Gonzalo Villanueva and Franco Roncadelli will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the Antofagasta Challenger for the 6^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm 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 Gonzalo Villanueva who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Gonzalo Villanueva is the pick to win this match.
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 1.83
Franco Roncadelli -> 1.89

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Prediction and head to head Gonzalo Villanueva vs. Franco Roncadelli

This will be the 6^th time that Gonzalo Villanueva and Franco Roncadelli square off. The head to head is 3-2 for Villanueva (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Roncadelli won 6-7(3) 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger back in June 2025.

Gonzalo Villanueva

Ranked no. 351, Gonzalo got to the 1^st round after defeating Bastian Malla 4-6 6-4 6-2 and Thomas Faurel 4-6 6-3 7-6(5).

In the qualifications against Faurel, Villanueva recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-6⁵). During the match, Villanueva scored 117 points vs Faurel’s 111. Villanueva was pretty aggressive to blast 47 winners.

Regarding the service games, Villanueva bagged 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Gonzalo Villanueva lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Villanueva put 64% of his first serves in, winning 65% (47/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (18/40) on the 2nd serve. Villanueva broke Faurel 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Gonzalo started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in this tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Villanueva has good match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (352-265). 34-23 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Villanueva has a compiled 332-238 match record in the last years on clay.

The Argentine’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Coquimbo and M25 Trelew.

The Argentine has a compiled 38-24 win-loss record in 2025, 34-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Antofagasta Challenger

Franco Roncadelli

Ranked no. 391, the Uruguayan got to the 1^st round after beating Franco Ribero 6-1 6-0 and Aristotelis Thanos 6-2 6-2.

In the qualifications, Roncadelli had a good straight sets win against Thanos (6-2 6-2). During the match Roncadelli scored 67 points vs Thanos’s 48. Roncadelli was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about serving, Roncadelli couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Franco Roncadelli lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Roncadelli put 63% of his first serves in, winning 69% (22/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (7/19) on the 2nd serve. Roncadelli broke Thanos 7 times after converting 64% of his break points (7/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Uruguayan started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 63% of the points he played.

Roncadelli’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger,M25+H Bacau and M25 Pitesti.

Franco has a composed 33-21 win-loss record in 2025, 32-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Antofagasta Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Villanueva	Roncadelli
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	6	4
Tot Games	60	29
Pts	214-197	121-70
Total Points	411	191
Winners	96	39
%Winners	45%	32%

Both Villanueva and Roncadelli played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Gonzalo Villanueva lost 2 sets while Franco Roncadelli hasn’t conceded a set so far. Villanueva has played 2 sets more than Roncadelli (6 vs 4). Therefore, Villanueva played 31 games more than Roncadelli. Gonzalo scored 96 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Franco blasted 39 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Villanueva	Roncadelli
Aces	8	1
Avg per match	4	0.5
1st in	137/207	53/85
%1st in	66%	62%
1st pts	96/137	39/53
%1st pts	70%	74%
2nd pts	33/70	18/32
%2nd pts	47%	56%

Villanueva recorded 8 aces (4 per match). Roncadelli scored 1 ace (0.5 per match). Villanueva won 70% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Roncadelli won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Villanueva	Roncadelli
Won	8	12
Converted	8/21	12/22
% Converted	38%	55%
Conceded	21	5
Saved	15	2
% Saved	71%	40%
Times Broken	6	3

The Argentine broke his opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. Villanueva surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Franco broke his opponents 12 times with a 55% conversion rate. Franco conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.

Villanueva
	Q1 Malla	Q3 Faurel	Total
Score	4-6 6-4 6-2	4-6 6-3 7-65
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	28	32	60
pts	97-86	117-111	214-197
Total points	183	228	411
Winners	49	47	96
%Winners	51%	40%	45%
SERVE
Aces	1	7	8
Double Faults	2	2	4
1st in	65/95	72/112	137/207
% 1st in	68%	64%	66%
1st pts	49/65	47/72	96/137
% 1st pts	75%	65%	70%
2nd pts	15/30	18/40	33/70
% 2nd pts	50%	45%	47%
Breaks
Won	3	5	8
Converted	3/6	5/15	8/21
Converted %	50%	33%	38%
Conceded	12	9	21
Saved	11/12	4/9	15
Saved %	92%	44%	68%
Times Broken	1	5	6

Roncadelli
	Q1 Ribero	Q3 Thanos	Total
Score	6-1 6-0	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	13	16	29
pts	54-22	67-48	121-70
Total points	76	115	191
Winners	17	22	39
%Winners	31%	33%	32%
SERVE
Aces	1	0	1
Double Faults	0	0	0
1st in	21/34	32/51	53/85
% 1st in	62%	63%	62%
1st pts	17/21	22/32	39/53
% 1st pts	81%	69%	74%
2nd pts	11/13	7/19	18/32
% 2nd pts	85%	37%	56%
Breaks
Won	5	7	12
Converted	5/11	7/11	12/22
Converted %	45%	64%	55%
Conceded	0	5	5
Saved	0/0	2/5	2
Saved %	–	40%	20%
Times Broken	0	3	3

Tennis Scores in Antofagasta Challenger

• Facundo BagnisBagnis – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-3 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo – Andrea CollariniCollarini (1-6 6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hady HabibHabib – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-3 4-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

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