Carlos Maria Zarate and Ignacio Monzon will square off in the qualifications of the Villa Maria Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on CANCHA 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Maria Zarate who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Carlos Maria Zarate is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Maria Zarate -> 1.86
Ignacio Monzon -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Carlos Maria Zarate vs. Ignacio Monzon

There is no head to head record between Carlos Maria Zarate and Ignacio Monzon since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Carlos Maria Zarate

Carlos Maria Zarate

31 - 22win/loss

Clay
31-21
Rank
674
High
674
LWWLWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 47-30 0-0 47-29 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 15-18 5-8 10-10 0-0 0-0 0-0

Currently unranked, the Argentine got to the qualifications after beating Juan Sebastian Osorio 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Sebastian Osorio (6-3 6-4). During the match, Maria Zarate scored 73 points vs Sebastian Osorio’s 54. Carlos was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Regarding the service games, Maria Zarate scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Carlos Maria Zarate was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 93% (25/27) of his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Carlos broke Sebastian Osorio 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Maria Zarate has a winning record in the last 2 years having won 53% of his matches (46-40). 31-21 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Maria Zarate has a composed41-31 record in the last 2 years on clay.

The Argentine’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M15 San Salvador de Jujuy and M15 Santiago.

Carlos has an aggregate 31-22 win-loss record in 2025, 31-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Villa Maria Challenger

The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.

Villa Maria Challenger
Maria Zarate's Record

Ignacio Monzon

Ignacio Monzon

18 - 17win/loss

Clay
18-17
Rank
729
High
476
LWWLLWWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 25-24 0-0 25-24 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 28-25 0-1 28-24 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 42-37 0-0 42-37 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 39-29 0-2 39-27 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 19-26 0-0 19-26 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 746, Ignacio got to the qualifications after beating Tomas Martinez 6-3 6-2.

In the qualifications, Ignacio had a good straight sets win against Martinez (6-3 6-2). During the match Monzon scored 60 points vs Martinez’s 42. Monzon was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Monzon managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ignacio Monzon lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Monzon put 64% of his first serves in, winning 66% (23/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the 2nd serve. Ignacio broke Martinez 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Monzon’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Naples.

Monzon has an aggregate 18-17 win-loss record in 2025, 18-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Villa Maria Challenger
Monzon's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

C.Maria Zarate
I.Monzon
1h:33
1h:33
Time on court​
1h:25
1h:25
1h:33
1h:33
Last match​
1h:25
1h:25
1
1
Match played
1
1
19
19
Games Played​
17
17
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
73
73
Total points​
60
60
73
73
Avg point​
60
60
25
25
Winners
23
23
25
25
Avg Winners​
23
23
34%
34%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
2
2
1
1
Avg Aces
2
2
4
4
Double Faults
1
1
4
4
Avg Double Faults
1
1
25/27
25/27
1st won total​
23/35
23/35
!
93%
93%
1st won %
66%
66%
16/31
16/31
2nd won total​
14/20
14/20
52%
52%
2nd won %
!
70%
70%
-- Break Points --
3/10
3/10
BP won
4/6
4/6
3/10
3/10
Avg BP won
4/6
4/6
30%
30%
Won
!
67%
67%
6
6
Conceded
5
5
6
6
Avg Conceded
5
5
1
1
Broken
1
1
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
5
5
Saved
4
4

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Maria Zarate Monzon
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 17
Pts 73-54 60-42
Total Points 127 102
Winners 25 23
%Winners 34% 38%

Both Maria Zarate and Monzon 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, Maria Zarate and Monzon have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Maria Zarate played 2 games more than Monzon. Carlos scored 25 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine blasted 23 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Maria Zarate Monzon
Aces 1 2
Avg per match 1 2
1st in 27/58 35/55
%1st in 47% 64%
1st pts 25/27 23/35
%1st pts 93% 66%
2nd pts 16/31 14/20
%2nd pts 52% 70%

Maria Zarate scored 1 ace . Monzon also blasted 2 aces . Maria Zarate won 93% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Monzon won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Maria Zarate Monzon
Won 3 4
Converted 3/10 4/6
% Converted 30% 67%
Conceded 6 5
Saved 5 4
% Saved 83% 80%
Times Broken 1 1

The Argentine broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Monzon broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Monzon conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Maria Zarate
Q1
Sebastian Osorio
Total
Score 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 73-54 73-54
Total points 127 127
Winners 25 25
%Winners 34% 34%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 27/58 27/58
% 1st in 47% 47%
1st pts 25/27 25/27
% 1st pts 93% 93%
2nd pts 16/31 16/31
% 2nd pts 52% 52%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/10 3/10
Converted % 30% 30%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 5/6 5
Saved % 83% 83%
Times Broken 1 1
Monzon
Q1
Martinez
Total
Score 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 60-42 60-42
Total points 102 102
Winners 23 23
%Winners 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 35/55 35/55
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 23/35 23/35
% 1st pts 66% 66%
2nd pts 14/20 14/20
% 2nd pts 70% 70%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/6 4/6
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 4/5 4
Saved % 80% 80%
Times Broken 1 1

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