Alex Barrena and Gonzalo Bueno will face off in the 2^nd round of the Lima 3 Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:30 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.8
Gonzalo Bueno -> 1.88

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Prediction and head to head Alex Barrena vs. Gonzalo Bueno

This will be the 2^nd time that Alex Barrena and Gonzalo Bueno square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bueno (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Bueno won 6-4 5-7 6-3 in the 1^st round in the Buenos Aires Challenger back in 2024.

Alex Barrena

Ranked no. 177, the Argentine got to the 2^nd round after beating Franco Roncadelli 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Barrena had a good straight sets win against Roncadelli (6-4 6-4). During the match, Barrena scored 73 points vs Roncadelli’s 60. The Argentine was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Barrena bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alex Barrena lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Barrena put 66% of his first serves in, winning 52% (24/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the 2nd serve. Barrena broke Roncadelli 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Barrena has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (169-125). 45-23 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Barrena has a composed166-116 record in the last 7 years on clay.

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

Alex has a composed 45-24 win-loss record in 2025, 45-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lima 3 Challenger

Gonzalo Bueno

Ranked no. 218, Gonzalo got to the 2^nd round after defeating Vilius Gaubas 6-4 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Bueno had a good straight sets win against Gaubas (6-4 6-3). During the match Bueno scored 67 points vs Gaubas’s 52. Gonzalo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Bueno couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Gonzalo Bueno lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Bueno put 67% of his first serves in, winning 56% (23/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Bueno broke Gaubas 7 times after converting 54% of his break points (7/13).

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Liberec Challenger where he overcame Genaro Alberto Olivieri in the final 6-2 2-0 ret..

Bueno has an aggregate 41-29 win-loss record in 2025, 41-29 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Barrena	Bueno
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	19
Pts	73-60	67-52
Total Points	133	119
Winners	24	23
%Winners	33%	34%

Both Barrena and Bueno played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Barrena and Bueno have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Barrena played 1 game more than Bueno. Barrena scored 24 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Peruvian struck 23 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Barrena	Bueno
Aces	2	0
Avg per match	2	0
1st in	46/70	41/61
%1st in	66%	67%
1st pts	24/46	23/41
%1st pts	52%	56%
2nd pts	14/24	9/20
%2nd pts	58%	45%

Barrena made 2 aces . Bueno didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Barrena won 52% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Bueno won 56% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Barrena	Bueno
Won	6	7
Converted	6/11	7/13
% Converted	55%	54%
Conceded	9	7
Saved	5	3
% Saved	56%	43%
Times Broken	4	4

Barrena broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Bueno broke his opponent 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Peruvian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.

Barrena
	R1 Roncadelli	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	73-60	73-60
Total points	133	133
Winners	24	24
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	46/70	46/70
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	24/46	24/46
% 1st pts	52%	52%
2nd pts	14/24	14/24
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/11	6/11
Converted %	55%	55%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	5/9	5
Saved %	56%	56%
Times Broken	4	4

Bueno
	R1 Gaubas	Total
Score	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	67-52	67-52
Total points	119	119
Winners	23	23
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	41/61	41/61
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	23/41	23/41
% 1st pts	56%	56%
2nd pts	9/20	9/20
% 2nd pts	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/13	7/13
Converted %	54%	54%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	3/7	3
Saved %	43%	43%
Times Broken	4	4

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