Gonzalo Villanueva and Lucas Gerch will face off in the 1st round of the Santa Fe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on CANCHA 3. 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 Gonzalo Villanueva who should win in 3 sets.
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 1.58
Lucas Gerch -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Gonzalo Villanueva vs. Lucas Gerch
There is no head to head record between Gonzalo Villanueva and Lucas Gerch since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
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. 396, Villanueva will start his run in the Santa Fe Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Coquimbo where he lost 6-4 6-2 to Lucas Reis Da in the semifinal on the 30th of May.
Villanueva has an aggregate 20-13 win-loss record in 2025, 20-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Argentine’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Coquimbo.
Talking about his overall career, Villanueva has an overall 439-333 record. He has a positive 423-307 record on clay.
Previously in the Santa Fe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2024. See his history.
Lucas Gerch
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-17 | 6-4 | 20-11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-23 | 0-2 | 35-16 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 32-20 | 2-2 | 26-14 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 57-29 | 11-3 | 36-20 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-27 | 8-8 | 20-18 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 547, Lucas reached the 1st round after defeating Arklon Huertas Del Pino 3-6 6-2 6-2 and Mateo Barreiros Reyes 6-7(3) 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications against Barreiros Reyes, Lucas recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-4 6-1). During the match Gerch scored 101 points vs Barreiros Reyes’s 96. Gerch was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Gerch scored 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Lucas Gerch lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Gerch put 60% of his first serves in, winning 69% (43/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (21/41) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Barreiros Reyes 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gerch started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Lucas’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Zahra.
The German has an overall 11-6 win-loss record in 2025, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santa Fe Challenger
Gerch has never competed in this tournament before.
Tennis Scores in Santa Fe Challenger
- Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias – Juan Manuel La SernaManuel La Serna (6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mariano KestelboimKestelboim – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (6-4 2-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gonzalo BuenoBueno – Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi – Thiago CigarranCigarran (7-5 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara – Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli (6-0 2-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Santiago De La Fuente/Genaro Alberto OlivieriDe La Fuente/Genaro Alberto Olivieri – Arklon Huertas Del Pino/Conner Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino/Conner Huertas Del Pino (6-2 4-6 10-8) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Conner Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Diego Augusto Barreto SanchezAugusto Barreto Sanchez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Wilson LeiteLeite – Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (4-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lucas GerchGerch – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Igor GimenezGimenez (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo – Renzo OlivoOlivo (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas FarjatFarjat – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias – (1-0) – H2H and prediction