Juan Bautista Torres and Gonzalo Villanueva will face off in the 2^nd round of the Santos Challenger for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on QUADRA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Bautista Torres who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Juan Bautista Torres is the pick to win this match.
Juan Bautista Torres -> 1.533
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 2.375

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Prediction and head to head Juan Bautista Torres vs. Gonzalo Villanueva

This will be the 4^th time that Juan Bautista Torres and Gonzalo Villanueva fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Villanueva (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Villanueva won 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the 1^st round in the Buenos Aires Challenger back in January 2025.

Juan Bautista Torres

Ranked no. 273, the Argentine got to the 2^nd round after beating Bruno Malacarne 6-4 7-6(4).

In the 1^st round, Juan had a good straight sets win against Malacarne (6-4 7-6⁴). During the match, Bautista Torres scored 79 points vs Malacarne’s 62. Bautista Torres was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Bautista Torres recorded 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Juan Bautista Torres lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Bautista Torres put 69% of his first serves in, winning 66% (29/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Malacarne 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Bautista Torres has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (178-122). 10-12 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Bautista Torres has a compiled164-107 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.

Juan has a compiled 10-12 win-loss record in 2025, 10-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Santos Challenger

Gonzalo Villanueva

Ranked no. 428, the Argentine got to the 2^nd round after defeating Mateus Alves 3-6 7-5 7-6(2).

In the 1^st round against Alves, Gonzalo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 7-6²). During the match Villanueva scored 108 points vs Alves’s 100. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 50 winners.

Talking about serving, Villanueva made 8 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Gonzalo Villanueva was very efficient on serve to win 71% (50/70) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Gonzalo broke Alves 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Gonzalo has an aggregate 12-10 win-loss record in 2025, 12-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Santos Challenger

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

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Bautista Torres	Villanueva
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	23	34
Pts	79-62	108-100
Total Points	141	208
Winners	29	50
%Winners	37%	46%

Both Bautista Torres and Villanueva played 1 match. At the moment, Gonzalo Villanueva lost 1 set while Juan Bautista Torres hasn’t lost a set so far. Bautista Torres has played 1 set(s) less than Villanueva (2 vs 3). Therefore, Bautista Torres played 11 games less than Villanueva. The Argentine scored 29 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Gonzalo made 50 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Bautista Torres	Villanueva
Aces	2	8
Avg per match	2	8
1st in	44/64	70/99
%1st in	69%	71%
1st pts	29/44	50/70
%1st pts	66%	71%
2nd pts	9/20	16/29
%2nd pts	45%	55%

Bautista Torres blasted 2 aces . Villanueva struck 8 aces . Bautista Torres won 66% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Villanueva won 71% of the points on 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	Bautista Torres	Villanueva
Won	5	3
Converted	5/7	3/4
% Converted	71%	75%
Conceded	6	10
Saved	2	7
% Saved	33%	70%
Times Broken	4	3

Bautista Torres broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Bautista Torres surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Villanueva broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Gonzalo conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Bautista Torres
	R1 Malacarne	Total
Score	6-4 7-64
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	79-62	79-62
Total points	141	141
Winners	29	29
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	44/64	44/64
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	29/44	29/44
% 1st pts	66%	66%
2nd pts	9/20	9/20
% 2nd pts	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/7
Converted %	71%	71%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	2/6	2
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	4	4

Villanueva
	R1 Alves	Total
Score	3-6 7-5 7-62
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	34	34
pts	108-100	108-100
Total points	208	208
Winners	50	50
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	70/99	70/99
% 1st in	71%	71%
1st pts	50/70	50/70
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	16/29	16/29
% 2nd pts	55%	55%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/4
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	7/10	7
Saved %	70%	70%
Times Broken	3	3

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