Gustavo Heide and Mateus Alves will face off in the 2nd round of the Florianopolis Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on QUADRA 2. 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 Gustavo Heide who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Gustavo Heide is the pick to win this match.
Gustavo Heide -> 1.39
Mateus Alves -> 2.72

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Prediction and head to head Gustavo Heide vs. Mateus Alves

This will be the 5th time that Gustavo Heide and Mateus Alves fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Heide (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Heide won 6-3 6-7(5) 6-2 in the quarter in the Curitiba Challenger back in 2024.

Gustavo Heide

Gustavo Heide

28 - 13win/loss

Hard
4-2
I Hard
0-0
Clay
24-11
Rank
309
High
142
WLWWWWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 28-13 4-2 24-11 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 34-25 2-2 32-21 0-1 0-1 0-0
2023 33-22 9-5 24-17 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 27-13 3-2 24-11 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 31-14 4-5 27-9 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 309, Gustavo reached the 2nd round after defeating Leonardo Storck Franca 6-1 6-2.

In the 1st round, Heide had a good straight sets win against Storck Franca (6-1 6-2). During the match, Heide scored 65 points vs Storck Franca’s 43. The Brazilian was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Regarding the service games, Heide blasted 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Gustavo Heide was quite effective on serve to win 72% (21/29) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gustavo broke Storck Franca 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Heide has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (165-93). 24-11 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Heide has a compiled143-75 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

The Brazilian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Londrina,M25 Barueri and M25 Lajeado.

The Brazilian has an aggregate 28-13 win-loss record in 2025, 24-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Florianopolis Challenger

Florianopolis Challenger
Heide's Record

Mateus Alves

Mateus Alves

28 - 26win/loss

Hard
1-4
I Hard
0-0
Clay
27-22
Rank
476
High
271
WLWWLLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 28-26 1-4 27-22 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 46-31 3-5 43-26 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 30-28 4-7 26-21 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 22-15 5-1 17-14 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 32-33 21-20 11-13 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 476, the Brazilian reached the 2nd round after defeating Dmitry Popko 2-0 ret..

In the 1st round against Popko, Mateus had a free pass after Popko retired on a 2-0 . scoreline.

Mateus’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Cuiaba.

Mateus has a compiled 28-26 win-loss record in 2025, 27-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Florianopolis Challenger
Alves's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

G.Heide
M.Alves (2001)
!
1h:17
1h:17
Time on court​
0h:09
0h:09
1h:17
1h:17
Last match​
!
0h:09
0h:09
1
1
Match played
1
1
15
15
Games Played​
2
2
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
65
65
Total points​
8
8
65
65
Avg point​
8
8
21
21
Winners
2
2
21
21
Avg Winners​
2
2
32%
32%
Ratio winners
25%
25%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
0
0
2
2
Avg Aces
0
0
6
6
Double Faults
0
0
!
6
6
Avg Double Faults
0
0
21/29
21/29
1st won total​
2/2
2/2
!
72%
72%
1st won %
!
100%
100%
15/28
15/28
2nd won total​
2/3
2/3
54%
54%
2nd won %
!
67%
67%
-- Break Points --
5/7
5/7
BP won
1/1
1/1
5/7
5/7
Avg BP won
1/1
1/1
!
71%
71%
Won
!
100%
100%
6
6
Conceded
0
0
6
6
Avg Conceded
0
0
1
1
Broken
0
0
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0
0
5
5
Saved
0
0

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Heide Alves
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 2
Pts 65-43 8-2
Total Points 108 10
Winners 21 2
%Winners 32% 25%

Both Heide and Alves played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Heide and Alves have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Heide played 13 games more than Alves. Heide scored 21 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Alves blasted 2 winners (25%).

Serve Performance

Serve Heide Alves
Aces 2 0
Avg per match 2 0
1st in 29/57 2/5
%1st in 51% 40%
1st pts 21/29 2/2
%1st pts 72% 100%
2nd pts 15/28 2/3
%2nd pts 54% 67%

Heide scored 2 aces . Alves didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Heide won 72% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Alves won 100% of the points behind 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 Heide Alves
Won 5 1
Converted 5/7 1/1
% Converted 71% 100%
Conceded 6 0
Saved 5 0
% Saved 83% 0%
Times Broken 1 0

Heide broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Heide conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Alves broke his opponent once with a 100% conversion rate. The Brazilian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Heide
R1
Storck
Total
Score 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 15
pts 65-43 65-43
Total points 108 108
Winners 21 21
%Winners 32% 32%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 29/57 29/57
% 1st in 51% 51%
1st pts 21/29 21/29
% 1st pts 72% 72%
2nd pts 15/28 15/28
% 2nd pts 54% 54%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/7 5/7
Converted % 71% 71%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 5/6 5
Saved % 83% 83%
Times Broken 1 1
Alves
R1
Popko
Total
Score 2-0 ret.
Tot Set 1 1
Tot Games 2 2
pts 8-2 8-2
Total points 10 10
Winners 2 2
%Winners 25% 25%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 2/5 2/5
% 1st in 40% 40%
1st pts 2/2 2/2
% 1st pts 100% 100%
2nd pts 2/3 2/3
% 2nd pts 67% 67%
Breaks
Won 1 1
Converted 1/1 1/1
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % 0%
Times Broken 0 0

Tennis Scores in Florianopolis Challenger

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