Gonzalo Villanueva and Mariano Kestelboim will play each other in the 1st round of the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger for the 10th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on CANCHA 7. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gonzalo Villanueva who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gonzalo Villanueva is the pick to win this match.
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 1.51
Mariano Kestelboim -> 2.42
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Prediction and head to head Gonzalo Villanueva vs. Mariano Kestelboim
This will be the 10th time that Gonzalo Villanueva and Mariano Kestelboim play each other. The head to head is 5-4 for Kestelboim (see full H2H stats), 5-4 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Villanueva won 6-0 5-2 ret. in the 2nd round in the San Miguel de Tucuman Challenger back in 2024.
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. 395, Villanueva will start his run in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger after he played his last match in the Santa Fe Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Collarini in the 2nd round on the 12th of June.
Villanueva has an overall 21-14 win-loss record in 2025, 21-14 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, The Argentine has an overall 440-334 record. He has a positive 424-308 record on clay.
Previously in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022, 2022 and 2024. See his history.
Mariano Kestelboim
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37-26 | 0-0 | 37-25 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-20 | 2-1 | 30-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-11 | 2-1 | 18-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-14 | 0-0 | 15-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-23 | 1-4 | 21-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 415, the Argentine will start his run in the Santa Cruz De La Sierra Challenger after he played his last match in the Santa Fe Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-2 to Lucas Reis Da in the 2nd round on the 11th of June.
The Argentine has a composed 21-12 win-loss record in 2025, 21-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Kestelboim’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Punta del Este and M25 Lujan.
In terms of his career, Mariano has an overall 348-221 record. He has a positive 314-197 record on clay.
Previously in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWLWLLW Tennis Scores in Santa Cruz De La Sierra Challenger
- Diego Barreto SanchezBarreto Sanchez – Mateo Barreiros ReyesBarreiros Reyes (7-67 6-1) – See score progression
- Santiago De La FuenteDe La Fuente – Johan Alexander RodriguezAlexander Rodriguez (6-72 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Luis Carlos AlvarezCarlos Alvarez – Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara (6-0 7-66) – See score progression
- Bautista VilicichVilicich – Juan Manuel La SernaManuel La Serna (2-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- John SperleSperle – Lorenzo Joaquin RodriguezJoaquin Rodriguez (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Lucas GerchGerch – Pedro RodriguesRodrigues (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Bautista VilicichVilicich – Juan Manuel La SernaManuel La Serna (2-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Santiago De La FuenteDe La Fuente – Johan Alexander RodriguezAlexander Rodriguez (6-7(2) 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Lucas GerchGerch – Pedro RodriguesRodrigues (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- John SperleSperle – Lorenzo Joaquin RodriguezJoaquin Rodriguez (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Luis Carlos AlvarezCarlos Alvarez – Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara (6-0 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- Diego Barreto SanchezBarreto Sanchez – Mateo Barreiros ReyesBarreiros Reyes (7-6(7) 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Federico ZeballosZeballos – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lucas GerchGerch – Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mariano KestelboimKestelboim – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (5-4) – H2H and prediction
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli – Tomas FarjatFarjat (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Hernandez SerranoHernandez Serrano – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Raul GarciaGarcia – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Augusto Barreto SanchezAugusto Barreto Sanchez – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Santiago De La FuenteDe La Fuente – Juan Carlos Manuel AguilarCarlos Manuel Aguilar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
