Alex Barrena and Gonzalo Villanueva will face off in the 2^nd round of the Lima 2 Challenger for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Barrena who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alex Barrena is the pick to win this match.
Alex Barrena -> 1.4
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 2.68

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Prediction and head to head Alex Barrena vs. Gonzalo Villanueva

This will be the 5^th time that Alex Barrena and Gonzalo Villanueva face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Villanueva (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Barrena won 7-6(4) 6-1 in the 1^st round in the Villa Maria Challenger back in September 2025.

Alex Barrena

Ranked no. 172, the Argentine got to the 2^nd round after beating Andrea Collarini 7-6(4) 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Collarini (7-6⁴ 6-4). During the match, Barrena scored 74 points vs Collarini’s 70. Alex was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about the service games, Barrena scored 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex Barrena lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Barrena put 71% of his first serves in, winning 67% (37/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the 2nd serve. Barrena broke Collarini twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Barrena has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (167-124). 43-22 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Barrena has a compiled164-115 match record in the last 7 years on clay.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the San Miguel de Tucuman Challenger where he overcame Santiago Rodriguez Taverna in the final 7-5 6-2 and the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger where he overcame Franco Roncadelli in the final 5-7 7-5 6-3.

The Argentine has a compiled 43-23 win-loss record in 2025, 43-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lima 2 Challenger

Gonzalo Villanueva

Ranked no. 352, the Argentine got to the 2^nd round after beating Timofey Skatov 6-3 6-1

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In the 1^st round, Gonzalo had a good straight sets win against Skatov (6-3 6-1). During the match Villanueva scored 65 points vs Skatov’s 44. The Argentine was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Villanueva made 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Gonzalo Villanueva lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Villanueva put 63% of his first serves in, winning 76% (26/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (7/20) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Skatov 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Villanueva’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Coquimbo and M25 Trelew.

Villanueva has a compiled 41-27 win-loss record in 2025, 37-26 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lima 2 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Barrena	Villanueva
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	16
Pts	74-70	65-44
Total Points	144	109
Winners	37	26
%Winners	50%	40%

Both Barrena and Villanueva played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Barrena and Villanueva have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Barrena played 7 games more than Villanueva. Alex scored 37 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Villanueva recorded 26 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Barrena	Villanueva
Aces	6	6
Avg per match	6	6
1st in	55/77	34/54
%1st in	71%	63%
1st pts	37/55	26/34
%1st pts	67%	76%
2nd pts	13/22	7/20
%2nd pts	59%	35%

Barrena scored 6 aces . Villanueva fired 6 aces . Barrena won 67% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Villanueva won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 35% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Barrena	Villanueva
Won	2	6
Converted	2/4	6/11
% Converted	50%	55%
Conceded	4	5
Saved	3	3
% Saved	75%	60%
Times Broken	1	2

Alex broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Argentine dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Gonzalo broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Barrena
	R1 Collarini	Total
Score	7-64 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	74-70	74-70
Total points	144	144
Winners	37	37
%Winners	50%	50%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	55/77	55/77
% 1st in	71%	71%
1st pts	37/55	37/55
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	13/22	13/22
% 2nd pts	59%	59%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/4
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

Villanueva
	R1 Skatov	Total
Score	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	65-44	65-44
Total points	109	109
Winners	26	26
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	34/54	34/54
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	26/34	26/34
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	7/20	7/20
% 2nd pts	35%	35%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/11	6/11
Converted %	55%	55%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3/5	3
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Lima 2 Challenger

• Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (7-6⁶ 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres – Miguel TobonTobon (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Zdenek KolarKolar – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (7-6⁴ 6-7⁵ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Carlos Maria ZarateMaria Zarate – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (1-6 4-1 ret. (Cerundolo ret.)) – See score progression
• David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – Mariano KestelboimKestelboim (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Nicolas KickerKicker – Johannes IngildsenIngildsen (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Alex BarrenaBarrena – Andrea CollariniCollarini (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Alessandro RubiniRubini (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Arklon Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino – Fernando CavalloCavallo (6-3 6-7⁶ 6-2) – See score progression
• Lautaro MidonMidon – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (4-6 7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Mariano NavoneNavone – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Tristan BoyerBoyer – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (7-6² 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo (6-3 6-7⁵ 6-1) – See score progression
• Andres AndradeAndrade – Hady HabibHabib (7-6⁴ 7-6²) – See score progression
• Mariano NavoneNavone – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres – Miguel TobonTobon (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (7-6(6) 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Nicolas KickerKicker – Johannes IngildsenIngildsen (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Zdenek KolarKolar – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (7-6(4) 6-7(5) 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Lautaro MidonMidon – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (4-6 7-6(4) 6-4) – See score progression
• Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Alessandro RubiniRubini (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Arklon Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino – Fernando CavalloCavallo (6-3 6-7(6) 6-2) – See score progression
• Carlos Maria ZarateMaria Zarate – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (1-6 4-1 ret.) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Zdenek KolarKolar – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tristan BoyerBoyer – Nicolas KickerKicker (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli – (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Arklon Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Andres AndradeAndrade (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mariano NavoneNavone – David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis (0-0) – H2H and prediction