Alvaro Guillen Meza and Bruno Kuzuhara will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Santos Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on QUADRA CENTRAL. 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 Alvaro Guillen Meza who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alvaro Guillen Meza is the pick to win this match.
Alvaro Guillen Meza -> 1.3
Bruno Kuzuhara -> 3.26

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Prediction and head to head Alvaro Guillen Meza vs. Bruno Kuzuhara

This will be the 3^rd time that Alvaro Guillen Meza and Bruno Kuzuhara square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Guillen Meza and Kuzuhara (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Guillen Meza won 7-6(7) 6-1 in the 2^nd round in M25 Lujan back in 2023.

Alvaro Guillen Meza

Ranked no. 216, Guillen Meza got to the 2^nd round after beating Zdenek Kolar 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Alvaro had a good straight sets win against Kolar (6-4 6-4). During the match, Guillen Meza scored 64 points vs Kolar’s 59. Guillen Meza was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Regarding the service games, Guillen Meza fired 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alvaro Guillen Meza lost the serve 4 times. Furthermore, Guillen Meza put 65% of his first serves in, winning 61% (22/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 32% (6/19) on the 2nd serve. Guillen Meza broke Kolar 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).

Guillen Meza has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (149-105). 17-10 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Guillen Meza has a composed145-95 record in the last 8 years on clay.

Alvaro’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Punta del Este and the Campinas Challenger.

Guillen Meza has a compiled 17-11 win-loss record in 2025, 17-10 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Santos Challenger

Bruno Kuzuhara

Ranked no. 539, Kuzuhara got to the 2^nd round after defeating Daniel Antonio Nunez 6-4 6-3, Ignacio Monzon 6-2 7-5 and Conner Huertas Del Pino 6-4 3-6 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Kuzuhara defeated Huertas Del Pino (6-4 3-6 6-1). During the match Kuzuhara scored 109 points vs Huertas Del Pino’s 100. Bruno was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about serving, Kuzuhara was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Bruno Kuzuhara lost the serve 4 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Kuzuhara put 67% of his first serves in, winning 55% (40/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the 2nd serve. Kuzuhara broke Huertas Del Pino 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).

Bruno’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Sunrise.

Kuzuhara has a compiled 15-12 win-loss record in 2025, 15-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Santos Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Guillen Meza	Kuzuhara
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	7
Tot Games	20	65
Pts	64-59	246-206
Total Points	123	452
Winners	22	93
%Winners	34%	38%

Guillen Meza played 1 match while Kuzuhara competed in 3 matches. Kuzuhara started his run from the qualifications while Guillen Meza had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Bruno Kuzuhara surrendered 1 set while Alvaro Guillen Meza hasn’t dropped a set so far. Guillen Meza has played 5 set(s) less than Kuzuhara (2 vs 7). Therefore, Guillen Meza played 45 games less than Kuzuhara. Alvaro scored 22 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Bruno scored 93 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Guillen Meza	Kuzuhara
Aces	2	3
Avg per match	2	1
1st in	36/55	151/233
%1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	22/36	93/151
%1st pts	61%	62%
2nd pts	6/19	41/82
%2nd pts	32%	50%

Guillen Meza fired 2 aces . Kuzuhara blasted 3 aces (1 per match). Guillen Meza won 61% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 32% of the points. On the other side, Kuzuhara won 62% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Guillen Meza	Kuzuhara
Won	6	16
Converted	6/14	16/32
% Converted	43%	50%
Conceded	4	21
Saved	0	12
% Saved	0%	57%
Times Broken	4	9

The Ecuadorian broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Ecuadorian dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Kuzuhara broke his opponents 16 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kuzuhara conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Guillen Meza
	R1 Kolar	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	64-59	64-59
Total points	123	123
Winners	22	22
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	36/55	36/55
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	22/36	22/36
% 1st pts	61%	61%
2nd pts	6/19	6/19
% 2nd pts	32%	32%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/14	6/14
Converted %	43%	43%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	0/4	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	4	4

Kuzuhara
	Q1 Antonio	Q3 Monzon	R1 Huertas Del Pino	Total
Score	6-4 6-3	6-2 7-5	6-4 3-6 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	19	20	26	65
pts	66-50	71-56	109-100	246-206
Total points	116	127	209	452
Winners	29	24	40	93
%Winners	44%	34%	37%	38%
SERVE
Aces	1	2	0	3
Double Faults	1	4	0	5
1st in	40/56	38/68	73/109	151/233
% 1st in	71%	56%	67%	65%
1st pts	29/40	24/38	40/73	93/151
% 1st pts	73%	63%	55%	62%
2nd pts	7/16	14/30	20/36	41/82
% 2nd pts	44%	47%	56%	50%
Breaks
Won	4	6	6	16
Converted	4/6	6/11	6/15	16/32
Converted %	67%	55%	40%	50%
Conceded	2	3	16	21
Saved	0/2	0/3	12/16	12
Saved %	0%	0%	75%	75%
Times Broken	2	3	4	9

Tennis Scores in Santos Challenger

• Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (6-7³ 6-3 5-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias – Jose PereiraPereira (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Mateus AlvesAlves (3-6 7-5 7-6²) – See score progression
• Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Nicolas KickerKicker – Wilson LeiteLeite (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Lautaro MidonMidon – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo – Arklon Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Eduardo RibeiroRibeiro (6-7⁴ 6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Gianluca MagerMager – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (2-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara – Conner Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli – Enzo Kohlmann De FreitasKohlmann De Freitas (4-6 6-1 5-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Renzo OlivoOlivo – Blaise BicknellBicknell (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Matias SotoSoto – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (6-7⁸ 6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres – Bruno MalacarneMalacarne (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Lautaro MidonMidon – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Eduardo RibeiroRibeiro (6-7(4) 6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (6-7(3) 6-3 5-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias – Jose PereiraPereira (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Gianluca MagerMager – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-3 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Renzo OlivoOlivo – (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Nicolas KickerKicker (1-7) – H2H and prediction
• Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Matias SotoSoto – Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias – Gianluca MagerMager (0-0) – H2H and prediction