Alex Barrena and Bautista Vilicich will square off in the quarter of the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:00 pm on CANCHA 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Barrena who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alex Barrena is the pick to win this match.
Alex Barrena -> 1.198
Bautista Vilicich -> 4.15

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Prediction and head to head Alex Barrena vs. Bautista Vilicich

There is no head to head record between Alex Barrena and Bautista Vilicich since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Alex Barrena

Ranked no. 326 (career-high), Alex got to the quarter after beating Federico Zeballos 6-1 6-4 and Juan Bautista Torres 6-1 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, Alex had a good straight sets win against Bautista Torres (6-1 6-1). During the match, Barrena scored 58 points vs Bautista Torres’s 33. The Argentine was quite aggressive to blast 14 winners.

Regarding the service games, Barrena scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Alex Barrena conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Barrena put 40% of his first serves in, winning 70% (14/20) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (20/30) on the 2nd serve. Barrena broke Bautista Torres 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Barrena hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 59% of the points he played.

Barrena has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (147-112). 23-11 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Barrena has an aggregate144-104 record in the last 7 years on clay.

His best result of the year was conquering the title the San Miguel de Tucuman Challenger where he beat Santiago Rodriguez Taverna in the final 7-5 6-2.

Barrena has a compiled 23-11 win-loss record in 2025, 23-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger

The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.

Bautista Vilicich

Ranked no. 773, Bautista reached the quarter after beating Santiago Lora 6-3 6-4, Juan Manuel La Serna 2-6 6-1 7-5, Nicolas Kicker 6-4 6-2 and Luis Carlos Alvarez 7-5 7-6(3).

In the 2^nd round, Vilicich had a good straight sets win against Carlos Alvarez (7-5 7-6³). During the match Vilicich scored 93 points vs Carlos Alvarez’s 82. Bautista was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.

About the serving games, Vilicich managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Bautista Vilicich lost the serve 5 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Vilicich put 61% of his first serves in, winning 63% (36/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (16/36) on the 2nd serve. Bautista broke Carlos Alvarez 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Vilicich started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Vilicich has a compiled 9-11 win-loss record in 2025, 9-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Barrena	Vilicich
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	4	9
Tot Games	31	89
Pts	132-90	323-266
Total Points	222	589
Winners	35	115
%Winners	27%	36%

Barrena played 2 matches while Vilicich competed in 4 matches. Vilicich started his run from the qualifications while Barrena had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Bautista Vilicich dropped 1 set while Alex Barrena hasn’t dropped a set so far. Barrena has played 5 set(s) less than Vilicich (4 vs 9). Therefore, Barrena played 58 games less than Vilicich. Alex scored 35 winners (27% of the total points). On the other side, Vilicich bagged 115 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Barrena	Vilicich
Aces	2	8
Avg per match	1	2
1st in	58/113	179/307
%1st in	51%	58%
1st pts	35/58	115/179
%1st pts	60%	64%
2nd pts	37/55	69/128
%2nd pts	67%	54%

Barrena struck 2 aces (1 per match). Vilicich struck 8 aces (2 per match). Barrena won 60% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Vilicich won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Barrena	Vilicich
Won	10	18
Converted	10/20	18/30
% Converted	50%	60%
Conceded	13	41
Saved	11	30
% Saved	85%	73%
Times Broken	2	11

The Argentine broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded. Bautista broke his opponents 18 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.

Barrena
	R1 Zeballos	R2 Bautista	Total
Score	6-1 6-4	6-1 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	17	14	31
pts	74-57	58-33	132-90
Total points	131	91	222
Winners	21	14	35
%Winners	28%	24%	27%
SERVE
Aces	1	1	2
Double Faults	4	1	5
1st in	38/63	20/50	58/113
% 1st in	60%	40%	51%
1st pts	21/38	14/20	35/58
% 1st pts	55%	70%	60%
2nd pts	17/25	20/30	37/55
% 2nd pts	68%	67%	67%
Breaks
Won	5	5	10
Converted	5/11	5/9	10/20
Converted %	45%	56%	50%
Conceded	9	4	13
Saved	7/9	4/4	11
Saved %	78%	100%	89%
Times Broken	2	0	2

Vilicich
	Q1 Lora	Q3 Manuel La Serna	R1 Kicker	R2 Carlos	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	2-6 6-1 7-5	6-4 6-2	7-5 7-63
Tot Set	2	3	2	2	9
Tot Games	19	27	18	25	89
pts	61-43	99-91	70-50	93-82	323-266
Total points	104	190	120	175	589
Winners	19	34	26	36	115
%Winners	31%	34%	37%	39%	36%
SERVE
Aces	1	1	4	2	8
Double Faults	4	3	4	4	15
1st in	27/56	54/98	41/60	57/93	179/307
% 1st in	48%	55%	68%	61%	58%
1st pts	19/27	34/54	26/41	36/57	115/179
% 1st pts	70%	63%	63%	63%	64%
2nd pts	20/29	22/44	11/19	16/36	69/128
% 2nd pts	69%	50%	58%	44%	54%
Breaks
Won	3	4	5	6	18
Converted	3/4	4/9	5/9	6/8	18/30
Converted %	75%	44%	56%	75%	60%
Conceded	4	13	8	16	41
Saved	3/4	10/13	6/8	11/16	30
Saved %	75%	77%	75%	69%	148%
Times Broken	1	3	2	5	11

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