Bruno Kuzuhara and Dali Blanch will face off in the 2nd round of the Santa Fe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on CANCHA 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dali Blanch who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dali Blanch is the pick to win this match.
Dali Blanch -> 1.86
Bruno Kuzuhara -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Bruno Kuzuhara vs. Dali Blanch
There is no head to head record between Bruno Kuzuhara and Dali Blanch since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Bruno Kuzuhara
18 - 15win/loss
570
394
LWWLWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-18 | 0-2 | 21-15 | 0-1 | 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. 596, the American got to the 2nd round after beating Franco Roncadelli 6-0 2-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, Kuzuhara defeated Roncadelli (6-0 2-6 7-5). During the match, Kuzuhara scored 88 points vs Roncadelli’s 87. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kuzuhara struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Bruno Kuzuhara lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kuzuhara put 80% of his first serves in, winning 54% (39/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the 2nd serve. Kuzuhara broke Roncadelli 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Kuzuhara has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 52% of his matches (124-113). 18-12 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kuzuhara has an overall83-62 record in the last 5 years on clay.
Bruno’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Sunrise.
Kuzuhara has an aggregate 18-15 win-loss record in 2025, 18-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santa Fe Challenger
Dali Blanch
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32-15 | 4-5 | 28-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 23-29 | 9-14 | 14-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-29 | 17-17 | 19-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-28 | 11-17 | 10-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-20 | 10-10 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 601, Blanch got to the 2nd round after beating Tadeo David Ramirez 6-3 6-3, Carlos Maria Zarate 6-4 6-2 and Pedro Sakamoto 5-7 6-1 6-0.
In the 1st round against Sakamoto, Dali recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-1 6-0). During the match Blanch scored 85 points vs Sakamoto’s 62. Dali was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Blanch managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dali Blanch lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Blanch put 59% of his first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Sakamoto 7 times after converting 50% of his break points (7/14).
Blanch’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Kursumlijska Banja.
Blanch has an overall 25-13 win-loss record in 2025, 21-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santa Fe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kuzuhara | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 61 |
| Pts | 88-87 | 215-161 |
| Total Points | 175 | 376 |
| Winners | 39 | 70 |
| %Winners | 44% | 33% |
Kuzuhara played 1 match while Blanch competed in 3 matches. Blanch started his run from the qualifications while Kuzuhara had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Bruno Kuzuhara lost 1 set, while Dali Blanch conceded 1 set. Kuzuhara has played 4 set(s) less than Blanch (3 vs 7). Therefore, Kuzuhara played 35 games less than Blanch. Bruno scored 39 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Blanch blasted 70 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kuzuhara | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 72/90 | 97/184 |
| %1st in | 80% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 39/72 | 70/97 |
| %1st pts | 54% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 52/87 |
| %2nd pts | 72% | 60% |
Kuzuhara struck 2 aces . Blanch fired 11 aces (3.7 per match). Kuzuhara won 54% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, Blanch won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kuzuhara | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 15 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 15/25 |
| % Converted | 38% | 60% |
| Conceded | 8 | 10 |
| Saved | 5 | 5 |
| % Saved | 63% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Bruno broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Dali broke his opponents 15 times with a 60% conversion rate. Dali conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kuzuhara | |||
| R1 Roncadelli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 2-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 88-87 | 88-87 | |
| Total points | 175 | 175 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 72/90 | 72/90 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 80% | |
| 1st pts | 39/72 | 39/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 54% | 54% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 13/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 72% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Blanch | |||||
| Q1 David |
Q3 Maria |
R1 Sakamoto |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | 5-7 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 25 | 61 | |
| pts | 62-44 | 68-55 | 85-62 | 215-161 | |
| Total points | 106 | 123 | 147 | 376 | |
| Winners | 17 | 22 | 31 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 32% | 36% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 21/48 | 32/61 | 44/75 | 97/184 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 52% | 59% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 17/21 | 22/32 | 31/44 | 70/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 69% | 70% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/27 | 16/29 | 18/31 | 52/87 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 55% | 58% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/6 | 7/14 | 15/25 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 67% | 50% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1/2 | 3/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 50% | 150% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWLWWW Tennis Scores in Santa Fe Challenger
- Maximus JonesJones – Tomas FarjatFarjat (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- John SperleSperle – Renzo OlivoOlivo (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Wilson LeiteLeite (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Igor GimenezGimenez (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna – Joaquin Aguilar CardozoAguilar Cardozo (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Dali BlanchBlanch – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (5-7 6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Lautaro MidonMidon – Lorenzo Joaquin RodriguezJoaquin Rodriguez (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Mariano KestelboimKestelboim – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (6-4 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi – Thiago CigarranCigarran (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
- Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara – Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli (6-0 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
- 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) – See score progression
- Gonzalo BuenoBueno – Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias – Juan Manuel La SernaManuel La Serna (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Igor GimenezGimenez (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Diego Barreto SanchezBarreto Sanchez (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Lucas GerchGerch (7-6(7) 6-7(3) 6-3) – See score progression
- Maximus JonesJones – Tomas FarjatFarjat (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Dali BlanchBlanch – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (5-7 6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Wilson LeiteLeite (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Lautaro MidonMidon – Lorenzo Joaquin RodriguezJoaquin Rodriguez (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- John SperleSperle – Renzo OlivoOlivo (7-6(4) 6-2) – See score progression
- Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna – Joaquin Aguilar CardozoAguilar Cardozo (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Conner Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (4-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lucas GerchGerch – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mariano KestelboimKestelboim – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
