Daniel Merida Aguilar and Gabriele Piraino will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Montemar Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:15 pm on IVAN NAVARRO COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniel Merida Aguilar who should win in 2 sets.
Daniel Merida Aguilar -> 1.31
Gabriele Piraino -> 3.08
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Prediction and head to head Daniel Merida Aguilar vs. Gabriele Piraino
There is no head to head record between Daniel Merida Aguilar and Gabriele Piraino since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Daniel Merida Aguilar
47 - 23win/loss
172
163
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47-23 | 15-5 | 32-14 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 57-33 | 17-9 | 40-23 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-31 | 16-13 | 20-17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-26 | 8-9 | 21-16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-14 | 1-4 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 172, Merida Aguilar got to the 2nd round after defeating Alberto Garcia Garcia 6-3 6-0.
In the 1st round, Merida Aguilar had a good straight sets win against Garcia Garcia (6-3 6-0). During the match, Merida Aguilar scored 60 points vs Garcia Garcia’s 31. Merida Aguilar was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Merida Aguilar was unable to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Daniel Merida Aguilar lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Merida Aguilar put 64% of his first serves in, winning 69% (20/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Merida Aguilar was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Garcia Garcia 7 times.
Merida Aguilar has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 58% of his matches (183-130). 32-14 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Merida Aguilar has a compiled125-83 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Pozoblanco Challenger where he defeated Fajing Sun in the final 6-3 6-4.
Daniel has an aggregate 47-23 win-loss record in 2025, 32-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Montemar Challenger
Gabriele Piraino
42 - 20win/loss
371
345
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42-20 | 0-1 | 42-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-27 | 5-6 | 28-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-31 | 4-3 | 23-28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-26 | 2-2 | 35-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-12 | 0-0 | 20-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 371, Gabriele reached the 2nd round after defeating Adrien Burdet 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Gabriele had a good straight sets win against Burdet (6-4 6-4). During the match Piraino scored 70 points vs Burdet’s 60. Gabriele was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Piraino blasted 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Gabriele Piraino was extremely efficient on serve to win 78% (28/36) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gabriele broke Burdet 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
The Italian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Antalya,M25 Santa margherita di Pula,M15 Gubbio and M25 Wetzlar.
Gabriele has an overall 42-20 win-loss record in 2025, 42-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Montemar Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Merida Aguilar | Piraino |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 20 |
| Pts | 60-31 | 70-60 |
| Total Points | 91 | 130 |
| Winners | 20 | 28 |
| %Winners | 33% | 40% |
Both Merida Aguilar and Piraino played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Merida Aguilar and Piraino have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Merida Aguilar played 5 games less than Piraino. Daniel scored 20 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Piraino managed to score 28 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Merida Aguilar | Piraino |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 3 |
| 1st in | 29/45 | 36/61 |
| %1st in | 64% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 20/29 | 28/36 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 13/25 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 52% |
Merida Aguilar didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Piraino made 3 aces . Merida Aguilar won 69% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Piraino won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Merida Aguilar | Piraino |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 3 |
| Converted | 7/7 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 100% | 43% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 60% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The Spaniard broke his opponent 7 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Spaniard lost his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Piraino conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Merida Aguilar | |||
| R1 Garcia Garcia | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 60-31 | 60-31 | |
| Total points | 91 | 91 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 29/45 | 29/45 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 20/29 | 20/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 8/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/7 | 7/7 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Piraino | |||
| R1 Burdet | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 70-60 | 70-60 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 36/61 | 36/61 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 28/36 | 28/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 13/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Miguel DamasDamas (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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