Raul Brancaccio and Mario Gonzalez Fernandez will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Villena Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on PISTA 1. 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 Raul Brancaccio who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Raul Brancaccio is the pick to win this match.
Raul Brancaccio -> 1.44
Mario Gonzalez Fernandez -> 2.625

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Prediction and head to head Raul Brancaccio vs. Mario Gonzalez Fernandez

There is no head to head record between Raul Brancaccio and Mario Gonzalez Fernandez since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Raul Brancaccio

Raul Brancaccio

36 - 27win/loss

Hard
7-1
I Hard
7-5
Clay
22-21
Rank
388
High
121
LLWWLLLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 38-32 7-3 24-24 7-5 0-0 0-0
2024 27-27 6-6 21-19 0-2 0-0 0-0
2023 28-32 14-7 11-19 2-4 1-2 0-0
2022 39-26 7-6 31-18 1-2 0-0 0-0
2021 47-26 2-1 43-21 2-4 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 380, the Italian reached the qualifications after beating Julio Cesar Porras 0-6 6-2 7-6(1).

In the qualifications against Cesar Porras, Brancaccio recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-2 7-61). During the match, Brancaccio scored 97 points vs Cesar Porras’s 91. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Brancaccio managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Raul Brancaccio lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Brancaccio put 53% of his first serves in, winning 67% (31/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (22/40) on the 2nd serve. Raul broke Cesar Porras 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).

Brancaccio has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (357-267). 6-1 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Brancaccio has a composed 59-37 record in the last years on hard.

Brancaccio’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Villena,M25 Tarragona and M25 Cordoba.

The Italian has a composed 35-27 win-loss record in 2025, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Villena Challenger

Villena Challenger
Brancaccio's Record

Mario Gonzalez Fernandez

Mario Gonzalez Fernandez

27 - 22win/loss

Hard
14-12
I Hard
0-0
Clay
13-10
Rank
593
High
575
LLWLWLLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 33-28 20-17 13-11 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 57-32 38-20 19-12 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 42-27 27-15 15-12 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 29-21 26-16 3-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 19-19 7-7 12-12 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 719, Gonzalez reached the qualifications after defeating Eric Vanshelboim 3-6 6-3 6-1

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In the qualifications against Vanshelboim, The Spaniard recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-1). During the match Gonzalez scored 89 points vs Vanshelboim’s 82. Mario was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.

About the serving games, Gonzalez scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Mario Gonzalez Fernandez lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Gonzalez put 66% of his first serves in, winning 67% (38/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (11/30) on the 2nd serve. Mario broke Vanshelboim 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).

Mario’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Setubal.

Gonzalez has a composed 27-21 win-loss record in 2025, 14-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Villena Challenger

The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.

Villena Challenger
Gonzalez's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

R.Brancaccio
M.Gonzalez Fernandez
1h:50
1h:50
Time on court​
2h:29
2h:29
1h:50
1h:50
Last match​
!
2h:29
2h:29
1
1
Match played
1
1
27
27
Games Played​
25
25
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
97
97
Total points​
89
89
97
97
Avg point​
89
89
31
31
Winners
38
38
31
31
Avg Winners​
38
38
32%
32%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
1
1
3
3
Avg Aces
1
1
7
7
Double Faults
4
4
!
7
7
Avg Double Faults
4
4
31/46
31/46
1st won total​
38/57
38/57
67%
67%
1st won %
67%
67%
22/40
22/40
2nd won total​
11/30
11/30
55%
55%
2nd won %
!
37%
37%
-- Break Points --
3/13
3/13
BP won
6/12
6/12
3/13
3/13
Avg BP won
6/12
6/12
!
23%
23%
Won
50%
50%
9
9
Conceded
9
9
9
9
Avg Conceded
9
9
4
4
Broken
3
3
4
4
Avg Broken
3
3
5
5
Saved
6
6

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Brancaccio Gonzalez
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 27 25
Pts 97-91 89-82
Total Points 188 171
Winners 31 38
%Winners 32% 43%

Both Brancaccio and Gonzalez played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Raul Brancaccio lost 1 set, while Mario Gonzalez Fernandez dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Brancaccio and Gonzalez have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Brancaccio played 2 games more than Gonzalez. Raul scored 31 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard bagged 38 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Brancaccio Gonzalez
Aces 3 1
Avg per match 3 1
1st in 46/86 57/87
%1st in 53% 66%
1st pts 31/46 38/57
%1st pts 67% 67%
2nd pts 22/40 11/30
%2nd pts 55% 37%

Brancaccio bagged 3 aces . Gonzalez made 1 ace . Brancaccio won 67% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Gonzalez won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 37% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Brancaccio Gonzalez
Won 3 6
Converted 3/13 6/12
% Converted 23% 50%
Conceded 9 9
Saved 5 6
% Saved 56% 67%
Times Broken 4 3

Raul broke his opponent 3 times with a 23% conversion rate. The Italian dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Gonzalez broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Brancaccio
Q1
Cesar
Total
Score 0-6 6-2 7-61
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 27 27
pts 97-91 97-91
Total points 188 188
Winners 31 31
%Winners 32% 32%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 7 7
1st in 46/86 46/86
% 1st in 53% 53%
1st pts 31/46 31/46
% 1st pts 67% 67%
2nd pts 22/40 22/40
% 2nd pts 55% 55%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/13 3/13
Converted % 23% 23%
Conceded 9 9
Saved 5/9 5
Saved % 56% 56%
Times Broken 4 4
Gonzalez
Q1
Vanshelboim
Total
Score 3-6 6-3 6-1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 25 25
pts 89-82 89-82
Total points 171 171
Winners 38 38
%Winners 43% 43%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 57/87 57/87
% 1st in 66% 66%
1st pts 38/57 38/57
% 1st pts 67% 67%
2nd pts 11/30 11/30
% 2nd pts 37% 37%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/12 6/12
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 9 9
Saved 6/9 6
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 3 3

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