Bruno Kuzuhara and Ignacio Monzon will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Santos Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on QUADRA 1. 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 Bruno Kuzuhara who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Bruno Kuzuhara is the pick to win this match.
Bruno Kuzuhara -> 1.5
Ignacio Monzon -> 2.45
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Prediction and head to head Bruno Kuzuhara vs. Ignacio Monzon
There is no head to head record between Bruno Kuzuhara and Ignacio Monzon since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Bruno Kuzuhara
13 - 12win/loss
580
394
LWWLWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-20 | 2-3 | 21-15 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-32 | 12-16 | 15-11 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-30 | 13-6 | 28-23 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-23 | 8-13 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-13 | 6-6 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 532, the American reached the qualifications after defeating Daniel Antonio Nunez 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, Bruno had a good straight sets win against Antonio Nunez (6-4 6-3). During the match, Kuzuhara scored 66 points vs Antonio Nunez’s 50. The American was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kuzuhara scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Bruno Kuzuhara lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Kuzuhara put 71% of his first serves in, winning 73% (29/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (7/16) on the 2nd serve. Bruno broke Antonio Nunez 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Kuzuhara has a winning record in the last 5 years having won 52% of his matches (119-110). 13-9 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kuzuhara has an overall78-59 record in the last 5 years on clay.
Kuzuhara’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Sunrise.
The American has an aggregate 13-12 win-loss record in 2025, 13-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santos Challenger
Ignacio Monzon
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-14 | 0-0 | 15-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-25 | 0-1 | 28-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-37 | 0-0 | 42-37 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-29 | 0-2 | 39-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-26 | 0-0 | 19-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 664, the Argentine got to the qualifications after beating Pedro Rodrigues 6-3 0-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Argentine defeated Rodrigues (6-3 0-6 6-2). During the match Monzon scored 74 points vs Rodrigues’s 71. The Argentine was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Monzon scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 6 double faults. Ignacio Monzon lost the serve 5 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Monzon put 51% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 31% (11/35) on the 2nd serve. Ignacio broke Rodrigues 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Ignacio’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Naples.
The Argentine has a composed 12-10 win-loss record in 2025, 12-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santos Challenger
Ignacio has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kuzuhara | Monzon |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 23 |
| Pts | 66-50 | 74-71 |
| Total Points | 116 | 145 |
| Winners | 29 | 26 |
| %Winners | 44% | 35% |
Both Kuzuhara and Monzon played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ignacio Monzon surrendered 1 set while Bruno Kuzuhara hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kuzuhara has played 1 set(s) less than Monzon (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kuzuhara played 4 games less than Monzon. The American scored 29 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Monzon managed to score 26 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kuzuhara | Monzon |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 40/56 | 37/72 |
| %1st in | 71% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 29/40 | 26/37 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 7/16 | 11/35 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 31% |
Kuzuhara struck 1 ace . Monzon also fired 1 ace . Kuzuhara won 73% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Monzon won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 31% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kuzuhara | Monzon |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 6/8 |
| % Converted | 67% | 75% |
| Conceded | 2 | 13 |
| Saved | 0 | 8 |
| % Saved | 0% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Bruno broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Monzon conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kuzuhara | |||
| Q1 Antonio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 66-50 | 66-50 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/56 | 40/56 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 29/40 | 29/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/16 | 7/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Monzon | |||
| Q1 Rodrigues |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 0-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 74-71 | 74-71 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 37/72 | 37/72 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 26/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/35 | 11/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 31% | 31% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 8/13 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 62% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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