H2H, prediction of Santiago Rodriguez Taverna vs Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida in Porto Alegre Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 3rd May 2025

PREVIEW. Porto Alegre Challenger. Rodriguez Taverna and Pucinelli De Almeida will play each other in the semifinal of the Porto Alegre Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Saturday the 3rd of May

Prediction and head to head Santiago Rodriguez Taverna vs. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida

Santiago Rodriguez Taverna and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Porto Alegre Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:00 pm on QUADRA 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida is the pick to win this match.
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida -> 1.32
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna -> 3.14

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Prediction and head to head Santiago Rodriguez Taverna vs. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida

This will be the 4th time that Santiago Rodriguez Taverna and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Pucinelli De Almeida (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Rodriguez Taverna won 3-6 7-6(8) 6-1 in the 2nd round in the Temuco Challenger back in 2023.

Santiago Rodriguez Taverna

Santiago Rodriguez Taverna
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna

29 - 14win/loss

Clay
29-14
Rank
195
High
157
LLLWWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 34-18 4-2 30-16 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 32-35 4-5 28-29 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 41-35 7-7 34-27 0-1 0-0 0-0
2022 36-27 0-2 35-24 0-0 1-1 0-0
2021 67-26 40-16 26-9 1-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 261, Santiago reached the semifinal after beating Zdenek Kolar 6-4 7-5, Valerio Aboian 5-3 ret. and Guido Ivan Justo 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3.

In the quarter, The Argentine defeated Ivan Justo (6-4 6-74 6-3). During the match, Rodriguez Taverna scored 108 points vs Ivan Justo’s 99. Santiago was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Talking about the service games, Rodriguez Taverna recorded 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Santiago Rodriguez Taverna lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Rodriguez Taverna put 59% of his first serves in, winning 74% (49/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (22/45) on the 2nd serve. Santiago broke Ivan Justo 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Argentine has lost 1 set in this competition to win 52% of the points he played.

Rodriguez Taverna has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (317-221). 28-14 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rodriguez Taverna has an overall 245-171 match record in the last years on clay.

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

The Argentine has an aggregate 28-14 win-loss record in 2025, 28-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Porto Alegre Challenger

Rodriguez Taverna has never competed in this tournament before.

Rodriguez Taverna
Porto Alegre Challenger
Rodriguez Taverna's Record

Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida

Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida

13 - 9win/loss

Clay
13-8
Rank
281
High
190
LWWWWLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 17-10 0-0 17-9 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 38-27 0-1 38-26 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 20-25 1-3 19-22 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 29-29 1-3 27-24 0-0 1-2 0-0
2021 72-29 0-0 72-29 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 322, the Brazilian reached the semifinal after beating Alvaro Guillen Meza 6-1 3-6 6-0, Conner Huertas Del Pino 7-5 6-1 and Lautaro Midon 6-1 6-2.

In the quarter, Matheus had a good straight sets win against Midon (6-1 6-2). During the match Pucinelli De Almeida scored 69 points vs Midon’s 47. The Brazilian was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about serving, Pucinelli De Almeida managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida was very effective on serve to win 76% (25/33) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Pucinelli De Almeida broke Midon 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Pucinelli De Almeida has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.

Pucinelli De Almeida’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Asuncion Challenger.

Matheus has a compiled 13-8 win-loss record in 2025, 13-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Pucinelli De Almeida
Porto Alegre Challenger
Pucinelli De Almeida's Record
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Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

S.Fa Taverna
M.Pucinelli Almeida
5h:11
5h:11
Time on court​
5h:31
5h:31
!
3h:02
3h:02
Last match​
1h:35
1h:35
3
3
Match played
3
3
62
62
Games Played​
56
56
7
7
Set played​​
7
7
207
207
Total points​
229
229
69
69
Avg point​
76.3
76.3
96
96
Winners
92
92
32
32
Avg Winners​
30.7
30.7
46%
46%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
15
15
Aces
6
6
5
5
Avg Aces
2
2
9
9
Double Faults
9
9
3
3
Avg Double Faults
3
3
96/132
96/132
1st won total​
92/125
92/125
!
73%
73%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
39/79
39/79
2nd won total​
42/77
42/77
49%
49%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
9/18
9/18
BP won
13/31
13/31
3/6
3/6
Avg BP won
4.3/10.3
4.3/10.3
50%
50%
Won
42%
42%
18
18
Conceded
14
14
6
6
Avg Conceded
4.7
4.7
4
4
Broken
2
2
1.3
1.3
Avg Broken
!
0.7
0.7
14
14
Saved
12
12

