Gonzalo Villanueva vs Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇦🇷Gonzalo Villanueva
#321 · 31 yrs · R
7 meetings · sets 10–7
🇧🇷Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida
#254 · 25 yrs · R
4Gonzalo Villanueva and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida have met 7 times since 2024; Gonzalo Villanueva leads 5–2. Their first meeting came at Montevideo in 2024 on clay. On clay courts Villanueva leads 4–2. Villanueva has won the last 3 meetings. Across all meetings Villanueva has taken 10 sets to Almeida's 7. Their most recent meeting: Gonzalo Villanueva won at Piracicaba Challenger (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Villanueva | Pucinelli De Almeida | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Gonzalo Villanueva | Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 75% | 43/57 | 72% | 31/43 |
| Wins a set when losing | 30% | 10/33 | 48% | 12/25 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 27% | 24/90 | 35% | 24/68 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 75% | 27/36 | 45% | 18/40 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 60% | 24/40 | 77% | 10/13 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 58% | 11/19 | 37% | 7/19 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 92% | 46/50 | 84% | 38/45 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 86% | 43/50 | 69% | 31/45 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 4 of 7 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Villanueva 2, Pucinelli De Almeida 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Villanueva
⚔️ The Gladiator
Almeida
⚔️ The Gladiator
Matchup analysis
Both Gonzalo Villanueva and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida are ⚔️ The Gladiator types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 1,488 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
7 career meetings, newest first
Jun 27, 2026
Piracicaba Challenger
C Clay · Semifinals
Jun 5, 2026
M25 Cuiaba
C Clay · Quarterfinals
Nov 25, 2025
Temuco Challenger
H Hard · 1st Round
Aug 11, 2025
Todi Challenger
C Clay · 1st Round
Jun 25, 2025
Lima 1 Challenger
C Clay · 2nd Round
Mar 4, 2025
Cordoba Challenger
C Clay · 1st Round
Nov 11, 2024
Montevideo
C Clay · 2nd Round Qualifying
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Villanueva | Almeida | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Gonzalo Villanueva | Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida | ||
| 1 or more | 84% | 26/31 | 82% | 23/28 |
| 3 or more | 29% | 9/31 | 36% | 10/28 |
| 5 or more | 10% | 3/31 | 11% | 3/28 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/31 | 0% | 0/28 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/31 | 0% | 0/28 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/31 | 0% | 0/28 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Villanueva | Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 28–9 | 16–6 |
| Avg odds | 1.77 | 1.75 |
| ROI % | +21.2% | +11.1% |
| Units P/L | +7.83u | +2.45u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Villanueva | Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 2 |
| Events | 3 | 3 |
| Matches | 14 | 7 |
| Distance | — | 454 mi · 731 km |
| Route | PAR → ARG | GER → GBR |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Almeida has a higher win rate against shared opponents (90% vs Villanueva's 70%).
| Opponent | Villanueva | Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| Joaquin Aguilar Cardozo | L 64 46 67 | W 76 62 |
| Nicolas Bruna | W 64 63 | W 62 63 |
| Juan Pablo Varillas | L 36 57 | L 36 67 |
| Samuel Heredia | W 61 62 | W 63 46 64 |
| Valerio Aboian | W 61 61 | W 63 62 |
| Matias Soto | W 46 63 75 | W 61 61 |
| Paulo Andre Saraiva Dos Santos | W 75 62 | W 63 46 62 |
| Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi | W 36 76 62 | W 67 63 61 |
| Joao Victor Couto Loureiro | W 62 63 | W 61 62 |
| Lorenzo Joaquin Rodriguez | L 46 36 | W 62 62 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Joaquin Aguilar Cardozo
M15 Mar Del Plata · Semifinals
Aug 29
Santiago De La Fuente
M15 Mar Del Plata · Quarterfinals
Aug 28
Vito Antonio Darderi
M15 Mar Del Plata · 2nd Round
Aug 27
Leonel Cesar Castro
M15 Mar Del Plata · 1st Round
Aug 26
Joaquin Aguilar Cardozo
M15 Asuncion · Final
Aug 22
Dakotah Bobo
M15 Asuncion · Semifinals
Aug 21
Bastian Malla
M15 Asuncion · Quarterfinals
Aug 20
Felipe De Dios
M15 Asuncion · 2nd Round
Aug 19
Oliver Tarvet
Roehampton 2 Challenger · 1st Round
Aug 25
Oliver Tarvet
Roehampton 1 Challenger · 2nd Round
Aug 19
Peter Makk
Roehampton 1 Challenger · 1st Round
Aug 18
Jan Kumstat
Hamburg Challenger · Semifinals
Aug 15
Dylan Dietrich
Hamburg Challenger · Quarterfinals
Aug 14
Max Schoenhaus
Hamburg Challenger · 2nd Round
Aug 12
Florian Broska
Hamburg Challenger · 1st Round
Aug 11
Federico Agustin Gomez
Bonn Challenger · Quarterfinals
Jul 31
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 68–90 matches
| Metric | Villanueva | Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 63% | 63% |
| Sets won | 61% | 61% |
| Games won | 55% | 56% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Villanueva | Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour | 4 | 2 |
| ITF M25 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Villanueva | Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
| Clay | 4 | 2 |
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