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.

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 -> 1.28
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

Mariano Kestelboim

20 - 10win/loss

Clay
20-10
Rank
398
High
387
LWLWWLWLLW
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

San Miguel de Tucuman Challenger
Kestelboim's Record

Fermin Tenti

Fermin Tenti

3 - 3win/loss

Clay
3-3
Rank
900
High
561
LWWLWWLLLL
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.

San Miguel de Tucuman Challenger
Tenti's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Kestelboim
F.Tenti
3h:10
3h:10
Time on court​
!
8h:01
8h:01
!
3h:10
3h:10
Last match​
!
2h:26
2h:26
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
24
24
Games Played​
79
79
3
3
Set played​​
8
8
103
103
Total points​
280
280
103
103
Avg point​
93.3
93.3
38
38
Winners
112
112
38
38
Avg Winners​
37.3
37.3
37%
37%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
2
2
3
3
Avg Aces
0.7
0.7
4
4
Double Faults
3
3
4
4
Avg Double Faults
1
1
38/61
38/61
1st won total​
112/184
112/184
62%
62%
1st won %
61%
61%
20/35
20/35
2nd won total​
41/78
41/78
57%
57%
2nd won %
53%
53%
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
BP won
16/35
16/35
5/10
5/10
Avg BP won
5.3/11.7
5.3/11.7
50%
50%
Won
46%
46%
13
13
Conceded
31
31
13
13
Avg Conceded
10.3
10.3
2
2
Broken
13
13
2
2
Avg Broken
!
4.3
4.3
11
11
Saved
18
18

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

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