Alvaro Guillen Meza and Rei Sakamoto will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Sassuolo Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:30 am on COURT 4. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alvaro Guillen Meza who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alvaro Guillen Meza is the pick to win this match.
Alvaro Guillen Meza -> 1.54
Rei Sakamoto -> 2.35
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Prediction and head to head Alvaro Guillen Meza vs. Rei Sakamoto
This will be the 2nd time that Alvaro Guillen Meza and Rei Sakamoto clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sakamoto (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Sakamoto won 4-6 7-5 6-3 in the 2nd round in M15 Naples back in 2023.
Alvaro Guillen Meza
22 - 13win/loss
244
175
LWWLLLWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-19 | 0-1 | 25-17 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-32 | 1-3 | 36-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-22 | 0-1 | 51-20 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-23 | 1-2 | 32-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 177, Alvaro will start his run in the Sassuolo Challenger after he played his last match in the Santa Fe Challenger where he lost 6-4 2-6 7-5 to Kestelboim in the 1st round on the 9th of June.
The Ecuadorian has a composed 22-13 win-loss record in 2025, 22-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title the Santos Challenger where he overcame Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida in the final 6-3 7-6(12).
Talking about his overall career, Guillen Meza has an overall 154-107 record. He has a positive 150-97 record on clay.
Previously in the Sassuolo Challenger
Guillen Meza has never competed in this tournament before.
Rei Sakamoto
15 - 12win/loss
206
206
LWWWWWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22-14 | 17-9 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 20-16 | 12-11 | 6-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 7-11 | 1-4 | 5-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-6 | 5-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 294, Rei will start his run in the Sassuolo Challenger after he played his last match in the Perugia Challenger where he lost 6-0 6-4 to Lajovic in the 1st round on the 10th of June.
Sakamoto has an overall 15-12 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Rei’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger.
In terms of his career, Sakamoto has an overall 47-45 record. He has a flat 13-13 record on clay.
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWWLWL Tennis Scores in Sassuolo Challenger
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Taro DanielDaniel (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Ryan NijboerNijboer (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Giovanni FonioFonio (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Federico BondioliBondioli – Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg (6-4 4-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (7-65 5-7 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez – Vilius GaubasGaubas (6-0 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel RinconRincon – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (7-5 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Michael GeertsGeerts (7-63 6-75 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Elias YmerYmer – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (3-6 7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (6-3 4-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Dusan LajovicLajovic (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Elias YmerYmer (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (0-0) – H2H and prediction
