Lukas Neumayer and Facundo Diaz Acosta will play each other in the 2nd round of the Antofagasta Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:30 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Facundo Diaz Acosta who should win in 3 sets.
Facundo Diaz Acosta -> 1.82
Lukas Neumayer -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Lukas Neumayer vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
This will be the 2nd time that Lukas Neumayer and Facundo Diaz Acosta clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Neumayer (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Neumayer won 5-7 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in the Szczecin Challenger back in 2023.
Lukas Neumayer
37 - 28win/loss
189
157
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37-31 | 3-6 | 33-21 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 40-32 | 2-2 | 38-29 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-32 | 2-1 | 38-28 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 53-26 | 12-4 | 41-21 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-25 | 8-10 | 16-14 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 177, Lukas reached the 2nd round after beating Juan Bautista Torres 6-1 6-0.
In the 1st round, The Austrian had a good straight sets win against Bautista Torres (6-1 6-0). During the match, Neumayer scored 60 points vs Bautista Torres’s 30. Neumayer was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Neumayer fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Lukas Neumayer was extremely efficient on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Neumayer broke Bautista Torres 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Neumayer has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 57% of his matches (196-145). 33-19 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Neumayer has a composed166-113 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
Neumayer’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Vicenza Challenger and the Cordenons Challenger.
The Austrian has a compiled 37-27 win-loss record in 2025, 33-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Antofagasta Challenger
Lukas has never competed in this tournament before.
Facundo Diaz Acosta
16 - 15win/loss
226
47
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20-19 | 4-4 | 16-14 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 19-22 | 3-8 | 16-10 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-25 | 4-4 | 46-20 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-21 | 0-1 | 31-19 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-30 | 7-4 | 36-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 265, Diaz got to the 2nd round after defeating Nicolas Kicker 7-6(2) 6-4.
In the 1st round, Diaz had a good straight sets win against Kicker (7-62 6-4). During the match Diaz scored 93 points vs Kicker’s 82. Facundo was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Diaz fired 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Facundo Diaz Acosta lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Diaz put 68% of his first serves in, winning 66% (39/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the 2nd serve. Diaz broke Kicker 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Facundo’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Trieste Challenger and the Szczecin Challenger.
The Argentine has a composed 15-15 win-loss record in 2025, 11-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Neumayer | Diaz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 23 |
| Pts | 60-30 | 93-82 |
| Total Points | 90 | 175 |
| Winners | 21 | 39 |
| %Winners | 35% | 42% |
Both Neumayer and Diaz played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Neumayer and Diaz have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Neumayer played 10 games less than Diaz. Lukas scored 21 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Diaz made 39 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Neumayer | Diaz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 28/42 | 59/87 |
| %1st in | 67% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 39/59 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 15/28 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 54% |
Neumayer fired 3 aces . Diaz bagged 4 aces . Neumayer won 75% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Diaz won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Neumayer | Diaz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 56% | 33% |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Neumayer broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Neumayer was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 4 break points. The Argentine broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Facundo conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Neumayer | |||
| R1 Bautista | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 60-30 | 60-30 | |
| Total points | 90 | 90 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 28/42 | 28/42 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 21/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 10/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Diaz | |||
| R1 Kicker | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 93-82 | 93-82 | |
| Total points | 175 | 175 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 59/87 | 59/87 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 39/59 | 39/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Antofagasta Challenger
- Cristian GarinGarin – Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli (2-6 6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Lautaro MidonMidon (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hady HabibHabib – Carlos Maria ZarateMaria Zarate (3-6 7-64 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo – Aristotelis ThanosThanos (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Hady HabibHabib – Christian GarinGarin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Facundo BagnisBagnis (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Emilio NavaNava – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – (1-0) – H2H and prediction