Alvaro Guillen Meza and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida will play each other in the quarter of the Buenos Aires Challenger for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alvaro Guillen Meza who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alvaro Guillen Meza is the pick to win this match.
Alvaro Guillen Meza -> 1.7
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida -> 2.06

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Prediction and head to head Alvaro Guillen Meza vs. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida

This will be the 5^th time that Alvaro Guillen Meza and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Pucinelli De Almeida (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Guillen Meza won 6-3 7-6(12) in the final in the Santos Challenger back in May 2025.

Alvaro Guillen Meza

Ranked no. 226, Alvaro got to the quarter after beating Hady Habib 6-7(4) 7-6(8) 6-4 and Juan Carlos Prado Angelo 6-1 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Alvaro had a good straight sets win against Carlos Prado Angelo (6-1 6-2). During the match, Guillen Meza scored 68 points vs Carlos Prado Angelo’s 46. Alvaro was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Guillen Meza couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Alvaro Guillen Meza conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Guillen Meza put 74% of his first serves in, winning 74% (29/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (6/14) on the 2nd serve. The Ecuadorian broke Carlos Prado Angelo 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alvaro has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.

Guillen Meza has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (164-115). 32-19 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Guillen Meza has an overall160-104 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Santos Challenger where he overcame Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida in the final 6-3 7-6(12).

Alvaro has an aggregate 32-21 win-loss record in 2025, 32-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger

Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida

Ranked no. 285, the Brazilian got to the quarter after beating Matias Soto 6-1 6-1 and Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva 6-0 3-6 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The Brazilian defeated Lucas Reis Da (6-0 3-6 6-4). During the match Pucinelli De Almeida scored 90 points vs Lucas Reis Da’s 79. Matheus was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

About the serving games, Pucinelli De Almeida scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Pucinelli De Almeida put 68% of his first serves in, winning 71% (37/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (8/24) on the 2nd serve. The Brazilian broke Lucas Reis Da 6 times after converting 33% of his break points (6/18).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Matheus has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

The Brazilian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Santos Challenger.

Matheus has a composed 28-18 win-loss record in 2025, 28-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger

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

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Guillen Meza	Pucinelli De Almeida
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	51	39
Pts	216-186	144-112
Total Points	402	256
Winners	82	55
%Winners	38%	38%

Both Guillen Meza and Pucinelli De Almeida played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alvaro Guillen Meza surrendered 1 set, while Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Guillen Meza and Pucinelli De Almeida have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Guillen Meza played 12 games more than Pucinelli De Almeida. Guillen Meza scored 82 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Brazilian struck 55 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Guillen Meza	Pucinelli De Almeida
Aces	5	2
Avg per match	2.5	1
1st in	111/181	78/113
%1st in	61%	69%
1st pts	82/111	55/78
%1st pts	74%	71%
2nd pts	33/70	14/35
%2nd pts	47%	40%

Guillen Meza managed to score 5 aces (2.5 per match). Pucinelli De Almeida recorded 2 aces (1 per match). Guillen Meza won 74% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Pucinelli De Almeida won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Guillen Meza	Pucinelli De Almeida
Won	9	12
Converted	9/35	12/28
% Converted	26%	43%
Conceded	10	8
Saved	7	4
% Saved	70%	50%
Times Broken	3	4

The Ecuadorian broke his opponents 9 times with a 26% conversion rate. Alvaro lost his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. The Brazilian broke his opponents 12 times with a 43% conversion rate. Matheus conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Guillen Meza
	R1 Habib	R2 Carlos Prado Angelo	Total
Score	6-74 7-68 6-4	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	36	15	51
pts	148-140	68-46	216-186
Total points	288	114	402
Winners	53	29	82
%Winners	36%	43%	38%
SERVE
Aces	5	0	5
Double Faults	2	1	3
1st in	72/128	39/53	111/181
% 1st in	56%	74%	61%
1st pts	53/72	29/39	82/111
% 1st pts	74%	74%	74%
2nd pts	27/56	6/14	33/70
% 2nd pts	48%	43%	47%
Breaks
Won	4	5	9
Converted	4/20	5/15	9/35
Converted %	20%	33%	26%
Conceded	5	5	10
Saved	2/5	5/5	7
Saved %	40%	100%	70%
Times Broken	3	0	3

Pucinelli De Almeida
	R1 Soto	R2 Lucas Reis Da	Total
Score	6-1 6-1	6-0 3-6 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	14	25	39
pts	54-33	90-79	144-112
Total points	87	169	256
Winners	18	37	55
%Winners	33%	41%	38%
SERVE
Aces	1	1	2
Double Faults	0	5	5
1st in	26/37	52/76	78/113
% 1st in	70%	68%	69%
1st pts	18/26	37/52	55/78
% 1st pts	69%	71%	71%
2nd pts	6/11	8/24	14/35
% 2nd pts	55%	33%	40%
Breaks
Won	6	6	12
Converted	6/10	6/18	12/28
Converted %	60%	33%	43%
Conceded	1	7	8
Saved	0/1	4/7	4
Saved %	0%	57%	29%
Times Broken	1	3	4

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