Gustavo Ribeiro De Almeida and Mariano Kestelboim will square off in the 1st round of the Asuncion Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 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 Mariano Kestelboim who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mariano Kestelboim is the pick to win this match.
Mariano Kestelboim -> 1.4
Gustavo Ribeiro De Almeida -> 2.77
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Prediction and head to head Gustavo Ribeiro De Almeida vs. Mariano Kestelboim
There is no head to head record between Gustavo Ribeiro De Almeida and Mariano Kestelboim since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Gustavo Ribeiro De Almeida
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 11-11 | 0-0 | 11-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Gustavo reached the 1st round after defeating Ignacio Monzon 3-6 6-2 6-1 and Igor Gimenez 7-6(4) 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Brazilian had a good straight sets win against Gimenez (7-64 6-2). During the match, Ribeiro De Almeida scored 76 points vs Gimenez’s 62. The Brazilian was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ribeiro De Almeida wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Gustavo Ribeiro De Almeida lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ribeiro De Almeida put 67% of his first serves in, winning 65% (26/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the 2nd serve. Ribeiro De Almeida broke Gimenez 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brazilian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Ribeiro De Almeida has won exactly 50% of his matches (27-27) in the last 4 years. 11-4 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ribeiro De Almeida has a compiled27-26 match record in the last 4 years on clay.
Gustavo has an aggregate 11-4 win-loss record in 2025, 11-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Asuncion Challenger
The Brazilian has never competed in this tournament before.
Mariano Kestelboim
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-20 | 2-1 | 30-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-11 | 2-1 | 18-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-14 | 0-0 | 15-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-23 | 1-4 | 21-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 491, Kestelboim got to the 1st round after beating Paul Valsecchi 6-1 6-0 and Nicolas Kicker 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Mariano had a good straight sets win against Kicker (6-3 6-2). During the match Kestelboim scored 72 points vs Kicker’s 55. Mariano was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Kestelboim scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mariano Kestelboim lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Kestelboim put 66% of his first serves in, winning 66% (29/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Mariano broke Kicker 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kestelboim started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 61% of the points he played.
Kestelboim’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Punta del Este.
Mariano has an overall 12-7 win-loss record in 2025, 12-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Asuncion Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ribeiro De Almeida | Kestelboim |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 30 |
| Pts | 160-129 | 124-78 |
| Total Points | 289 | 202 |
| Winners | 63 | 47 |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% |
Both Ribeiro De Almeida and Kestelboim played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Gustavo Ribeiro De Almeida lost 1 set while Mariano Kestelboim hasn’t conceded a set so far. Ribeiro De Almeida has played 1 set more than Kestelboim (5 vs 4). Therefore, Ribeiro De Almeida played 15 games more than Kestelboim. Ribeiro De Almeida scored 63 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Kestelboim bagged 47 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ribeiro De Almeida | Kestelboim |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 90/134 | 71/104 |
| %1st in | 67% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 63/90 | 47/71 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 25/44 | 20/33 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 61% |
Ribeiro De Almeida recorded 4 aces (2 per match). Kestelboim made 1 ace (0.5 per match). Ribeiro De Almeida won 70% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Kestelboim won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ribeiro De Almeida | Kestelboim |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 11 |
| Converted | 9/25 | 11/15 |
| % Converted | 36% | 73% |
| Conceded | 11 | 14 |
| Saved | 7 | 12 |
| % Saved | 64% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Gustavo broke his opponents 9 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Brazilian lost his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Kestelboim broke his opponents 11 times with a 73% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve twice and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ribeiro De Almeida | ||||
| Q1 Monzon |
Q3 Gimenez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 6-1 | 7-64 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 21 | 45 | |
| pts | 84-67 | 76-62 | 160-129 | |
| Total points | 151 | 138 | 289 | |
| Winners | 37 | 26 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 34% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 50/74 | 40/60 | 90/134 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 37/50 | 26/40 | 63/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 65% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 11/20 | 25/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 55% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 5/15 | 9/25 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 33% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 4/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 57% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Kestelboim | ||||
| Q1 Valsecchi |
Q3 Kicker |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 17 | 30 | |
| pts | 52-23 | 72-55 | 124-78 | |
| Total points | 75 | 127 | 202 | |
| Winners | 18 | 29 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 40% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 27/37 | 44/67 | 71/104 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 66% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 18/27 | 29/44 | 47/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/10 | 11/23 | 20/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 90% | 48% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 5/7 | 11/15 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 71% | 73% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 11 | 14 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 9/11 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 82% | 91% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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