Mateus Alves and Lucio Ratti will face off in the qualifications of the Itajai Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on QUADRA CENTRAL. 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 Mateus Alves who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mateus Alves is the pick to win this match.
Mateus Alves -> 1.39
Lucio Ratti -> 2.72
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Prediction and head to head Mateus Alves vs. Lucio Ratti
There is no head to head record between Mateus Alves and Lucio Ratti since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Mateus Alves
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37-14 | 5-3 | 32-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 28-28 | 1-4 | 27-24 | 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 |
Ranked no. 460, Alves reached the qualifications after beating Carlos Eduardo Lino 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Brazilian had a good straight sets win against Eduardo Lino (6-1 6-2). During the match, Alves scored 53 points vs Eduardo Lino’s 29. The Brazilian was extremely aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Talking about the service games, Alves scored 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Mateus Alves was exceptionally effective on serve to win 80% (16/20) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alves broke Eduardo Lino 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Alves has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (238-179). 1-1 on clay in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Alves has a compiled152-124 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
Alves has an overall 1-1 win-loss record in 2026, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Itajai Challenger
The Brazilian has never competed in this tournament before.
Lucio Ratti
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 42-23 | 1-2 | 41-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 51-28 | 8-3 | 42-24 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 21-14 | 3-1 | 18-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-27 | 0-0 | 18-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 607 (career-high), Lucio got to the qualifications after defeating Ryan Augusto dos Santos 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, Lucio had a good straight sets win against Augusto dos Santos (6-1 6-2). During the match Ratti scored 59 points vs Augusto dos Santos’s 29. Ratti was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Ratti struck 4 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Lucio Ratti was pretty efficient on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ratti broke Augusto dos Santos 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
The Argentine has an aggregate 4-1 win-loss record in 2026, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Alves | Ratti |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 |
| Pts | 53-29 | 59-29 |
| Total Points | 82 | 88 |
| Winners | 16 | 22 |
| %Winners | 30% | 37% |
Both Alves and Ratti played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Alves and Ratti have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (15). The Brazilian scored 16 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Ratti managed to score 22 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alves | Ratti |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4 |
| 1st in | 20/41 | 28/43 |
| %1st in | 49% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 16/20 | 22/28 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 9/15 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 60% |
Alves managed to score 2 aces . Ratti blasted 4 aces . Alves won 80% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Ratti won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Alves | Ratti |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 83% | 63% |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Alves broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Alves surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Ratti conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Alves | |||
| Q1 Eduardo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 53-29 | 53-29 | |
| Total points | 82 | 82 | |
| Winners | 16 | 16 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 20/41 | 20/41 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 16/20 | 16/20 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 14/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ratti | |||
| Q1 Augusto dos Santos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 59-29 | 59-29 | |
| Total points | 88 | 88 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 28/43 | 28/43 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 22/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 9/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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