Daniel Elahi Galan and Pedro Sakamoto will square off in the 2nd round of the Santiago Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:30 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniel Elahi Galan who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Daniel Elahi Galan is the pick to win this match.
Daniel Elahi Galan -> 1.32
Pedro Sakamoto -> 3.15
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Prediction and head to head Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Pedro Sakamoto
This will be the 2nd time that Daniel Elahi Galan and Pedro Sakamoto clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Elahi Galan Riveros (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Elahi Galan Riveros won 6-1 6-3 in the qualifications in the Como Challenger back in 2016.
Daniel Elahi Galan
10 - 6win/loss
123
56
WLWWLLLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10-6 | 1-2 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-33 | 5-7 | 25-24 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-34 | 4-12 | 23-19 | 0-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-28 | 14-7 | 33-17 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-32 | 6-9 | 19-16 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 123, Elahi Galan Riveros reached the 2nd round after beating Juan Bautista Torres 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Daniel had a good straight sets win against Bautista Torres (6-4 6-4). During the match, Elahi Galan Riveros scored 74 points vs Bautista Torres’s 62. The Colombian was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Elahi Galan Riveros fired 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Daniel Elahi Galan lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Elahi Galan Riveros put 66% of his first serves in, winning 71% (27/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. Elahi Galan Riveros broke Bautista Torres 5 times after converting 29% of his break points (5/17).
Elahi Galan Riveros has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (338-265). 9-4 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Elahi Galan Riveros has an aggregate 240-159 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Punta Del Este Challenger where he defeated Tomas Barrios Vera in the final 5-7 6-4 6-4.
Daniel has an aggregate 10-6 win-loss record in 2025, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santiago Challenger
The Colombian has never competed in this tournament before.
Pedro Sakamoto
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 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. 338, the Brazilian reached the 2nd round after defeating Benjamin Torrealba 6-0 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Brazilian had a good straight sets win against Torrealba (6-0 6-2). During the match Sakamoto scored 58 points vs Torrealba’s 30. Sakamoto was pretty aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about serving, Sakamoto wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Pedro Sakamoto was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (17/24) of his 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brazilian broke Torrealba 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Sakamoto’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Yerba Buena.
Pedro has an aggregate 6-4 win-loss record in 2025, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Elahi Galan Riveros | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 14 |
| Pts | 74-62 | 58-30 |
| Total Points | 136 | 88 |
| Winners | 27 | 17 |
| %Winners | 36% | 29% |
Both Elahi Galan Riveros and Sakamoto played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Elahi Galan Riveros and Sakamoto have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Elahi Galan Riveros played 6 games more than Sakamoto. Elahi Galan Riveros scored 27 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Brazilian bagged 17 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Elahi Galan Riveros | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0 |
| 1st in | 38/58 | 24/42 |
| %1st in | 66% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 17/24 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 8/20 | 13/18 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 72% |
Elahi Galan Riveros made 2 aces . Sakamoto didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Elahi Galan Riveros won 71% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Sakamoto won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 72% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Elahi Galan Riveros | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/17 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 29% | 45% |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 57% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
The Colombian broke his opponent 5 times with a 29% conversion rate. Daniel conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Sakamoto broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Sakamoto was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Elahi Galan Riveros | |||
| R1 Bautista Torres |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 74-62 | 74-62 | |
| Total points | 136 | 136 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/58 | 38/58 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 27/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/20 | 8/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/17 | 5/17 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Sakamoto | |||
| R1 Torrealba |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 58-30 | 58-30 | |
| Total points | 88 | 88 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 24/42 | 24/42 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 17/24 | 17/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 13/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 72% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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WLLWWWWLLW Tennis Scores in Santiago Challenger
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo (6-2 6-73 6-5 ret.) – See score progression
- Lautaro MidonMidon – Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Kilian FeldbauschFeldbausch – Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Mateus AlvesAlves (7-5 6-71 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Paulo Andre Saraiva Dos SantosAndre Saraiva Dos Santos (6-3 3-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Yuki MochizukiMochizuki – Nicolas VillalonVillalon (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Gonzalo BuenoBueno – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-3 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Benjamin TorrealbaTorrealba (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Murkel DellienDellien – Karue SellSell (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Ignacio BuseBuse – Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon (6-3 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Mateus AlvesAlves (7-5 6-7(1) 6-3) – See score progression
- Lautaro MidonMidon – Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo (6-2 6-7(3) 6-5 ret.) – See score progression
- Kilian FeldbauschFeldbausch – Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Yuki MochizukiMochizuki – Nicolas VillalonVillalon (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Gonzalo BuenoBueno – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Emilio NavaNava – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Paulo Andre Saraiva Dos SantosAndre Saraiva Dos Santos (6-3 3-6 7-6(5)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Yuki MochizukiMochizuki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Matias SotoSoto (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida – Renzo OlivoOlivo (1-0) – H2H and prediction
