Santiago Rodriguez Taverna and Valerio Aboian will square off in the 2^nd round of the Porto Alegre Challenger for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on QUADRA 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Santiago Rodriguez Taverna who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Santiago Rodriguez Taverna is the pick to win this match.
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna -> 1.34
Valerio Aboian -> 3.04

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Prediction and head to head Santiago Rodriguez Taverna vs. Valerio Aboian

This will be the 5^th time that Santiago Rodriguez Taverna and Valerio Aboian square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Rodriguez Taverna (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Rodriguez Taverna won 6-4 6-4 in the 1^st round in the Coquimbo Challenger back in 2023.

Santiago Rodriguez Taverna

Ranked no. 261, Rodriguez Taverna reached the 2^nd round after defeating Zdenek Kolar 6-4 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Rodriguez Taverna had a good straight sets win against Kolar (6-4 7-5). During the match, Rodriguez Taverna scored 74 points vs Kolar’s 72. Santiago was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Rodriguez Taverna bagged 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Santiago Rodriguez Taverna lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Rodriguez Taverna put 67% of his first serves in, winning 70% (37/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Kolar 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Rodriguez Taverna has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (315-221). 26-14 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rodriguez Taverna has an aggregate 243-171 record in the last years on clay.

Santiago’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Chacabuco and the San Miguel de Tucuman Challenger.

Santiago has an aggregate 26-14 win-loss record in 2025, 26-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Porto Alegre Challenger

Rodriguez Taverna has never competed in this tournament before.

Valerio Aboian

Ranked no. 454, the Argentine reached the 2^nd

round after beating Paulo Saraiva Dos Santos 6-1 2-6 6-2, Bruno Kuzuhara 6-4 6-1 and Alejo Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen 6-3 ret..

In the 1^st round against Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen, Aboian had a free pass after Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen retired on a 6-3 . scoreline.

Aboian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Asuncion.

Aboian has an overall 19-12 win-loss record in 2025, 19-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Porto Alegre Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Rodriguez Taverna	Aboian
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	7
Tot Games	22	49
Pts	74-72	187-144
Total Points	146	331
Winners	37	62
%Winners	50%	33%

Rodriguez Taverna played 1 match while Aboian competed in 3 matches. Aboian started his run from the qualifications while Rodriguez Taverna had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Valerio Aboian conceded 1 set while Santiago Rodriguez Taverna hasn’t conceded a set so far. Rodriguez Taverna has played 5 set(s) less than Aboian (2 vs 7). Therefore, Rodriguez Taverna played 27 games less than Aboian. Santiago scored 37 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Aboian blasted 62 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Rodriguez Taverna	Aboian
Aces	8	4
Avg per match	8	1.3
1st in	53/79	86/147
%1st in	67%	59%
1st pts	37/53	62/86
%1st pts	70%	72%
2nd pts	11/26	31/61
%2nd pts	42%	51%

Rodriguez Taverna fired 8 aces . Aboian struck 4 aces (1.3 per match). Rodriguez Taverna won 70% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Aboian won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Rodriguez Taverna	Aboian
Won	4	14
Converted	4/10	14/30
% Converted	40%	47%
Conceded	9	13
Saved	7	8
% Saved	78%	62%
Times Broken	2	5

Rodriguez Taverna broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Rodriguez Taverna conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Aboian broke his opponents 14 times with a 47% conversion rate. Valerio conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.

Rodriguez Taverna
	R1 Kolar	Total
Score	6-4 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	74-72	74-72
Total points	146	146
Winners	37	37
%Winners	50%	50%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	53/79	53/79
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	37/53	37/53
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	11/26	11/26
% 2nd pts	42%	42%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/10	4/10
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	7/9	7
Saved %	78%	78%
Times Broken	2	2

Aboian
	Q1 Saraiva Dos Santos	Q3 Kuzuhara	R1 Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen	Total
Score	6-1 2-6 6-2	6-4 6-1	6-3 ret.
Tot Set	3	2	1	6
Tot Games	23	17	9	49
pts	90-76	61-43	36-25	187-144
Total points	166	104	61	331
Winners	27	23	12	62
%Winners	30%	38%	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	2	1	1	4
Double Faults	2	0	0	2
1st in	40/77	31/46	15/24	86/147
% 1st in	52%	67%	63%	59%
1st pts	27/40	23/31	12/15	62/86
% 1st pts	68%	74%	80%	72%
2nd pts	18/37	8/15	5/9	31/61
% 2nd pts	49%	53%	56%	51%
Breaks
Won	6	5	3	14
Converted	6/14	5/10	3/6	14/30
Converted %	43%	50%	50%	47%
Conceded	9	3	1	13
Saved	6/9	2/3	0/1	8
Saved %	67%	67%	0%	134%
Times Broken	3	1	1	5

Tennis Scores in Porto Alegre Challenger

• Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres (6-3 1-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Eduardo RibeiroRibeiro – Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias (6-0 0-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alex BarrenaBarrena – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Eduardo RibeiroRibeiro – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida – Conner Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino (0-1) – H2H and prediction