Facundo Mena and Dimitar Kuzmanov will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Antalya 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:30 am on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dimitar Kuzmanov who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dimitar Kuzmanov is the pick to win this match.
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 1.36
Facundo Mena -> 2.94
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Dimitar Kuzmanov
There is no head to head record between Facundo Mena and Dimitar Kuzmanov since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Facundo Mena
Ranked no. 237, Mena got to the qualifications after beating Yanki Erel 7-5 3-6 7-65.
In the qualifications, The Argentine defeated Erel (7-5 3-6 7-65). During the match Mena scored 103 points vs Erel’s 99. The Argentine was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mena bagged 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Facundo Mena lost the serve 5 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Mena put 53% of his first serves in, winning 74% (39/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (23/47) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Erel 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Mena has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (316-217). 2-1 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Mena has a 268-183 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Argentine has a 2-2 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Antalya 2 Challenger
Facundo didn’t play in the Antalya 2 Challenger in 2020.
Dimitar Kuzmanov
Ranked no. 277, Dimitar got to the qualifications after beating Zdenek Kolar 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Kuzmanov had a good straight sets win against Kolar (6-3 6-4). During the match Kuzmanov scored 66 points vs Kolar’s 48. Kuzmanov was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Kuzmanov struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Dimitar Kuzmanov was pretty efficient on serve to win 85% (28/33) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kuzmanov broke Kolar 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
The Bulgarian has a 4-2 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mena | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 19 |
| Pts | 103-99 | 66-48 |
| Total Points | 202 | 114 |
| Winners | 39 | 28 |
| %Winners | 38% | 42% |
Both Mena and Kuzmanov played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Facundo Mena lost 1 set while Dimitar Kuzmanov hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Mena has played 1 set more than Kuzmanov (3 vs 2). Therefore, Mena played 15 games more than Kuzmanov. The Argentine scored 39 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Kuzmanov blasted 28 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mena | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 53/100 | 33/50 |
| %1st in | 53% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 39/53 | 28/33 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 23/47 | 10/17 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 59% |
Mena struck 5 aces . Kuzmanov blasted 2 aces . Mena won 74% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Kuzmanov won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mena | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 63% | 38% |
| Conceded | 12 | 2 |
| Saved | 7 | 1 |
| % Saved | 58% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 |
Mena broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Mena lost his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded. Kuzmanov broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Bulgarian conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mena | |||
| Q1 Erel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 3-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 103-99 | 103-99 | |
| Total points | 202 | 202 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 53/100 | 53/100 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 39/53 | 39/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/47 | 23/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 7/12 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 58% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Kuzmanov | |||
| Q1 Kolar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 66-48 | 66-48 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/50 | 33/50 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 28/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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