Franco Roncadelli and Gonzalo Villanueva will play each other in the quarter of the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on CANCHA 2. 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 -> 1.6
Franco Roncadelli -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Franco Roncadelli vs. Gonzalo Villanueva

This will be the 5^th time that Franco Roncadelli and Gonzalo Villanueva square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Villanueva (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Villanueva won 6-2 6-2 in the quarter in M25 Coquimbo back in May 2025.

Franco Roncadelli

Ranked no. 352, Franco got to the quarter after beating Tomas Farjat 6-4 6-4 and Juan Carlos Prado Angelo 6-4 6-7(4) 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The Uruguayan defeated Carlos Prado Angelo (6-4 6-7⁴ 6-4). During the match, Roncadelli scored 137 points vs Carlos Prado Angelo’s 128. The Uruguayan was very aggressive to blast 54 winners.

Talking about the service games, Roncadelli couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Franco Roncadelli lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Roncadelli put 72% of his first serves in, winning 61% (54/89) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (15/35) on the 2nd serve. Franco broke Carlos Prado Angelo 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Franco has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Roncadelli has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (187-142). 15-11 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Roncadelli has an overall183-134 record in the last 8 years on clay.

Franco’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Lujan and the Santos Challenger.

Franco has an overall 16-12 win-loss record in 2025, 15-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger

Franco has never competed in this tournament before.

Gonzalo Villanueva

Ranked no. 395, the Argentine got to the quarter after defeating Mariano Kestelboim 3-6 6-4 6-4 and Pedro Boscardin Dias 2-6 6-3 6-4.

In the 2^nd round against Boscardin Dias, Villanueva recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Villanueva scored 98 points vs Boscardin Dias’s 91. Villanueva was quite aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Talking about serving, Villanueva couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Gonzalo Villanueva lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Villanueva put 76% of his first serves in, winning 70% (51/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (9/23) on the 2nd serve. Villanueva broke Boscardin Dias 3 times after converting 21% of his break points (3/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Argentine has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

Gonzalo’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Coquimbo.

Gonzalo has an aggregate 23-14 win-loss record in 2025, 23-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2022, 2022 and 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Roncadelli	Villanueva
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	6
Tot Games	53	56
Pts	206-183	176-170
Total Points	389	346
Winners	86	88
%Winners	42%	50%

Both Roncadelli and Villanueva played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Franco Roncadelli conceded 1 set, while Gonzalo Villanueva dropped 2 sets. Roncadelli has played 1 set(s) less than Villanueva (5 vs 6). Therefore, Roncadelli played 3 games less than Villanueva. Roncadelli scored 86 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine blasted 88 winners (50%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Roncadelli	Villanueva
Aces	0	0
Avg per match	0	0
1st in	135/178	129/178
%1st in	76%	72%
1st pts	86/135	88/129
%1st pts	64%	68%
2nd pts	19/43	23/49
%2nd pts	44%	47%

Roncadelli didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Villanueva also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Roncadelli won 64% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Villanueva won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Roncadelli	Villanueva
Won	10	7
Converted	10/23	7/19
% Converted	43%	37%
Conceded	14	13
Saved	8	7
% Saved	57%	54%
Times Broken	6	6

The Uruguayan broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Uruguayan dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Gonzalo broke his opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. Gonzalo conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded.

Roncadelli
	R1 Farjat	R2 Carlos Prado Angelo	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	6-4 6-74 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	20	33	53
pts	69-55	137-128	206-183
Total points	124	265	389
Winners	32	54	86
%Winners	46%	39%	42%
SERVE
Aces	0	0	0
Double Faults	0	1	1
1st in	46/54	89/124	135/178
% 1st in	85%	72%	76%
1st pts	32/46	54/89	86/135
% 1st pts	70%	61%	64%
2nd pts	4/8	15/35	19/43
% 2nd pts	50%	43%	44%
Breaks
Won	4	6	10
Converted	4/7	6/16	10/23
Converted %	57%	38%	43%
Conceded	3	11	14
Saved	1/3	7/11	8
Saved %	33%	64%	49%
Times Broken	2	4	6

Villanueva
	R1 Kestelboim	R2 Boscardin	Total
Score	3-6 6-4 6-4	2-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	29	27	56
pts	78-79	98-91	176-170
Total points	157	189	346
Winners	37	51	88
%Winners	47%	52%	50%
SERVE
Aces	0	0	0
Double Faults	1	4	5
1st in	56/82	73/96	129/178
% 1st in	68%	76%	72%
1st pts	37/56	51/73	88/129
% 1st pts	66%	70%	68%
2nd pts	14/26	9/23	23/49
% 2nd pts	54%	39%	47%
Breaks
Won	4	3	7
Converted	4/5	3/14	7/19
Converted %	80%	21%	37%
Conceded	6	7	13
Saved	3/6	4/7	7
Saved %	50%	57%	54%
Times Broken	3	3	6

Upcoming matches in the draw

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