Mariano Kestelboim and Fermin Tenti will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the San Miguel de Tucuman Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on CANCHA 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mariano Kestelboim who should win in 2 sets.
Mariano Kestelboim -> 1.28
Fermin Tenti -> 3.4
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Prediction and head to head Mariano Kestelboim vs. Fermin Tenti
This will be the 2nd time that Mariano Kestelboim and Fermin Tenti play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kestelboim (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Kestelboim won 2-6 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in M25 Lujan back in 2023.
Mariano Kestelboim
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37-26 | 0-0 | 37-25 | 0-1 | 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. 429, Mariano reached the 2nd round after defeating Alvaro Guillen Meza 6-1 3-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, Kestelboim defeated Guillen Meza (6-1 3-6 6-2). During the match, Kestelboim scored 103 points vs Guillen Meza’s 87. Mariano was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kestelboim bagged 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Mariano Kestelboim lost the serve twice and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Kestelboim put 64% of his first serves in, winning 62% (38/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the 2nd serve. Kestelboim broke Guillen Meza 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Kestelboim has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (300-190). 19-10 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kestelboim has a compiled 270-169 record in the last years on clay.
The Argentine’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Punta del Este and M25 Lujan.
Mariano has an aggregate 19-10 win-loss record in 2025, 19-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Miguel de Tucuman Challenger
Fermin Tenti
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-23 | 0-0 | 15-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 17-14 | 0-0 | 17-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-30 | 0-1 | 26-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-29 | 1-3 | 29-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-33 | 0-0 | 24-33 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 900, Fermin got to the 2nd round after beating Franco Ribero 7-6(5) 2-6 6-4, Lucio Ratti 7-6(5) 6-4 and Alejo Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen 3-6 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st round against Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen, Tenti recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-3). During the match Tenti scored 92 points vs Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen’s 79. Tenti was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Tenti was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Fermin Tenti lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Tenti put 77% of his first serves in, winning 59% (35/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the 2nd serve. Fermin broke Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen 6 times after converting 35% of his break points (6/17).
Tenti has an aggregate 3-2 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Miguel de Tucuman Challenger
Tenti has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kestelboim | Tenti |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 79 |
| Pts | 103-87 | 280-258 |
| Total Points | 190 | 538 |
| Winners | 38 | 112 |
| %Winners | 37% | 40% |
Kestelboim played 1 match while Tenti competed in 3 matches. Tenti started his run from the qualifications while Kestelboim had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Mariano Kestelboim surrendered 1 set, while Fermin Tenti conceded 2 sets. Kestelboim has played 5 set(s) less than Tenti (3 vs 8). Therefore, Kestelboim played 55 games less than Tenti. Kestelboim scored 38 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Tenti made 112 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kestelboim | Tenti |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0.7 |
| 1st in | 61/96 | 184/262 |
| %1st in | 64% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 38/61 | 112/184 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 20/35 | 41/78 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 53% |
Kestelboim struck 3 aces . Tenti bagged 2 aces (0.7 per match). Kestelboim won 62% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Tenti won 61% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kestelboim | Tenti |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 16 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 16/35 |
| % Converted | 50% | 46% |
| Conceded | 13 | 31 |
| Saved | 11 | 18 |
| % Saved | 85% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 13 |
The Argentine broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kestelboim lost his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded. Tenti broke his opponents 16 times with a 46% conversion rate. Tenti conceded his serve 13 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kestelboim | |||
| R1 Guillen | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 103-87 | 103-87 | |
| Total points | 190 | 190 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 61/96 | 61/96 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 38/61 | 38/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/35 | 20/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 11/13 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 85% | 85% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Tenti | |||||
| Q1 Ribero | Q3 Ratti | R1 Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 2-6 6-4 | 7-65 6-4 | 3-6 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 23 | 25 | 79 | |
| pts | 103-101 | 85-78 | 92-79 | 280-258 | |
| Total points | 204 | 163 | 171 | 538 | |
| Winners | 44 | 33 | 35 | 112 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% | 38% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 70/98 | 55/87 | 59/77 | 184/262 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 63% | 77% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 44/70 | 33/55 | 35/59 | 112/184 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 60% | 59% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/28 | 15/32 | 13/18 | 41/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 47% | 72% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | 6/17 | 16/35 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | 35% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | 7 | 31 | |
| Saved | 6/12 | 8/12 | 4/7 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 57% | 174% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
Tennis Scores in San Miguel De Tucuman Challenger
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Juan Manuel La SernaManuel La Serna (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna – Juan EstevezEstevez (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo – Mateo Barreiros ReyesBarreiros Reyes (7-67 6-3) – See score progression
- Mariano KestelboimKestelboim – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (6-1 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Alex BarrenaBarrena – Nicolas KickerKicker (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Conner Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino – Lorenzo Joaquin RodriguezJoaquin Rodriguez (6-4 3-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres – Ignacio MonzonMonzon (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Fermin TentiTenti – Alejo Lorenzo Lingua LavallenLorenzo Lingua Lavallen (3-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias – Igor GimenezGimenez (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli – Nicolas ZanellatoZanellato (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (6-4 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi – Jose PereiraPereira (6-75 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Murkel DellienDellien – Maximo ZeituneZeitune (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Lautaro MidonMidon – Joao Eduardo SchiesslEduardo Schiessl (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Valerio AboianAboian – Vladyslav OrlovOrlov (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna – Juan EstevezEstevez (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres – Ignacio MonzonMonzon (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias – Igor GimenezGimenez (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Conner Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino – Lorenzo Joaquin RodriguezJoaquin Rodriguez (6-4 3-6 7-6(6)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Renzo OlivoOlivo (7-3) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Conner Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Fermin TentiTenti – Mariano KestelboimKestelboim (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli – (1-1) – H2H and prediction