Bruno Kuzuhara and Igor Gimenez will square off in the qualifications of the Lima 1 Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on CANCHA 9. 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 Bruno Kuzuhara who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Bruno Kuzuhara is the pick to win this match.
Bruno Kuzuhara -> 1.22
Igor Gimenez -> 3.92
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Prediction and head to head Bruno Kuzuhara vs. Igor Gimenez
This will be the 4th time that Bruno Kuzuhara and Igor Gimenez square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Kuzuhara (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they played, Kuzuhara won 7-6(5) 7-5 in the 1st round in the Porto Alegre Challenger back in 2024.
Bruno Kuzuhara
21 - 17win/loss
570
394
LWWLWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-18 | 0-2 | 21-15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-32 | 12-16 | 15-11 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-30 | 13-6 | 28-23 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-23 | 8-13 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-13 | 6-6 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 574, Kuzuhara got to the qualifications after defeating Luis Carlos Alvarez 4-6 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications against Carlos Alvarez, Kuzuhara recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-3). During the match, Kuzuhara scored 91 points vs Carlos Alvarez’s 81. Kuzuhara was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kuzuhara managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Bruno Kuzuhara was extremely efficient on serve to win 72% (38/53) of his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Bruno broke Carlos Alvarez 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Kuzuhara has a winning match record in the last 5 years having won 52% of his matches (126-115). 20-14 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kuzuhara has a composed85-64 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.
Bruno’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Sunrise.
Kuzuhara has an overall 20-17 win-loss record in 2025, 20-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lima 1 Challenger
Igor Gimenez
10 - 17win/loss
720
562
LLWLLWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10-18 | 0-2 | 10-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-82 | 6-60 | 25-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-33 | 2-5 | 42-28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-30 | 4-3 | 43-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 717, Gimenez got to the qualifications after defeating Bautista Vilicich 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Igor had a good straight sets win against Vilicich (6-2 6-2). During the match Gimenez scored 57 points vs Vilicich’s 39. Igor was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Gimenez fired 3 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Igor Gimenez was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (20/27) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Igor broke Vilicich 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Gimenez has a composed 10-16 win-loss record in 2025, 10-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lima 1 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kuzuhara | Gimenez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 16 |
| Pts | 91-81 | 57-39 |
| Total Points | 172 | 96 |
| Winners | 38 | 20 |
| %Winners | 42% | 35% |
Both Kuzuhara and Gimenez played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Bruno Kuzuhara conceded 1 set while Igor Gimenez hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kuzuhara has played 1 set more than Gimenez (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kuzuhara played 11 games more than Gimenez. Kuzuhara scored 38 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Gimenez scored 20 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kuzuhara | Gimenez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 53/79 | 27/42 |
| %1st in | 67% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 20/27 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 9/15 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 60% |
Kuzuhara recorded 4 aces . Gimenez struck 3 aces . Kuzuhara won 72% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Gimenez won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kuzuhara | Gimenez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/12 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 33% | 56% |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | 0% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Kuzuhara broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Bruno dropped his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Brazilian broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Brazilian conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kuzuhara | |||
| Q1 Carlos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 91-81 | 91-81 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 53/79 | 53/79 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 38/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 15/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Gimenez | |||
| Q1 Vilicich |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 57-39 | 57-39 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 27/42 | 27/42 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 20/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 9/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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