Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida will play each other in the 2nd round of the Buenos Aires Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on CANCHA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

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 -> 1.74
Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva -> 2

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Prediction and head to head Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva vs. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida

This will be the 5th time that Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida fight against each other. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Pucinelli De Almeida won 7-6(1) 6-7(4) 6-4 in the final in the Coquimbo Challenger back in 2023.

Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva

Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva

43 - 25win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
0-0
Clay
43-24
Rank
191
High
187
LLWLLWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 50-32 0-2 50-30 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 24-28 3-3 21-25 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 28-32 4-7 24-25 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 35-24 4-3 31-21 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 32-30 8-5 24-25 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 222 (career-high), Lucas Reis Da got to the 2nd round after defeating Emilio Nava 4-6 7-5 7-5.

In the 1st round against Nava, Lucas Reis Da recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 7-5). During the match, Lucas Reis Da scored 112 points vs Nava’s 102. Joao was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Talking about the service games, Lucas Reis Da couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Lucas Reis Da put 68% of his first serves in, winning 69% (45/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. Joao broke Nava 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).

Lucas Reis Da has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 56% of his matches (245-191). 43-23 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lucas Reis Da has an aggregate191-153 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Santa Fe Challenger where he defeated Lautaro Midon in the final 6-4 6-3.

The Brazilian has an overall 43-24 win-loss record in 2025, 43-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger

Buenos Aires Challenger
Lucas Reis Da's Record

Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida

Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida

28 - 18win/loss

Clay
28-17
Rank
297
High
190
LLWWWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 39-26 0-1 39-24 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 38-27 0-1 38-26 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 20-25 1-3 19-22 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 29-29 1-3 27-24 0-0 1-2 0-0
2021 72-29 0-0 72-29 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 285, the Brazilian reached the 2nd round after defeating Matias Soto 6-1 6-1.

In the 1st round, Pucinelli De Almeida had a good straight sets win against Soto (6-1 6-1). During the match Pucinelli De Almeida scored 54 points vs Soto’s 33. Matheus was pretty aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about serving, Pucinelli De Almeida scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida lost the serve once. Furthermore, Pucinelli De Almeida put 70% of his first serves in, winning 69% (18/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (6/11) on the 2nd serve. Pucinelli De Almeida broke Soto 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

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

Pucinelli De Almeida has an overall 27-18 win-loss record in 2025, 27-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.

Buenos Aires Challenger
Pucinelli De Almeida's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

J.Lucas Silva
M.Pucinelli Almeida
!
2h:35
2h:35
Time on court​
1h:05
1h:05
!
2h:35
2h:35
Last match​
1h:05
1h:05
1
1
Match played
1
1
34
34
Games Played​
14
14
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
112
112
Total points​
54
54
112
112
Avg point​
54
54
45
45
Winners
18
18
45
45
Avg Winners​
18
18
40%
40%
Ratio winners
33%
33%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
1
1
0
0
Avg Aces
1
1
2
2
Double Faults
0
0
2
2
Avg Double Faults
0
0
45/65
45/65
1st won total​
18/26
18/26
69%
69%
1st won %
69%
69%
14/31
14/31
2nd won total​
6/11
6/11
45%
45%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
6/15
6/15
BP won
6/10
6/10
6/15
6/15
Avg BP won
6/10
6/10
40%
40%
Won
!
60%
60%
10
10
Conceded
1
1
10
10
Avg Conceded
1
1
5
5
Broken
1
1
!
5
5
Avg Broken
1
1
5
5
Saved
0
0

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Lucas Reis Da Pucinelli De Almeida
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 34 14
Pts 112-102 54-33
Total Points 214 87
Winners 45 18
%Winners 40% 33%

Both Lucas Reis Da and Pucinelli De Almeida played 1 match. At the moment, Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva lost 1 set while Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Lucas Reis Da has played 1 set more than Pucinelli De Almeida (3 vs 2). Therefore, Lucas Reis Da played 20 games more than Pucinelli De Almeida. Joao scored 45 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Brazilian recorded 18 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve Lucas Reis Da Pucinelli De Almeida
Aces 0 1
Avg per match 0 1
1st in 65/96 26/37
%1st in 68% 70%
1st pts 45/65 18/26
%1st pts 69% 69%
2nd pts 14/31 6/11
%2nd pts 45% 55%

Lucas Reis Da didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Pucinelli De Almeida made 1 ace . Lucas Reis Da won 69% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Pucinelli De Almeida won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Lucas Reis Da Pucinelli De Almeida
Won 6 6
Converted 6/15 6/10
% Converted 40% 60%
Conceded 10 1
Saved 5 0
% Saved 50% 0%
Times Broken 5 1

The Brazilian broke his opponent 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Brazilian dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Pucinelli De Almeida broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Pucinelli De Almeida conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Lucas Reis Da
R1
Nava
Total
Score 4-6 7-5 7-5
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 34 34
pts 112-102 112-102
Total points 214 214
Winners 45 45
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 65/96 65/96
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 45/65 45/65
% 1st pts 69% 69%
2nd pts 14/31 14/31
% 2nd pts 45% 45%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/15 6/15
Converted % 40% 40%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 5/10 5
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 5 5
Pucinelli De Almeida
R1
Soto
Total
Score 6-1 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 14 14
pts 54-33 54-33
Total points 87 87
Winners 18 18
%Winners 33% 33%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 26/37 26/37
% 1st in 70% 70%
1st pts 18/26 18/26
% 1st pts 69% 69%
2nd pts 6/11 6/11
% 2nd pts 55% 55%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/10 6/10
Converted % 60% 60%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 0/1 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 1 1

Tennis Scores in Buenos Aires Challenger

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