Roman Andres Burruchaga and Mariano Kestelboim will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Zug Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:30 am on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roman Andres Burruchaga who should win in 2 sets.
Roman Andres Burruchaga -> 1.24
Mariano Kestelboim -> 3.72
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Prediction and head to head Roman Andres Burruchaga vs. Mariano Kestelboim
This will be the 2nd time that Roman Andres Burruchaga and Mariano Kestelboim clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Andres Burruchaga (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Andres Burruchaga won 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger back in 2024.
Roman Andres Burruchaga
31 - 22win/loss
107
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56-31 | 4-5 | 51-25 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 44-28 | 2-3 | 40-24 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-30 | 4-2 | 35-28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 45-32 | 5-3 | 40-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-24 | 18-9 | 25-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 136, Andres Burruchaga got to the qualifications after defeating Filippo Romano 7-6(1) 6-4.
In the qualifications, Roman had a good straight sets win against Romano (7-61 6-4). During the match, Andres Burruchaga scored 81 points vs Romano’s 68. Roman was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Regarding the service games, Andres Burruchaga scored 6 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Roman Andres Burruchaga conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Andres Burruchaga put 67% of his first serves in, winning 83% (44/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. Andres Burruchaga was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Romano once.
Andres Burruchaga has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (213-150). 28-18 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Andres Burruchaga has a composed174-122 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Piracicaba Challenger where he defeated Facundo Mena in the final 7-6(8) 6-7(6) 7-6(4).
Roman has an aggregate 31-22 win-loss record in 2025, 28-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zug Challenger
Mariano Kestelboim
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37-26 | 0-0 | 37-25 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-20 | 2-1 | 30-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-11 | 2-1 | 18-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-14 | 0-0 | 15-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-23 | 1-4 | 21-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 415, Kestelboim got to the qualifications after defeating Nikola Djosic 7-6(2) 6-2.
In the qualifications, Kestelboim had a good straight sets win against Djosic (7-62 6-2). During the match Kestelboim scored 74 points vs Djosic’s 59. Mariano was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Kestelboim blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mariano Kestelboim lost the serve once. Furthermore, Kestelboim put 82% of his first serves in, winning 75% (38/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (5/11) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Djosic 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Mariano’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Punta del Este and M25 Lujan.
Kestelboim has an overall 24-15 win-loss record in 2025, 24-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zug Challenger
Mariano has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Andres Burruchaga | Kestelboim |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 21 |
| Pts | 81-68 | 74-59 |
| Total Points | 149 | 133 |
| Winners | 44 | 38 |
| %Winners | 54% | 51% |
Both Andres Burruchaga and Kestelboim played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Andres Burruchaga and Kestelboim have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Andres Burruchaga played 2 games more than Kestelboim. Roman scored 44 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, Mariano struck 38 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Andres Burruchaga | Kestelboim |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 2 |
| 1st in | 53/79 | 51/62 |
| %1st in | 67% | 82% |
| 1st pts | 44/53 | 38/51 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 11/26 | 5/11 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 45% |
Andres Burruchaga bagged 6 aces . Kestelboim managed to score 2 aces . Andres Burruchaga won 83% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Kestelboim won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Andres Burruchaga | Kestelboim |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 3 |
| Converted | 1/1 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 100% | 33% |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Roman broke his opponent once with a 100% conversion rate. Roman pretty solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 4 break points. Kestelboim broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Andres Burruchaga | |||
| Q1 Romano | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 81-68 | 81-68 | |
| Total points | 149 | 149 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 53/79 | 53/79 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 44/53 | 44/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/26 | 11/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 1/1 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kestelboim | |||
| Q1 Djosic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 74-59 | 74-59 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 51/62 | 51/62 | |
| % 1st in | 82% | 82% | |
| 1st pts | 38/51 | 38/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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