Edas Butvilas and Luca Potenza will square off in the 2^nd round of the Villena Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:30 pm on PISTA CARLOS ALCARAZ. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Edas Butvilas who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Edas Butvilas is the pick to win this match.
Edas Butvilas -> 1.31
Luca Potenza -> 3.22

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Prediction and head to head Edas Butvilas vs. Luca Potenza

There is no head to head record between Edas Butvilas and Luca Potenza since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Edas Butvilas

Ranked no. 217, Butvilas reached the 2^nd round after beating Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Edas had a good straight sets win against Struff (6-4 6-2). During the match, Butvilas scored 64 points vs Struff’s 48. The Lithuanian was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about the service games, Butvilas scored 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Edas Butvilas lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Butvilas put 74% of his first serves in, winning 67% (28/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the 2nd serve. Butvilas broke Struff 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Butvilas has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 57% of his matches (118-89). 18-9 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Butvilas has a compiled61-33 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Hersonissos 1 Challenger where he beat Stuart Parker in the final 6-3 6-3.

Butvilas has a compiled 27-25 win-loss record in 2025, 18-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Villena Challenger

Edas has never competed in this tournament before.

Luca Potenza

Ranked no. 399 (career-high), Potenza reached the 2^nd round after beating Anas Mazdrashki 6-4 6-4, Maks Kasnikowski 6-7(1) 6-4 6-3 and Darwin Blanch 6-4 7-5.

In the 1^st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Blanch (6-4 7-5). During the match Potenza scored 66 points vs Blanch’s 58. Luca was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Potenza scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Luca Potenza was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (31/39) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Blanch 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

The Italian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir.

Luca has an overall 53-27 win-loss record in 2025, 50-23 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Butvilas	Potenza
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	4
Tot Games	18	42
Pts	64-48	127-109
Total Points	112	236
Winners	28	54
%Winners	44%	43%

Butvilas played 1 match while Potenza competed in 2 matches. Potenza started his run from the qualifications while Butvilas had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Butvilas has played 2 set(s) less than Potenza (2 vs 4). Therefore, Butvilas played 24 games less than Potenza. The Lithuanian scored 28 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Potenza blasted 54 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Butvilas	Potenza
Aces	3	2
Avg per match	3	1
1st in	42/57	69/114
%1st in	74%	61%
1st pts	28/42	54/69
%1st pts	67%	78%
2nd pts	8/15	30/45
%2nd pts	53%	67%

Butvilas blasted 3 aces . Potenza scored 2 aces (1 per match). Butvilas won 67% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Potenza won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Butvilas	Potenza
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/13
% Converted	71%	38%
Conceded	5	3
Saved	3	2
% Saved	60%	67%
Times Broken	2	1

Edas broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Lithuanian lost his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Luca broke his opponents 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Potenza conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Butvilas
	R1 Struff	Total
Score	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	64-48	64-48
Total points	112	112
Winners	28	28
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	42/57	42/57
% 1st in	74%	74%
1st pts	28/42	28/42
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	8/15	8/15
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/7
Converted %	71%	71%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3/5	3
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

Potenza
	Q1 Mazdrashki	Q3 Kasnikowski	R1 Blanch	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	6-71 6-4 6-3	6-4 7-5
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	20	32	22	74
pts	61-51	–	66-58	127-109
Total points	112	0	124	236
Winners	23		31	54
%Winners	38%	0%	47%	43%
SERVE
Aces	1	0	1	2
Double Faults	3		1	4
1st in	30/54	/	39/60	69/114
% 1st in	56%	0%	65%	61%
1st pts	23/30	/	31/39	54/69
% 1st pts	77%	0%	79%	78%
2nd pts	17/24	/	13/21	30/45
% 2nd pts	71%	0%	62%	67%
Breaks
Won	2		3	5
Converted	2/7	/	3/6	5/13
Converted %	29%	0%	50%	38%
Conceded	0		3	3
Saved	0/0	0/	2/3	2
Saved %	–	–	67%	67%
Times Broken	0		1	1

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