and Gonzalo Villanueva since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Matias Soto
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 57-27 | 10-9 | 43-17 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-19 | 4-4 | 14-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-7 | 7-3 | 14-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-9 | 6-3 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 247, the Chilean reached the qualifications after defeating Nicolas Kicker 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Chilean had a good straight sets win against Kicker (6-2 6-1). During the match, Soto scored 54 points vs Kicker’s 24. Soto was pretty aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Regarding the service games, Soto scored 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Matias Soto was quite effective on serve to win 79% (15/19) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Matias broke Kicker 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Soto has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (127-77). 1-1 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Soto has an overall85-46 record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Chilean has an overall 1-4 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cordoba Challenger
The Chilean has never competed in this tournament before.
Gonzalo Villanueva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 438, the Argentine got to the qualifications after beating Lautaro Agustin Falabella 6-7(4) 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications against Agustin Falabella, The Argentine recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-2 6-4). During the match Villanueva scored 104 points vs Agustin Falabella’s 90. Gonzalo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Villanueva recorded 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Gonzalo Villanueva was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (42/56) of his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Argentine broke Agustin Falabella 5 times after converting 26% of his break points (5/19).
Villanueva has a composed 7-3 win-loss record in 2025, 7-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Soto | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 31 |
| Pts | 54-24 | 104-90 |
| Total Points | 78 | 194 |
| Winners | 15 | 42 |
| %Winners | 28% | 40% |
Both Soto and Villanueva played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Gonzalo Villanueva conceded 1 set while Matias Soto hasn’t lost a set so far. Soto has played 1 set(s) less than Villanueva (2 vs 3). Therefore, Soto played 16 games less than Villanueva. The Chilean scored 15 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, Villanueva managed to score 42 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Soto | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4 |
| 1st in | 19/37 | 56/87 |
| %1st in | 51% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 15/19 | 42/56 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 17/31 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 55% |
Soto made 6 aces . Villanueva recorded 4 aces . Soto won 79% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Villanueva won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Soto | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 5/19 |
| % Converted | 67% | 26% |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Chilean broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Matias conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Villanueva broke his opponent 5 times with a 26% conversion rate. Gonzalo conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Soto | |||
| Q1 Kicker |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 54-24 | 54-24 | |
| Total points | 78 | 78 | |
| Winners | 15 | 15 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 19/37 | 19/37 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 15/19 | 15/19 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 11/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Villanueva | |||
| Q1 Agustin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 104-90 | 104-90 | |
| Total points | 194 | 194 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 56/87 | 56/87 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 42/56 | 42/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 17/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/19 | 5/19 | |
| Converted % | 26% | 26% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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