Alvaro Guillen Meza and Hernan Casanova will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Guayaquil Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 8:15 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alvaro Guillen Meza who should win in 2 sets.
Alvaro Guillen Meza -> 1.36
Hernan Casanova -> 2.84
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Prediction and head to head Alvaro Guillen Meza vs. Hernan Casanova
This will be the 3rd time that Alvaro Guillen Meza and Hernan Casanova fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Guillen Meza (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Guillen Meza won 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in M25 Punta del Este back in February 2025.
Alvaro Guillen Meza
44 - 28win/loss
197
175
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44-28 | 0-1 | 44-26 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-32 | 1-3 | 36-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-22 | 0-1 | 51-20 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-23 | 1-2 | 32-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 197, Alvaro reached the 2nd round after beating Emilio Camacho 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Guillen Meza had a good straight sets win against Camacho (6-2 6-3). During the match, Guillen Meza scored 58 points vs Camacho’s 35. Alvaro was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Guillen Meza scored 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alvaro Guillen Meza was pretty efficient on serve to win 86% (25/29) of his 1st serve and 64% (7/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Guillen Meza broke Camacho 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Guillen Meza has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (176-122). 44-26 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Guillen Meza has a compiled172-111 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Santos Challenger where he beat Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida in the final 6-3 7-6(12).
Guillen Meza has an overall 44-28 win-loss record in 2025, 44-26 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guayaquil Challenger
Hernan Casanova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46-22 | 0-0 | 43-21 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-24 | 0-0 | 32-23 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-27 | 0-2 | 29-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-22 | 0-0 | 43-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-32 | 3-3 | 42-28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 356, the Argentine got to the 2nd round after beating Juan Alejandro Hernandez 6-2 4-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, Hernan defeated Alejandro Hernandez (6-2 4-6 6-2). During the match Casanova scored 91 points vs Alejandro Hernandez’s 75. The Argentine was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Casanova fired 2 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Hernan Casanova was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (44/60) of his 1st serve and 58% (7/12) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Casanova broke Alejandro Hernandez 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Casanova’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Santiago and M25 Gentofte.
Casanova has an aggregate 46-22 win-loss record in 2025, 43-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Guillen Meza | Casanova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 26 |
| Pts | 58-35 | 91-75 |
| Total Points | 93 | 166 |
| Winners | 25 | 44 |
| %Winners | 43% | 48% |
Both Guillen Meza and Casanova played 1 match. At the moment, Hernan Casanova surrendered 1 set while Alvaro Guillen Meza hasn’t conceded a set so far. Guillen Meza has played 1 set(s) less than Casanova (2 vs 3). Therefore, Guillen Meza played 9 games less than Casanova. The Ecuadorian scored 25 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine bagged 44 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Guillen Meza | Casanova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 29/40 | 60/72 |
| %1st in | 73% | 83% |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 44/60 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 7/11 | 7/12 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 58% |
Guillen Meza struck 3 aces . Casanova made 2 aces . Guillen Meza won 86% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Casanova won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Guillen Meza | Casanova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/13 |
| % Converted | 80% | 31% |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Guillen Meza broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Alvaro was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Hernan broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Hernan conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Guillen Meza | |||
| R1 Camacho | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 58-35 | 58-35 | |
| Total points | 93 | 93 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/40 | 29/40 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 25/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/11 | 7/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Casanova | |||
| R1 Alejandro | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 91-75 | 91-75 | |
| Total points | 166 | 166 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 60/72 | 60/72 | |
| % 1st in | 83% | 83% | |
| 1st pts | 44/60 | 44/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Tennis Scores in Guayaquil Challenger
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- Hady HabibHabib – Joaquin Aguilar CardozoAguilar Cardozo (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andres AndradeAndrade – David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis (7-65 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Murkel DellienDellien (6-0 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Hady HabibHabib – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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