Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida and Gonzalo Villanueva will square off in the 1st round of the Cordoba Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on CANCHA 3. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida is the pick to win this match.
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida -> 1.5
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 2.45

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Prediction and head to head Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida vs. Gonzalo Villanueva

This will be the 3rd time that Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida and Gonzalo Villanueva square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Pucinelli De Almeida and Villanueva (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Villanueva won 7-6(6) 4-6 6-3 in the qualifications in the Montevideo Challenger back in 2024.

Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida

Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida

3 - 4win/loss

Clay
3-3
Rank
306
High
190
LWWWLWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 13-9 0-0 13-8 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 38-27 0-1 38-26 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 20-25 1-3 19-22 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 29-29 1-3 27-24 0-0 1-2 0-0
2021 72-29 0-0 72-29 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 358, matheus will start his run in the Cordoba Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Punta Del Este where he lost 7-5 6-3 to Pereira in the 2nd round on the 20th of February.

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

Talking about his overall career, Matheus has an overall 207-144 record. He has a positive 185-123 record on clay.

Previously in the Cordoba Challenger

Pucinelli De Almeida has never competed in this tournament before.

Cordoba Challenger
Pucinelli De Almeida's Record

Gonzalo Villanueva

Gonzalo Villanueva

9 - 3win/loss

Clay
9-3
Rank
428
High
268
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 11-10 0-0 11-10 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, Villanueva reached the 1st round after defeating Lautaro Agustin Falabella 6-7(4) 6-2 6-4

and Matias Soto 7-6(5) 3-0 ret..

In the qualifications against Soto, the Argentine had a free pass after Soto retired on a 7-65 3-0 . scoreline.

The Argentine has a compiled 8-3 win-loss record in 2025, 8-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Cordoba Challenger
Villanueva's Record

Tennis Scores in Cordoba Challenger

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