Carlos Maria Zarate and Franco Ribero will square off in the qualifications of the Florianopolis Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 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 Carlos Maria Zarate who should win in 2 sets.
Carlos Maria Zarate -> 1.178
Franco Ribero -> 4.2
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Maria Zarate vs. Franco Ribero
There is no head to head record between Carlos Maria Zarate and Franco Ribero since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Carlos Maria Zarate
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46-29 | 0-0 | 46-28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 15-18 | 5-8 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 674 (career-high), Carlos reached the qualifications after defeating Victor Braga 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, Maria Zarate had a good straight sets win against Braga (6-2 6-3). During the match, Maria Zarate scored 60 points vs Braga’s 41. Carlos was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Maria Zarate bagged 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Carlos Maria Zarate was quite effective on serve to win 73% (22/30) of his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Maria Zarate broke Braga 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Maria Zarate has a winning match record in the last 2 years having won 56% of his matches (61-47). 46-28 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Maria Zarate has an overall56-38 match record in the last 2 years on clay.
Carlos’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M15 San Salvador de Jujuy and M15 Santiago.
The Argentine has an aggregate 46-29 win-loss record in 2025, 46-28 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Florianopolis Challenger
Maria Zarate has never competed in this tournament before.
Franco Ribero
12 - 27win/loss
818
654
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12-27 | 0-1 | 11-24 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 43-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-11 | 2-4 | 6-5 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 8-9 | 2-3 | 5-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 6-6 | 2-3 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 818, Franco reached the qualifications after beating Ryan Augusto dos Santos 6-3 7-6(4).
In the qualifications, Franco had a good straight sets win against Augusto dos Santos (6-3 7-64). During the match Ribero scored 77 points vs Augusto dos Santos’s 71. Ribero was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Ribero blasted 3 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Franco Ribero lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Ribero put 75% of his first serves in, winning 70% (40/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Ribero broke Augusto dos Santos twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Franco has a compiled 12-27 win-loss record in 2025, 11-24 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Maria Zarate | Ribero |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 |
| Pts | 60-41 | 77-71 |
| Total Points | 101 | 148 |
| Winners | 22 | 40 |
| %Winners | 37% | 52% |
Both Maria Zarate and Ribero played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Maria Zarate and Ribero have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Maria Zarate played 5 games less than Ribero. Carlos scored 22 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine made 40 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Maria Zarate | Ribero |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 30/53 | 57/76 |
| %1st in | 57% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 40/57 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 9/19 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 47% |
Maria Zarate bagged 2 aces . Ribero made 3 aces . Maria Zarate won 73% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Ribero won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Maria Zarate | Ribero |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 2/8 |
| % Converted | 57% | 25% |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 75% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Carlos broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Carlos dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Franco broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. Franco conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Maria Zarate | |||
| Q1 Braga | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 60-41 | 60-41 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 30/53 | 30/53 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 22/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 15/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ribero | |||
| Q1 Augusto dos Santos | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 77-71 | 77-71 | |
| Total points | 148 | 148 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 57/76 | 57/76 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 40/57 | 40/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 9/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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