Matias Soto and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida will square off in the 2^nd round of the Asuncion Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on CANCHA 4. 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.

As per the initial odds, Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida is the pick to win this match.
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida -> 1.44
Matias Soto -> 2.625

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Prediction and head to head Matias Soto vs. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida

This will be the 2^nd time that Matias Soto and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Pucinelli De Almeida (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Pucinelli De Almeida won 3-6 6-4 6-2

in the semifinal in M25 Lajeado back in 2024.

Matias Soto

Ranked no. 244 (career-high), Soto reached the 2^nd round after beating Conner Huertas Del Pino 7-6(3) 6-0.

In the 1^st round, Soto had a good straight sets win against Huertas Del Pino (7-6³ 6-0). During the match, Soto scored 75 points vs Huertas Del Pino’s 59. Matias was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about the service games, Soto bagged 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Matias Soto was quite efficient on serve to win 75% (27/36) of his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Matias broke Huertas Del Pino 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Soto has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (128-79). 2-3 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Soto has a composed86-48 record in the last 8 years on clay.

Soto has an aggregate 2-6 win-loss record in 2025, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Asuncion Challenger

Soto has never competed in this tournament before.

Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida

Ranked no. 345, Pucinelli De Almeida reached the 2^nd round after beating Facundo Mena 7-5 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Matheus had a good straight sets win against Mena (7-5 6-2). During the match Pucinelli De Almeida scored 75 points vs Mena’s 63. Pucinelli De Almeida was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Pucinelli De Almeida couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida was exceptionally effective on serve to win 72% (26/36) of his 1st serve and 64% (18/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brazilian broke Mena 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Pucinelli De Almeida has an aggregate 6-5 win-loss record in 2025, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Asuncion Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Soto	Pucinelli De Almeida
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	20
Pts	75-59	75-63
Total Points	134	138
Winners	27	26
%Winners	36%	35%

Both Soto and Pucinelli De Almeida played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Soto and Pucinelli De Almeida have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Soto played 1 game less than Pucinelli De Almeida. Soto scored 27 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Matheus made 26 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Soto	Pucinelli De Almeida
Aces	2	0
Avg per match	2	0
1st in	36/68	36/64
%1st in	53%	56%
1st pts	27/36	26/36
%1st pts	75%	72%
2nd pts	17/32	18/28
%2nd pts	53%	64%

Soto scored 2 aces . Pucinelli De Almeida didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Soto won 75% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Pucinelli De Almeida won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Soto	Pucinelli De Almeida
Won	4	3
Converted	4/10	3/7
% Converted	40%	43%
Conceded	4	2
Saved	3	2
% Saved	75%	100%
Times Broken	1	0

The Chilean broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Soto conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Matheus broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Pucinelli De Almeida was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

Soto
	R1 Huertas Del Pino	Total
Score	7-63 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	75-59	75-59
Total points	134	134
Winners	27	27
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	36/68	36/68
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	27/36	27/36
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	17/32	17/32
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/10	4/10
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

Pucinelli De Almeida
	R1 Mena	Total
Score	7-5 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	75-63	75-63
Total points	138	138
Winners	26	26
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	36/64	36/64
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	26/36	26/36
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	18/28	18/28
% 2nd pts	64%	64%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/7	3/7
Converted %	43%	43%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Asuncion Challenger

• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Benjamin TorrealbaTorrealba (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Felix CorwinCorwin (6-1 7-6³) – See score progression
• Matias SotoSoto – Conner Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino (7-6³ 6-0) – See score progression
• Guillermo Duran/Mariano KestelboimDuran/Mariano Kestelboim – Seita Watanabe/Takeru YuzukiWatanabe/Takeru Yuzuki (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli – Igor GimenezGimenez (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Emilio NavaNava – Lorenzo Joaquin RodriguezJoaquin Rodriguez (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Mariano KestelboimKestelboim – Gustavo Ribeiro De AlmeidaRibeiro De Almeida (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Murkel DellienDellien (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Hernando Jose Escurra IsnardiJose Escurra Isnardi (7-6⁶ 6-1) – See score progression
• Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Alex Santino Nunez VeraSantino Nunez Vera (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Facundo MenaMena (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Remy BertolaBertola (6-4 0-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (6-3 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias – Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-1 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Mariano KestelboimKestelboim (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (0-4) – H2H and prediction
• Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Emilio NavaNava (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Matias SotoSoto – Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-0) – H2H and prediction