Igor Gimenez and Jose Pereira will square off in the qualifications of the Costa do Sauipe Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 5:30 pm on QUADRA 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Igor Gimenez who should win in 3 sets.
Igor Gimenez -> 1.5
Jose Pereira -> 2.46
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Prediction and head to head Igor Gimenez vs. Jose Pereira
This will be the 5th time that Igor Gimenez and Jose Pereira play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Gimenez (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Gimenez won 6-3 6-0 in the quarter in M15 Joinville back in August 2025.
Igor Gimenez
38 - 29win/loss
559
552
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38-31 | 3-4 | 35-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-82 | 6-60 | 25-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-33 | 2-5 | 42-28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-30 | 4-3 | 43-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 565, Gimenez got to the qualifications after defeating Murkel Dellien 2-6 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications against Alejandro Dellien Velasco, Igor recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-4).During the match, Gimenez scored less points (2) than Alejandro Dellien Velasco. In fact, the world no. 565 won 80 points vs Alejandro Dellien Velasco’s. That means that Gimenez was more focused during the important points. Gimenez was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gimenez scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 6 double faults. Igor Gimenez lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Gimenez put 69% of his first serves in, winning 62% (38/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (12/27) on the 2nd serve. The Brazilian broke Alejandro Dellien Velasco 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Gimenez has a weak record in the last 8 years having won 48% of his matches (168-183). 34-25 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Gimenez has a compiled151-110 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Brazilian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Joinville.
Igor has a composed 37-29 win-loss record in 2025, 34-25 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Costa do Sauipe Challenger
Igor has never competed in this tournament before.
Jose Pereira
19 - 19win/loss
834
232
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-21 | 4-3 | 19-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-28 | 7-3 | 22-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-19 | 0-0 | 18-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-21 | 3-2 | 36-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-24 | 7-8 | 30-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 794, Jose reached the qualifications after beating Mariano Kestelboim 5-1 ret..
In the qualifications against Kestelboim, Pereira had a free pass after Kestelboim retired on a 5-1 . scoreline.
Jose’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Santa Tecla.
Jose has an aggregate 19-18 win-loss record in 2025, 15-15 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gimenez | Pereira |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 6 |
| Pts | 80-82 | 26-16 |
| Total Points | 162 | 42 |
| Winners | 38 | 11 |
| %Winners | 48% | 42% |
Both Gimenez and Pereira played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Igor Gimenez dropped 1 set while Jose Pereira hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Gimenez has played 1 set more than Pereira (3 vs 2). Therefore, Gimenez played 22 games more than Pereira. Gimenez scored 38 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Pereira bagged 11 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gimenez | Pereira |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 0 |
| 1st in | 61/88 | 14/18 |
| %1st in | 69% | 78% |
| 1st pts | 38/61 | 11/14 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 12/27 | 3/4 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 75% |
Gimenez struck 1 ace . Pereira didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Gimenez won 62% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Pereira won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 75% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gimenez | Pereira |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 2/5 |
| % Converted | 56% | 40% |
| Conceded | 11 | 1 |
| Saved | 6 | 1 |
| % Saved | 55% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 |
Igor broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Igor conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. Pereira broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Pereira was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Gimenez | |||
| Q1 Alejandro Dellien Velasco | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 80-82 | 80-82 | |
| Total points | 162 | 162 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 61/88 | 61/88 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 38/61 | 38/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/27 | 12/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/11 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 55% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Pereira | |||
| Q1 Kestelboim | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 6 | 6 | |
| pts | 26-16 | 26-16 | |
| Total points | 42 | 42 | |
| Winners | 11 | 11 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 14/18 | 14/18 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 11/14 | 11/14 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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