Maximo Zeitune and Santiago De La Fuente will play each other in the qualifications of the Florianopolis Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on QUADRA 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maximo Zeitune who should win in 3 sets.
Maximo Zeitune -> 1.84
Santiago De La Fuente -> 1.84
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Prediction and head to head Maximo Zeitune vs. Santiago De La Fuente
This will be the 4th time that Maximo Zeitune and Santiago De La Fuente play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for De La Fuente (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, De La Fuente won 6-2 5-7 6-2 in the quarter in M15 Santiago back in October 2025.
Maximo Zeitune
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30-19 | 0-0 | 30-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, the Argentine got to the qualifications after beating Boris Arias 6-2 4-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Zeitune defeated Arias (6-2 4-6 6-3). During the match, Zeitune scored 97 points vs Arias’s 80. Zeitune was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zeitune fired 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Maximo Zeitune lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Zeitune put 75% of his first serves in, winning 71% (46/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Zeitune broke Arias 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Zeitune has a winning record in the last 3 years having won 54% of his matches (35-30). 30-19 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Zeitune has a composed35-30 win-loss record in the last 3 years on clay.
The Argentine’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Santiago.
Maximo has a compiled 30-19 win-loss record in 2025, 30-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Florianopolis Challenger
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
Santiago De La Fuente
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30-21 | 0-0 | 28-20 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-14 | 0-0 | 17-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-22 | 0-1 | 25-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 618 (career-high), the Argentine got to the qualifications after beating Mateus Goncalves Dos Santos 6-0 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Goncalves Dos Santos (6-0 6-2). During the match De La Fuente scored 53 points vs Goncalves Dos Santos’s 21. De La Fuente was extremely aggressive to blast 14 winners.
About the serving games, De La Fuente wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Santiago De La Fuente was very efficient on serve to win 78% (14/18) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Santiago was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Goncalves Dos Santos 6 times.
The Argentine’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Salta.
De La Fuente has an overall 30-21 win-loss record in 2025, 28-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zeitune | De La Fuente |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 14 |
| Pts | 97-80 | 53-21 |
| Total Points | 177 | 74 |
| Winners | 46 | 14 |
| %Winners | 47% | 26% |
Both Zeitune and De La Fuente played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Maximo Zeitune dropped 1 set while Santiago De La Fuente hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Zeitune has played 1 set more than De La Fuente (3 vs 2). Therefore, Zeitune played 13 games more than De La Fuente. Maximo scored 46 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Santiago fired 14 winners (26%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zeitune | De La Fuente |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0 |
| 1st in | 65/87 | 18/36 |
| %1st in | 75% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 46/65 | 14/18 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 12/18 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 67% |
Zeitune blasted 2 aces . De La Fuente didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Zeitune won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, De La Fuente won 78% of the points on 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 | Zeitune | De La Fuente |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 6/6 |
| % Converted | 56% | 100% |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Maximo broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Zeitune conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponent 6 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zeitune | |||
| Q1 Arias | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 97-80 | 97-80 | |
| Total points | 177 | 177 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 65/87 | 65/87 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 46/65 | 46/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 10/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| De La Fuente | |||
| Q1 Goncalves Dos Santos | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 53-21 | 53-21 | |
| Total points | 74 | 74 | |
| Winners | 14 | 14 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 26% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 18/36 | 18/36 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 14/18 | 14/18 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 12/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/6 | 6/6 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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