Juan Manuel La Serna and Bautista Vilicich will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Manuel La Serna who should win in 3 sets.
Juan Manuel La Serna -> 1.59
Bautista Vilicich -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Juan Manuel La Serna vs. Bautista Vilicich
There is no head to head record between Juan Manuel La Serna and Bautista Vilicich since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Juan Manuel La Serna
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36-22 | 0-0 | 33-21 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-21 | 0-0 | 34-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-20 | 0-0 | 35-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-10 | 1-2 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 504 (career-high), Juan reached the qualifications after beating Diego Eduardo Munoz Navia 6-4 6-0.
In the qualifications, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Eduardo Munoz Navia (6-4 6-0). During the match, Manuel La Serna scored 64 points vs Eduardo Munoz Navia’s 39. Manuel La Serna was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Manuel La Serna wasn’t able to score even 1 ace and he committed only 1 double fault. Juan Manuel La Serna lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Manuel La Serna put 67% of his first serves in, winning 55% (22/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Eduardo Munoz Navia 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Manuel La Serna has a winning match record in the last 4 years having won 59% of his matches (89-63). 17-12 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Manuel La Serna has an overall88-61 match record in the last 4 years on clay.
Manuel La Serna’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Villa Maria and M25 Chacabuco.
The Argentine has an aggregate 17-12 win-loss record in 2025, 17-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger
Juan has never competed in this tournament before.
Bautista Vilicich
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-22 | 0-0 | 18-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-25 | 1-2 | 31-22 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-18 | 0-0 | 36-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-3 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-15 | 4-3 | 16-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 773, Vilicich got to the qualifications after beating Santiago Lora 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Vilicich had a good straight sets win against Lora (6-3 6-4). During the match Vilicich scored 61 points vs Lora’s 43. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.
About the serving games, Vilicich scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Bautista Vilicich lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Vilicich put 48% of his first serves in, winning 70% (19/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 69% (20/29) on the 2nd serve. Vilicich broke Lora 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Bautista has a compiled 6-11 win-loss record in 2025, 6-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Manuel La Serna | Vilicich |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 |
| Pts | 64-39 | 61-43 |
| Total Points | 103 | 104 |
| Winners | 22 | 19 |
| %Winners | 34% | 31% |
Both Manuel La Serna and Vilicich played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Manuel La Serna and Vilicich have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Manuel La Serna played 3 games less than Vilicich. Manuel La Serna scored 22 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Bautista fired 19 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Manuel La Serna | Vilicich |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1 |
| 1st in | 40/60 | 27/56 |
| %1st in | 67% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 22/40 | 19/27 |
| %1st pts | 55% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 20/29 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 69% |
Manuel La Serna didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Vilicich struck 1 ace . Manuel La Serna won 55% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Vilicich won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Manuel La Serna | Vilicich |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 67% | 75% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 60% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Juan broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Juan conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Vilicich broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Manuel La Serna | |||
| Q1 Eduardo Munoz Navia | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 64-39 | 64-39 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/60 | 40/60 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 22/40 | 22/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 55% | 55% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 14/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Vilicich | |||
| Q1 Lora | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 61-43 | 61-43 | |
| Total points | 104 | 104 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 27/56 | 27/56 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 19/27 | 19/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/29 | 20/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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