Santiago Rodriguez Taverna and John Sperle will play each other in the 2nd round of the Santa Fe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on CANCHA 2. 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 Santiago Rodriguez Taverna who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Santiago Rodriguez Taverna is the pick to win this match.
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna -> 1.28
John Sperle -> 3.4
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Prediction and head to head Santiago Rodriguez Taverna vs. John Sperle
There is no head to head record between Santiago Rodriguez Taverna and John Sperle since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna
36 - 18win/loss
194
157
LLLWWLLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36-21 | 4-2 | 32-18 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-35 | 4-5 | 28-29 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-35 | 7-7 | 34-27 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-27 | 0-2 | 35-24 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 67-26 | 40-16 | 26-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 193, Santiago got to the 2nd round after beating Joaquin Aguilar Cardozo 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Aguilar Cardozo (7-5 6-3). During the match, Rodriguez Taverna scored 75 points vs Aguilar Cardozo’s 57. Rodriguez Taverna was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rodriguez Taverna scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Santiago Rodriguez Taverna lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Rodriguez Taverna put 64% of his first serves in, winning 72% (34/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (12/27) on the 2nd serve. Santiago broke Aguilar Cardozo 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Rodriguez Taverna has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (324-225). 31-16 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rodriguez Taverna has a composed 248-173 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Porto Alegre Challenger where he beat Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo in the final 4-6 6-4 7-6(6).
Rodriguez Taverna has an aggregate 35-18 win-loss record in 2025, 31-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santa Fe Challenger
John Sperle
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20-16 | 0-0 | 20-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-26 | 6-8 | 33-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-26 | 10-7 | 32-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-21 | 1-2 | 24-16 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 20-18 | 4-5 | 16-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 711, the German got to the 2nd round after defeating Franco Ribero 6-4 6-3, Lorenzo Joaquin Rodriguez 7-6(3) 6-4 and Renzo Olivo 7-6(4) 6-2.
In the 1st round, Sperle had a good straight sets win against Olivo (7-64 6-2). During the match Sperle scored 75 points vs Olivo’s 63. The German was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Sperle couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. John Sperle lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sperle put 69% of his first serves in, winning 69% (33/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. John broke Olivo 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
John has a composed 17-14 win-loss record in 2025, 17-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santa Fe Challenger
John has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rodriguez Taverna | Sperle |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 40 |
| Pts | 75-57 | 146-120 |
| Total Points | 132 | 266 |
| Winners | 34 | 62 |
| %Winners | 45% | 42% |
Rodriguez Taverna played 1 match while Sperle competed in 2 matches. Sperle started his run from the qualifications while Rodriguez Taverna had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Rodriguez Taverna has played 2 set(s) less than Sperle (2 vs 4). Therefore, Rodriguez Taverna played 19 games less than Sperle. Rodriguez Taverna scored 34 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, John made 62 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rodriguez Taverna | Sperle |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 47/74 | 84/116 |
| %1st in | 64% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 34/47 | 62/84 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 12/27 | 18/32 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 56% |
Rodriguez Taverna made 2 aces . Sperle made 5 aces (2.5 per match). Rodriguez Taverna won 72% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Sperle won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rodriguez Taverna | Sperle |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 6/15 |
| % Converted | 56% | 40% |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 63% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Rodriguez Taverna broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Rodriguez Taverna lost his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. John broke his opponents 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rodriguez Taverna | |||
| R1 Aguilar Cardozo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 75-57 | 75-57 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 47/74 | 47/74 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 34/47 | 34/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/27 | 12/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Sperle | |||||
| Q1 Ribero |
Q3 Joaquin |
R1 Olivo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 7-63 6-4 | 7-64 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 23 | 21 | 63 | |
| pts | 71-57 | – | 75-63 | 146-120 | |
| Total points | 128 | 0 | 138 | 266 | |
| Winners | 29 | 33 | 62 | ||
| %Winners | 41% | 0% | 44% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1st in | 36/46 | / | 48/70 | 84/116 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 0% | 69% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | / | 33/48 | 62/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 0% | 69% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/10 | / | 11/22 | 18/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 0% | 50% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Converted | 3/8 | / | 3/7 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 0% | 43% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/ | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Head 2 Head
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