Guido Ivan Justo and Lucas Gerch will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 5:00 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 Guido Ivan Justo who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Guido Ivan Justo is the pick to win this match.
Guido Ivan Justo -> 1.65
Lucas Gerch -> 2.13

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Prediction and head to head Guido Ivan Justo vs. Lucas Gerch

There is no head to head record between Guido Ivan Justo and Lucas Gerch since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Guido Ivan Justo

Guido Ivan Justo

18 - 13win/loss

Clay
18-13
Rank
365
High
344
LWWLWLLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 43-25 0-0 42-24 1-1 0-0 0-0
2024 45-25 0-1 45-24 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 31-17 4-3 27-13 0-1 0-0 0-0
2022 10-4 0-0 10-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 2-9 1-5 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 394, Ivan Justo will start his run in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger after he played his last match in the Porto Alegre Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3 to Rodriguez Taverna in the quarter on the 2nd of May.

Guido has a composed 18-12 win-loss record in 2025, 18-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

The Argentine’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Santiago.

Talking about his overall career, The Argentine has an overall 179-119 record. He has a positive 166-104 record on clay.

Previously in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.

Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger
Ivan Justo's Record

Lucas Gerch

Lucas Gerch

14 - 7win/loss

Hard
6-3
I Hard
0-0
Clay
8-4
Rank
590
High
278
LLLLWWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-17 6-4 20-11 0-2 0-0 0-0
2024 37-23 0-2 35-16 0-4 0-0 2-1
2023 32-20 2-2 26-14 4-4 0-0 0-0
2022 57-29 11-3 36-20 10-6 0-0 0-0
2021 29-27 8-8 20-18 1-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 532, Lucas got to the 1st round after beating Christopher Li 6-3 6-4

and Pedro Rodrigues 6-3 6-3.

In the qualifications, Lucas had a good straight sets win against Rodrigues (6-3 6-3). During the match Gerch scored 62 points vs Rodrigues’s 47. The German was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Gerch scored 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Lucas Gerch lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Gerch put 67% of his first serves in, winning 64% (23/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the 2nd serve. Gerch broke Rodrigues 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Gerch started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Gerch’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Zahra.

Gerch has an aggregate 13-7 win-loss record in 2025, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger

Lucas has never competed in this tournament before.

Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger
Gerch's Record

Tennis Scores in Santa Cruz De La Sierra Challenger

  • Santiago De La FuenteDe La FuenteJohan Alexander RodriguezAlexander Rodriguez (6-72 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
  • Luis Carlos AlvarezCarlos AlvarezBruno KuzuharaKuzuhara (6-0 7-66) – See score progression
  • Diego Barreto SanchezBarreto SanchezMateo Barreiros ReyesBarreiros Reyes (7-67 6-1) – See score progression
  • John SperleSperleLorenzo Joaquin RodriguezJoaquin Rodriguez (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
  • Lucas GerchGerchPedro RodriguesRodrigues (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
  • Bautista VilicichVilicichJuan Manuel La SernaManuel La Serna (2-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
  • Diego Barreto SanchezBarreto SanchezMateo Barreiros ReyesBarreiros Reyes (7-6(7) 6-1) – See score progression

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