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Rodriguez Taverna Pucinelli De Almeida
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 7 7
Tot Games 62 56
Pts 207-190 229-163
Total Points 397 392
Winners 96 92
%Winners 46% 40%

Both Rodriguez Taverna and Pucinelli De Almeida played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Santiago Rodriguez Taverna conceded 1 set, while Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Rodriguez Taverna and Pucinelli De Almeida have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Rodriguez Taverna played 6 games more than Pucinelli De Almeida. Rodriguez Taverna scored 96 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Pucinelli De Almeida made 92 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Rodriguez Taverna Pucinelli De Almeida
Aces 15 6
Avg per match 5 2
1st in 132/211 125/202
%1st in 63% 62%
1st pts 96/132 92/125
%1st pts 73% 74%
2nd pts 39/79 42/77
%2nd pts 49% 55%

Rodriguez Taverna made 15 aces (5 per match). Pucinelli De Almeida scored 6 aces (2 per match). Rodriguez Taverna won 73% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Pucinelli De Almeida won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Rodriguez Taverna Pucinelli De Almeida
Won 9 13
Converted 9/18 13/31
% Converted 50% 42%
Conceded 18 14
Saved 14 12
% Saved 78% 86%
Times Broken 4 2

Santiago broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. Rodriguez Taverna lost his serve 4 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Pucinelli De Almeida broke his opponents 13 times with a 42% conversion rate. Pucinelli De Almeida conceded his serve twice and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.

Rodriguez Taverna
R1
Kolar
R2
Aboian
1/4
Ivan Justo
Total
Score 6-4 7-5 5-3 ret. 6-4 6-74 6-3
Tot Set 2 1 3 6
Tot Games 22 8 32 62
pts 74-72 25-19 108-99 207-190
Total points 146 44 207 397
Winners 37 10 49 96
%Winners 50% 40% 45% 46%
SERVE
Aces 8 2 5 15
Double Faults 2 2 5 9
1st in 53/79 13/21 66/111 132/211
% 1st in 67% 62% 59% 63%
1st pts 37/53 10/13 49/66 96/132
% 1st pts 70% 77% 74% 73%
2nd pts 11/26 6/8 22/45 39/79
% 2nd pts 42% 75% 49% 49%
Breaks
Won 4 1 4 9
Converted 4/10 1/1 4/7 9/18
Converted % 40% 100% 57% 50%
Conceded 9 0 9 18
Saved 7/9 0/0 7/9 14
Saved % 78% 78% 52%
Times Broken 2 0 2 4
Pucinelli De Almeida
R1
Guillen Meza
R2
Huertas Del Pino
1/4
Midon
Total
Score 6-1 3-6 6-0 7-5 6-1 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 3 2 2 7
Tot Games 22 19 15 56
pts 84-61 76-55 69-47 229-163
Total points 145 131 116 392
Winners 31 36 25 92
%Winners 37% 47% 36% 40%
SERVE
Aces 1 3 2 6
Double Faults 0 6 3 9
1st in 44/70 48/74 33/58 125/202
% 1st in 63% 65% 57% 62%
1st pts 31/44 36/48 25/33 92/125
% 1st pts 70% 75% 76% 74%
2nd pts 16/26 12/26 14/25 42/77
% 2nd pts 62% 46% 56% 55%
Breaks
Won 5 4 4 13
Converted 5/12 4/7 4/12 13/31
Converted % 42% 57% 33% 42%
Conceded 6 6 2 14
Saved 5/6 5/6 2/2 12
Saved % 83% 83% 100% 89%
Times Broken 1 1 0 2

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Rodriguez Taverna
LLLWWWWLWW
Pucinelli De Almeida
LWWWWLWWWL
2025 2024 2023
34 - 18
17 - 9
4-2
Hard
0-0
30-16
Clay
17-9

Tennis Scores in Porto Alegre Challenger

  • Juan Carlos Prado Angelo/Federico ZeballosCarlos Prado Angelo/Federico ZeballosHernan Casanova/Santiago Rodriguez TavernaCasanova/Santiago Rodriguez Taverna (6-3 3-6 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
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Upcoming matches in the draw

  • Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (0-2) – H2H and prediction
  • Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De AlmeidaSantiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna (2-1) – H2H and prediction