Juan Bautista Torres and Alex Barrena will square off in the 2nd round of the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday 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 Alex Barrena who should win in 3 sets.
Alex Barrena -> 1.43
Juan Bautista Torres -> 2.66
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Prediction and head to head Juan Bautista Torres vs. Alex Barrena
There is no head to head record between Juan Bautista Torres and Alex Barrena since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Juan Bautista Torres
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-30 | 0-0 | 31-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 45-29 | 1-2 | 44-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-19 | 0-0 | 34-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 1-2 | 33-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-23 | 12-10 | 32-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 302, Bautista Torres got to the 2nd round after beating Raul Garcia 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, Bautista Torres had a good straight sets win against Garcia (6-2 6-1). During the match, Bautista Torres scored 58 points vs Garcia’s 38. Juan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bautista Torres scored just 1 ace and he committed only 1 double fault. Juan Bautista Torres lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Bautista Torres put 64% of his first serves in, winning 71% (20/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (7/16) on the 2nd serve. Bautista Torres broke Garcia 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Bautista Torres has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (179-124). 11-14 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bautista Torres has a composed165-109 record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Argentine has a compiled 11-14 win-loss record in 2025, 11-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger
Alex Barrena
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46-26 | 0-1 | 46-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-20 | 0-0 | 29-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-30 | 0-0 | 51-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-19 | 2-1 | 26-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-24 | 1-5 | 10-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 326 (career-high), the Argentine got to the 2nd round after beating Federico Zeballos 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, Barrena had a good straight sets win against Zeballos (6-1 6-4). During the match Barrena scored 74 points vs Zeballos’s 57. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Barrena scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Alex Barrena lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Barrena put 60% of his first serves in, winning 55% (21/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Zeballos 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the San Miguel de Tucuman Challenger where he overcame Santiago Rodriguez Taverna in the final 7-5 6-2.
Alex has an overall 22-11 win-loss record in 2025, 22-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bautista Torres | Barrena |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 17 |
| Pts | 58-38 | 74-57 |
| Total Points | 96 | 131 |
| Winners | 20 | 21 |
| %Winners | 34% | 28% |
Both Bautista Torres and Barrena played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bautista Torres and Barrena have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Bautista Torres played 2 games less than Barrena. Juan scored 20 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Alex managed to score 21 winners (28%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bautista Torres | Barrena |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 28/44 | 38/63 |
| %1st in | 64% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 20/28 | 21/38 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 55% |
| 2nd pts | 7/16 | 17/25 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 68% |
Bautista Torres scored 1 ace . Barrena also blasted 1 ace . Bautista Torres won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Barrena won 55% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bautista Torres | Barrena |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 67% | 45% |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 75% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Bautista Torres broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Bautista Torres lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Alex broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bautista Torres | |||
| R1 Garcia | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 58-38 | 58-38 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 28/44 | 28/44 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 20/28 | 20/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/16 | 7/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Barrena | |||
| R1 Zeballos | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 74-57 | 74-57 | |
| Total points | 131 | 131 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 38/63 | 38/63 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 21/38 | 21/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 55% | 55% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/25 | 17/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Santa Cruz De La Sierra Challenger
- Lautaro MidonMidon – Juan Carlos Manuel AguilarCarlos Manuel Aguilar (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lucas GerchGerch – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (4-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (2-1) – H2H and prediction