Alvaro Guillen Meza and Andrea Picchione will play each other in the 2nd round of the Genova Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:30 pm 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 Alvaro Guillen Meza who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alvaro Guillen Meza is the pick to win this match.
Alvaro Guillen Meza -> 1.49
Andrea Picchione -> 2.48

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Prediction and head to head Alvaro Guillen Meza vs. Andrea Picchione

There is no head to head record between Alvaro Guillen Meza and Andrea Picchione since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Alvaro Guillen Meza

Alvaro Guillen Meza

28 - 21win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
0-0
Clay
28-19
Grass
0-1
Rank
197
High
175
WWWLWLWWWL
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 46-28 0-1 46-26 0-0 0-1 0-0
2024 37-32 1-3 36-29 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 51-22 0-1 51-20 0-1 0-0 0-0
2022 33-23 1-2 32-21 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 5-9 0-0 5-9 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 243, Guillen Meza got to the 2nd round after defeating Giovanni Fonio 6-3 3-6 6-4.

In the 1st round, Alvaro defeated Fonio (6-3 3-6 6-4). During the match, Guillen Meza scored 86 points vs Fonio’s 80. The Ecuadorian was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about the service games, Guillen Meza scored 3 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Alvaro Guillen Meza was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (34/48) of his 1st serve and 54% (20/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Guillen Meza was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Fonio 4 times.

Guillen Meza has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (160-115). 28-19 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Guillen Meza has an aggregate156-104 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Santos Challenger where he overcame Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida in the final 6-3 7-6(12).

Alvaro has a composed 28-21 win-loss record in 2025, 28-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Genova Challenger

Alvaro has never competed in this tournament before.

Genova Challenger
Guillen Meza's Record

Andrea Picchione

Andrea Picchione

34 - 20win/loss

Clay
34-20
Rank
393
High
331
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 38-23 0-0 38-23 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 52-29 5-4 45-20 2-5 0-0 0-0
2023 47-31 16-9 30-19 1-2 0-0 0-1
2022 42-31 10-5 32-26 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 36-21 6-4 28-16 0-0 2-1 0-0
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Ranked no. 366, Andrea reached the 2nd round after beating Simone Agostini 6-0 6-3, Eero Vasa 7-6(5) 3-6 7-6(4) and Pedro Martinez Portero 6-1 6-4.

In the 1st round, Andrea had a good straight sets win against Martinez Portero (6-1 6-4). During the match Picchione scored 73 points vs Martinez Portero’s 56. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Picchione fired 4 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Andrea Picchione lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Picchione put 58% of his first serves in, winning 71% (30/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (12/31) on the 2nd serve. Andrea broke Martinez Portero 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

The Italian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Bolzano and M25 Montesilvano.

Picchione has an overall 34-20 win-loss record in 2025, 34-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Genova Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023 and 2024. See his history.

Genova Challenger
Picchione's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

A.Guillen Meza
A.Picchione
2h:02
2h:02
Time on court​
!
5h:25
5h:25
!
2h:02
2h:02
Last match​
1h:44
1h:44
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
28
28
Games Played​
67
67
3
3
Set played​​
7
7
86
86
Total points​
233
233
86
86
Avg point​
77.7
77.7
34
34
Winners
87
87
34
34
Avg Winners​
29
29
40%
40%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
10
10
3
3
Avg Aces
3.3
3.3
7
7
Double Faults
13
13
!
7
7
Avg Double Faults
4.3
4.3
34/48
34/48
1st won total​
87/120
87/120
!
71%
71%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
20/37
20/37
2nd won total​
46/91
46/91
54%
54%
2nd won %
51%
51%
-- Break Points --
4/4
4/4
BP won
15/26
15/26
4/4
4/4
Avg BP won
5/8.7
5/8.7
!
100%
100%
Won
!
58%
58%
6
6
Conceded
17
17
6
6
Avg Conceded
5.7
5.7
3
3
Broken
8
8
3
3
Avg Broken
2.7
2.7
3
3
Saved
9
9
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Guillen Meza Picchione
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 3 7
Tot Games 28 67
Pts 86-80 233-195
Total Points 166 428
Winners 34 87
%Winners 40% 37%

Guillen Meza played 1 match while Picchione competed in 3 matches. Picchione started his run from the qualifications while Guillen Meza had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Alvaro Guillen Meza surrendered 1 set, while Andrea Picchione surrendered 1 set. Guillen Meza has played 4 set(s) less than Picchione (3 vs 7). Therefore, Guillen Meza played 39 games less than Picchione. Alvaro scored 34 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian managed to score 87 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Guillen Meza Picchione
Aces 3 10
Avg per match 3 3.3
1st in 48/85 120/211
%1st in 56% 57%
1st pts 34/48 87/120
%1st pts 71% 73%
2nd pts 20/37 46/91
%2nd pts 54% 51%

Guillen Meza made 3 aces . Picchione managed to score 10 aces (3.3 per match). Guillen Meza won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Picchione won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Guillen Meza Picchione
Won 4 15
Converted 4/4 15/26
% Converted 100% 58%
Conceded 6 17
Saved 3 9
% Saved 50% 53%
Times Broken 3 8

The Ecuadorian broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Guillen Meza surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Andrea broke his opponents 15 times with a 58% conversion rate. Andrea conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.

Guillen Meza
R1
Fonio 		Total
Score 6-3 3-6 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 28 28
pts 86-80 86-80
Total points 166 166
Winners 34 34
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 7 7
1st in 48/85 48/85
% 1st in 56% 56%
1st pts 34/48 34/48
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 20/37 20/37
% 2nd pts 54% 54%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/4 4/4
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 3/6 3
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 3 3
Picchione
Q1
Agostini		 Q3
Vasa		 R1
Martinez Portero		 Total
Score 6-0 6-3 7-65 3-6 7-64 6-1 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 2 7
Tot Games 15 35 17 67
pts 58-36 102-103 73-56 233-195
Total points 94 205 129 428
Winners 13 44 30 87
%Winners 22% 43% 41% 37%
SERVE
Aces 3 3 4 10
Double Faults 1 5 7 13
1st in 19/38 59/100 42/73 120/211
% 1st in 50% 59% 58% 57%
1st pts 13/19 44/59 30/42 87/120
% 1st pts 68% 75% 71% 73%
2nd pts 10/19 24/41 12/31 46/91
% 2nd pts 53% 59% 39% 51%
Breaks
Won 7 3 5 15
Converted 7/8 3/8 5/10 15/26
Converted % 88% 38% 50% 58%
Conceded 3 9 5 17
Saved 1/3 5/9 3/5 9
Saved % 33% 56% 60% 149%
Times Broken 2 4 2 8

Tennis Scores in Genova Challenger

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