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.
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
43 - 25win/loss
191
187
| 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
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida
| 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.
H2H Performance in the tournament
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
- Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (6-0 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi (7-65 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Cristian GarinGarin (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Gonzalo BuenoBueno – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (3-6 6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Hugo DellienDellien – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Hady HabibHabib (6-74 7-68 6-4) – See score progression
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Emilio NavaNava (4-6 7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Alex BarrenaBarrena – Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres (6-1 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo Joaquin RodriguezJoaquin Rodriguez – Murkel DellienDellien (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo – Lautaro MidonMidon (7-5 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-3 7-61) – See score progression
- Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Matias SotoSoto (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi (7-6(5) 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Cristian GarinGarin (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Gonzalo BuenoBueno – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (3-6 6-3 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Alex BarrenaBarrena – Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres (6-1 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Hugo DellienDellien – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-2 7-6(3)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Facundo BagnisBagnis (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Hernan CasanovaCasanova – (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo – Lorenzo Joaquin RodriguezJoaquin Rodriguez (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – (1-1) – H2H and prediction