Daniel Elahi Galan and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida will face off in the quarter of the Santiago Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am 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 Daniel Elahi Galan who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Daniel Elahi Galan is the pick to win this match.
Daniel Elahi Galan -> 1.43
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida -> 2.66

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Prediction and head to head Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida

This will be the 2^nd time that Daniel Elahi Galan and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida square off. 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 6-3 6-3 in the qualifications in Rio de janeiro back in 2022.

Daniel Elahi Galan

Ranked no. 123, the Colombian reached the quarter after beating Juan Bautista Torres 6-4 6-4 and Pedro Sakamoto 6-3 6-4

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In the 2^nd round, Elahi Galan Riveros had a good straight sets win against Sakamoto (6-3 6-4). During the match, Elahi Galan Riveros scored 66 points vs Sakamoto’s 49. Elahi Galan Riveros was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Regarding the service games, Elahi Galan Riveros managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Daniel Elahi Galan was quite effective on serve to win 72% (23/32) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Daniel broke Sakamoto 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Elahi Galan Riveros hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Elahi Galan Riveros has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (339-265). 10-4 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Elahi Galan Riveros has an overall 241-159 record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Punta Del Este Challenger where he beat Tomas Barrios Vera in the final 5-7 6-4 6-4.

Elahi Galan Riveros has a compiled 11-6 win-loss record in 2025, 10-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Santiago Challenger

The Colombian has never competed in this tournament before.

Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida

Ranked no. 358, Pucinelli De Almeida reached the quarter after beating Juan Pablo Varillas 6-3 3-6 6-2 and Renzo Olivo 6-7(2) 6-2 6-1.

In the 2^nd round against Olivo, The Brazilian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7² 6-2 6-1). During the match Pucinelli De Almeida scored 89 points vs Olivo’s 72. Matheus was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

About the serving games, Pucinelli De Almeida scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Pucinelli De Almeida put 56% of his first serves in, winning 64% (29/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (23/36) on the 2nd serve. Matheus broke Olivo 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Matheus has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Matheus has an aggregate 5-4 win-loss record in 2025, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Santiago Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Elahi Galan Riveros	Pucinelli De Almeida
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	6
Tot Games	39	54
Pts	140-111	172-144
Total Points	251	316
Winners	50	59
%Winners	36%	34%

Both Elahi Galan Riveros and Pucinelli De Almeida played 2 matches. At the moment, Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida lost 2 sets while Daniel Elahi Galan hasn’t conceded a set so far. Elahi Galan Riveros has played 2 set(s) less than Pucinelli De Almeida (4 vs 6). Therefore, Elahi Galan Riveros played 15 games less than Pucinelli De Almeida. Elahi Galan Riveros scored 50 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Matheus managed to score 59 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Elahi Galan Riveros	Pucinelli De Almeida
Aces	4	2
Avg per match	2	1
1st in	70/107	92/156
%1st in	65%	59%
1st pts	50/70	59/92
%1st pts	71%	64%
2nd pts	17/37	35/64
%2nd pts	46%	55%

Elahi Galan Riveros recorded 4 aces (2 per match). Pucinelli De Almeida managed to score 2 aces (1 per match). Elahi Galan Riveros won 71% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Pucinelli De Almeida won 64% of the points on 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	Elahi Galan Riveros	Pucinelli De Almeida
Won	11	14
Converted	11/29	14/29
% Converted	38%	48%
Conceded	14	15
Saved	8	8
% Saved	57%	53%
Times Broken	6	7

The Colombian broke his opponents 11 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Colombian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Pucinelli De Almeida broke his opponents 14 times with a 48% conversion rate. Pucinelli De Almeida conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.

Elahi Galan Riveros
	R1 Bautista Torres	R2 Sakamoto	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	20	19	39
pts	74-62	66-49	140-111
Total points	136	115	251
Winners	27	23	50
%Winners	36%	35%	36%
SERVE
Aces	2	2	4
Double Faults	3	2	5
1st in	38/58	32/49	70/107
% 1st in	66%	65%	65%
1st pts	27/38	23/32	50/70
% 1st pts	71%	72%	71%
2nd pts	8/20	9/17	17/37
% 2nd pts	40%	53%	46%
Breaks
Won	5	6	11
Converted	5/17	6/12	11/29
Converted %	29%	50%	38%
Conceded	7	7	14
Saved	4/7	4/7	8
Saved %	57%	57%	57%
Times Broken	3	3	6

Pucinelli De Almeida
	R1 Pablo Patino-Samudio	R2 Olivo	Total
Score	6-3 3-6 6-2	6-72 6-2 6-1
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	26	28	54
pts	83-72	89-72	172-144
Total points	155	161	316
Winners	30	29	59
%Winners	36%	33%	34%
SERVE
Aces	1	1	2
Double Faults	4	3	7
1st in	47/75	45/81	92/156
% 1st in	63%	56%	59%
1st pts	30/47	29/45	59/92
% 1st pts	64%	64%	64%
2nd pts	12/28	23/36	35/64
% 2nd pts	43%	64%	55%
Breaks
Won	7	7	14
Converted	7/17	7/12	14/29
Converted %	41%	58%	48%
Conceded	10	5	15
Saved	5/10	3/5	8
Saved %	50%	60%	55%
Times Broken	5	2	7

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