Alex Barrena and Guido Ivan Justo will fight against each other in the quarter of the Buenos Aires Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Barrena who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alex Barrena is the pick to win this match.
Alex Barrena -> 1.38
Guido Ivan Justo -> 2.85

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Prediction and head to head Alex Barrena vs. Guido Ivan Justo

This will be the 2nd time that Alex Barrena and Guido Ivan Justo square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ivan (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Ivan won 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in M15 Cordoba back in 2024.

Alex Barrena

Alex Barrena

40 - 20win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
0-0
Clay
40-19
Rank
174
High
170
LWLWLWWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 46-26 0-1 46-25 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 29-20 0-0 29-20 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 51-30 0-0 51-30 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 28-19 2-1 26-18 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 11-24 1-5 10-19 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 188 (career-high), the Argentine reached the quarter after defeating Juan Bautista Torres 6-1 5-7 6-4 and Hugo Dellien 6-1 1-0 ret..

In the 2nd round against Dellien, Alex had a free pass after Dellien retired on a 6-1 1-0 . scoreline.

Barrena has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (164-121). 40-19 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Barrena has a compiled161-112 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the San Miguel de Tucuman Challenger where he defeated Santiago Rodriguez Taverna in the final 7-5 6-2 and the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger where he beat Franco Roncadelli in the final 5-7 7-5 6-3.

Alex has an aggregate 40-20 win-loss record in 2025, 40-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger

Buenos Aires Challenger
Barrena's Record

Guido Ivan Justo

Guido Ivan Justo

38 - 19win/loss

Clay
37-18
Rank
365
High
344
WLWWLWLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 44-25 0-0 43-24 1-1 0-0 0-0
2024 45-25 0-1 45-24 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 31-17 4-3 27-13 0-1 0-0 0-0
2022 10-4 0-0 10-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 2-9 1-5 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 404, Ivan got to the quarter after defeating Juan Pablo Ficovich 6-3 7-6(1) and Lorenzo Joaquin Rodriguez 7-6(3) 6-3.

In the 2nd round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Joaquin Rodriguez (7-63 6-3). During the match Ivan scored 83 points vs Joaquin Rodriguez’s 67. Ivan was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about serving, Ivan scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Guido Ivan Justo was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (28/38) of his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Guido broke Joaquin Rodriguez 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Argentine hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Guido’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Santiago,M15 San Salvador de Jujuy and M15 Salta.

Guido has an overall 38-19 win-loss record in 2025, 37-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021. See his history

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Buenos Aires Challenger
Ivan's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Barrena
G.Ivan Justo
2h:47
2h:47
Time on court​
3h:36
3h:36
!
0h:40
0h:40
Last match​
1h:57
1h:57
2
2
Match played
2
2
37
37
Games Played​
44
44
6
6
Set played​​
4
4
123
123
Total points​
158
158
61.5
61.5
Avg point​
79
79
43
43
Winners
59
59
21.5
21.5
Avg Winners​
29.5
29.5
35%
35%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
4
4
1
1
Avg Aces
2
2
0
0
Double Faults
3
3
0
0
Avg Double Faults
1.5
1.5
43/65
43/65
1st won total​
59/87
59/87
66%
66%
1st won %
68%
68%
30/52
30/52
2nd won total​
27/46
27/46
58%
58%
2nd won %
59%
59%
-- Break Points --
9/13
9/13
BP won
7/14
7/14
4.5/6.5
4.5/6.5
Avg BP won
3.5/7
3.5/7
!
69%
69%
Won
50%
50%
12
12
Conceded
8
8
6
6
Avg Conceded
4
4
4
4
Broken
4
4
2
2
Avg Broken
2
2
8
8
Saved
4
4

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Barrena Ivan
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 6 4
Tot Games 37 44
Pts 123-99 158-129
Total Points 222 287
Winners 43 59
%Winners 35% 37%

Both Barrena and Ivan played 2 matches. At the moment, Alex Barrena dropped 1 set while Guido Ivan Justo hasn’t lost a set so far. Barrena has played 2 sets more than Ivan (6 vs 4). However, it’s interesting to notice that Barrena played 7 games less than Ivan. Barrena scored 43 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Guido recorded 59 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Barrena Ivan
Aces 2 4
Avg per match 1 2
1st in 65/117 87/133
%1st in 56% 65%
1st pts 43/65 59/87
%1st pts 66% 68%
2nd pts 30/52 27/46
%2nd pts 58% 59%

Barrena blasted 2 aces (1 per match). Ivan recorded 4 aces (2 per match). Barrena won 66% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Ivan won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Barrena Ivan
Won 9 7
Converted 9/13 7/14
% Converted 69% 50%
Conceded 12 8
Saved 8 4
% Saved 67% 50%
Times Broken 4 4

Alex broke his opponents 9 times with a 69% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Ivan broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Guido conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Barrena
R1
Bautista
R2
Dellien
Total
Score 6-1 5-7 6-4 6-1 1-0 ret.
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 29 8 37
pts 87-79 36-20 123-99
Total points 166 56 222
Winners 32 11 43
%Winners 37% 31% 35%
SERVE
Aces 2 0 2
Double Faults 0 0 0
1st in 50/90 15/27 65/117
% 1st in 56% 56% 56%
1st pts 32/50 11/15 43/65
% 1st pts 64% 73% 66%
2nd pts 22/40 8/12 30/52
% 2nd pts 55% 67% 58%
Breaks
Won 6 3 9
Converted 6/7 3/6 9/13
Converted % 86% 50% 69%
Conceded 8 4 12
Saved 4/8 4/4 8
Saved % 50% 100% 75%
Times Broken 4 0 4
Ivan
R1
Pablo Ficovich
R2
Joaquin Rodriguez
Total
Score 6-3 7-61 7-63 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 22 22 44
pts 75-62 83-67 158-129
Total points 137 150 287
Winners 31 28 59
%Winners 41% 34% 37%
SERVE
Aces 3 1 4
Double Faults 0 3 3
1st in 49/67 38/66 87/133
% 1st in 73% 58% 65%
1st pts 31/49 28/38 59/87
% 1st pts 63% 74% 68%
2nd pts 10/18 17/28 27/46
% 2nd pts 56% 61% 59%
Breaks
Won 4 3 7
Converted 4/6 3/8 7/14
Converted % 67% 38% 50%
Conceded 4 4 8
Saved 1/4 3/4 4
Saved % 25% 75% 50%
Times Broken 3 1 4

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