Mateus Alves and Gonzalo Villanueva will square off in the 1st round of the Santos Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on QUADRA CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mateus Alves who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mateus Alves is the pick to win this match.
Mateus Alves -> 1.56
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Mateus Alves vs. Gonzalo Villanueva
This will be the 3rd time that Mateus Alves and Gonzalo Villanueva fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Alves and Villanueva (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they played, Villanueva won 6-7(2) 6-1 7-6(3) in the qualifications in the Buenos Aires Challenger back in 2024.
Mateus Alves
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28-28 | 1-4 | 27-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-31 | 3-5 | 43-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 4-7 | 26-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-15 | 5-1 | 17-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-33 | 21-20 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 322, Alves will start his run in the Santos Challenger after he played his last match in the Porto Alegre Challenger where he lost 7-6(1) 6-7(3) 6-4 to Midon in the 1st round on the 29th of April.
Alves has an aggregate 8-10 win-loss record in 2025, 8-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Mateus has an overall 217-160 record. He has a positive 132-108 record on clay.
Previously in the Santos Challenger
Mateus has never competed in this tournament before.
Gonzalo Villanueva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46-32 | 1-1 | 41-30 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-34 | 2-2 | 41-32 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-40 | 5-4 | 39-36 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-33 | 1-5 | 31-28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-29 | 5-10 | 23-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 428, Gonzalo will start his run in the Santos Challenger after he played his last match in the Porto Alegre Challenger where he lost 7-6(6) 7-5 to Ivan in the 1st round on the 28th of April.
The Argentine has an aggregate 11-10 win-loss record in 2025, 11-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Villanueva has an overall 430-330 record. He has a positive 414-304 record on clay.
Previously in the Santos Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Enzo Kohlmann De FreitasEnzo – Franco RoncadelliFranco (6-4 1-6 0-5 ret. (Freitas ret.)) – See score progression
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