Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida and Gonzalo Bueno will square off in the quarter of the Lima 1 Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida is the pick to win this match.
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida -> 1.51
Gonzalo Bueno -> 2.42

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Prediction and head to head Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida vs. Gonzalo Bueno

This will be the 2^nd time that Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida and Gonzalo Bueno square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bueno (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played, Bueno won 6-7(7) 7-5 6-3 in the 1^st round in the Verona Challenger back in 2024.

Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida

Ranked no. 287, Pucinelli De Almeida got to the quarter after defeating Peter Bertran 6-1 6-2 and Gonzalo Villanueva 6-1 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Matheus had a good straight sets win against Villanueva (6-1 6-4). During the match, Pucinelli De Almeida scored 66 points vs Villanueva’s 46. The Brazilian was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Pucinelli De Almeida bagged 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Pucinelli De Almeida put 75% of his first serves in, winning 62% (26/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the 2nd serve. Pucinelli De Almeida broke Villanueva 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Pucinelli De Almeida hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 60% of the points he played.

Pucinelli De Almeida has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (225-152). 21-10 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pucinelli De Almeida has an overall203-131 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.

Matheus’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Santos Challenger.

The Brazilian has an overall 21-11 win-loss record in 2025, 21-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lima 1 Challenger

Gonzalo Bueno

Ranked no. 309, the Peruvian reached the quarter after defeating Guido Ivan Justo 6-0 6-4

and Hernan Casanova 6-2 2-0 ret..

In the 2^nd round against Casanova, the Peruvian had a free pass after Casanova retired on a 6-2 2-0 . scoreline.

The Peruvian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Buenos Aires Challenger.

The Peruvian has an overall 19-15 win-loss record in 2025, 19-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lima 1 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Pucinelli De Almeida	Bueno
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	32	26
Pts	134-91	101-62
Total Points	225	163
Winners	53	48
%Winners	40%	48%

Both Pucinelli De Almeida and Bueno played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Pucinelli De Almeida has played 1 set(s) less than Bueno (4 vs 5). However, it’s interesting to notice that Pucinelli De Almeida played 6 games more than Bueno. The Brazilian scored 53 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Bueno bagged 48 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Pucinelli De Almeida	Bueno
Aces	3	1
Avg per match	1.5	0.5
1st in	77/111	72/90
%1st in	69%	80%
1st pts	53/77	48/72
%1st pts	69%	67%
2nd pts	18/34	7/18
%2nd pts	53%	39%

Pucinelli De Almeida fired 3 aces (1.5 per match). Bueno bagged 1 ace (0.5 per match). Pucinelli De Almeida won 69% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Bueno won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Pucinelli De Almeida	Bueno
Won	10	10
Converted	10/21	10/13
% Converted	48%	77%
Conceded	9	7
Saved	6	4
% Saved	67%	57%
Times Broken	3	3

Pucinelli De Almeida broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Pucinelli De Almeida lost his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Gonzalo broke his opponents 10 times with a 77% conversion rate. Bueno conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Pucinelli De Almeida
	R1 Bertran	R2 Villanueva	Total
Score	6-1 6-2	6-1 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	15	17	32
pts	68-45	66-46	134-91
Total points	113	112	225
Winners	27	26	53
%Winners	40%	39%	40%
SERVE
Aces	1	2	3
Double Faults	3	2	5
1st in	35/55	42/56	77/111
% 1st in	64%	75%	69%
1st pts	27/35	26/42	53/77
% 1st pts	77%	62%	69%
2nd pts	9/20	9/14	18/34
% 2nd pts	45%	64%	53%
Breaks
Won	5	5	10
Converted	5/11	5/10	10/21
Converted %	45%	50%	48%
Conceded	6	3	9
Saved	5/6	1/3	6
Saved %	83%	33%	58%
Times Broken	1	2	3

Bueno
	R1 Ivan	R2 Casanova	Total
Score	6-0 6-4	6-2 2-0 ret.
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	16	10	26
pts	62-40	39-22	101-62
Total points	102	61	163
Winners	29	19	48
%Winners	47%	49%	48%
SERVE
Aces	0	1	1
Double Faults	1	0	1
1st in	46/56	26/34	72/90
% 1st in	82%	76%	80%
1st pts	29/46	19/26	48/72
% 1st pts	63%	73%	67%
2nd pts	5/10	2/8	7/18
% 2nd pts	50%	25%	39%
Breaks
Won	6	4	10
Converted	6/7	4/6	10/13
Converted %	86%	67%	77%
Conceded	5	2	7
Saved	3/5	1/2	4
Saved %	60%	50%	55%
Times Broken	2	1	3

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