Carlos Maria Zarate and Matias Soto will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Villa Maria Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on CANCHA 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matias Soto who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matias Soto is the pick to win this match.
Matias Soto -> 1.158
Carlos Maria Zarate -> 4.75
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Maria Zarate vs. Matias Soto
There is no head to head record between Carlos Maria Zarate and Matias Soto since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Carlos Maria Zarate
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48-31 | 1-1 | 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 reached the 1st round after defeating Juan Sebastian Osorio 6-3 6-4 and Ignacio Monzon 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Monzon (6-4 7-5). During the match, Maria Zarate scored 77 points vs Monzon’s 66. The Argentine was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Maria Zarate made 5 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Carlos Maria Zarate lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Maria Zarate put 44% of his first serves in, winning 72% (23/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (16/40) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Monzon 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Maria Zarate has a winning record in the last 2 years having won 54% of his matches (47-40). 32-21 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Maria Zarate has a compiled42-31 match record in the last 2 years on clay.
The Argentine’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M15 San Salvador de Jujuy and M15 Santiago.
The Argentine has an overall 32-22 win-loss record in 2025, 32-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Villa Maria Challenger
Maria Zarate has never competed in this tournament before.
Matias Soto
18 - 22win/loss
379
240
LLLLWLWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-30 | 2-4 | 19-21 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 57-27 | 10-9 | 43-17 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-19 | 4-4 | 14-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-7 | 7-3 | 14-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-9 | 6-3 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 287, Soto will start his run in the Villa Maria Challenger after he played his last match in the Grodzisk Mazowiecki Challenger where he lost 7-6(5) 7-6(5) to Berkieta in the 1st round on the 5th of August.
Soto has an aggregate 17-22 win-loss record in 2025, 15-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Soto’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Concepcion Challenger,the Campinas Challenger and M25 Coquimbo.
In terms of his career, Matias has an overall 143-95 record. He has a positive 99-60 record on clay.
Head 2 Head
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- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Lorenzo Joaquin RodriguezJoaquin Rodriguez (7-614 1-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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Upcoming matches in the draw
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (8-1) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Santiago De La FuenteDe La Fuente (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo JuarezJuarez – Mariano KestelboimKestelboim (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Lautaro Agustin FalabellaAgustin Falabella – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matias SotoSoto – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
