Maximus Jones and Joaquin Aguilar Cardozo will square off in the qualifications of the Antofagasta Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on CANCHA 8. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joaquin Aguilar Cardozo who should win in 3 sets.
Joaquin Aguilar Cardozo -> 1.85
Maximus Jones -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Maximus Jones vs. Joaquin Aguilar Cardozo
There is no head to head record between Maximus Jones and Joaquin Aguilar Cardozo since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Maximus Jones
34 - 24win/loss
353
353
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36-27 | 23-15 | 11-10 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 21-26 | 21-22 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-20 | 27-19 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-46 | 35-36 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 367 (career-high), the Thai reached the qualifications after defeating Nicolas Villalon 2-6 7-6(3) 6-4.
In the qualifications against Villalon, Jones recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-63 6-4).During the match, Jones scored less points (7) than Villalon. In fact, the world no. 367 won 100 points vs Villalon’s. That means that Jones was more focused during the important points. Maximus was quite aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Regarding the service games, Jones recorded 2 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Maximus Jones lost the serve 5 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Jones put 57% of his first serves in, winning 73% (47/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (17/48) on the 2nd serve. The Thai broke Villalon 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Jones has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 52% of his matches (129-120). 11-9 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Jones has a composed22-28 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Abidjan 1 Challenger where he overcame Ricardas Berankis in the final 6-3 4-6 6-4.
Maximus has a compiled 34-23 win-loss record in 2025, 11-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Antofagasta Challenger
Jones has never competed in this tournament before.
Joaquin Aguilar Cardozo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-19 | 0-0 | 31-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-21 | 0-3 | 31-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-7 | 0-0 | 22-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 807, the Uruguayan reached the qualifications after defeating Lucio Ratti 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, Joaquin had a good straight sets win against Ratti (6-2 6-3). During the match Aguilar scored 65 points vs Ratti’s 49. Aguilar was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Aguilar scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Joaquin Aguilar Cardozo lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Aguilar put 65% of his first serves in, winning 62% (23/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the 2nd serve. Joaquin broke Ratti 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
The Uruguayan’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Villa Maria and M15 Santiago.
Aguilar has a compiled 20-16 win-loss record in 2025, 20-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Jones | Aguilar |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 17 |
| Pts | 100-107 | 65-49 |
| Total Points | 207 | 114 |
| Winners | 47 | 23 |
| %Winners | 47% | 35% |
Both Jones and Aguilar played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Maximus Jones lost 1 set while Joaquin Aguilar Cardozo hasn’t lost a set so far. Jones has played 1 set more than Aguilar (3 vs 2). Therefore, Jones played 14 games more than Aguilar. The Thai scored 47 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Uruguayan fired 23 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Jones | Aguilar |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 64/112 | 37/57 |
| %1st in | 57% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 47/64 | 23/37 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 17/48 | 11/20 |
| %2nd pts | 35% | 55% |
Jones made 2 aces . Aguilar scored 1 ace . Jones won 73% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 35% of the points. On the other side, Aguilar won 62% 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 | Jones | Aguilar |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 40% | 50% |
| Conceded | 15 | 3 |
| Saved | 10 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
The Thai broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Thai dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Aguilar broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Uruguayan conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Jones | |||
| Q1 Villalon | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-63 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 100-107 | 100-107 | |
| Total points | 207 | 207 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 64/112 | 64/112 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 47/64 | 47/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/48 | 17/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 35% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 10/15 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Aguilar | |||
| Q1 Ratti | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 65-49 | 65-49 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 37/57 | 37/57 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 23/37 | 23/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 11/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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