Matias Zukas and Joao Menezes will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Cali Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on CANCHA 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joao Menezes who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Joao Menezes is the pick to win this match.
Joao Menezes -> 1.44
Matias Zukas -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Matias Zukas vs. Joao Menezes
This will be the 2nd time that Matias Zukas and Joao Menezes square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes won 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Brazil F7.
Matias Zukas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 12-21 | 0-1 | 12-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-25 | 1-2 | 25-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-26 | 0-0 | 45-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-12 | 6-5 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 49-27 | 3-3 | 46-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 455, Matias reached the 2nd round after defeating Maximiliano Estevez 6-4 6-0, Joao Victor Couto Loureiro 4-6 7-5 7-64 and Keegan Smith 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Smith (6-4 6-2). During the match, Zukas scored 60 points vs Smith’s 48. The Argentine was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zukas was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Matias Zukas was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (31/40) of his 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Argentine broke Smith 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Zukas has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (215-142). 8-8 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Zukas has a composed197-126 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
Matias has a compiled 8-9 win-loss record in 2022, 8-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cali Challenger
Joao Menezes
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-28 | 2-6 | 17-20 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-16 | 1-3 | 7-11 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 475, Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes reached the 2nd round after beating Gonzalo Lama 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes had a good straight sets win against Lama (6-4 6-2). During the match Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes scored 59 points vs Lama’s 40. The Brazilian was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes blasted 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Joao Menezes was quite effective on serve to win 82% (27/33) of his 1st serve and 67% (6/9) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Joao was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Lama 4 times.
Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes has an overall 4-5 win-loss record in 2022, 3-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zukas | Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 69 | 18 |
| Pts | 235-192 | 59-40 |
| Total Points | 427 | 99 |
| Winners | 96 | 27 |
| %Winners | 41% | 46% |
Zukas played 3 matches while Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes competed in 1 match. Zukas started his run from the qualifications while Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Matias Zukas dropped 1 set while Joao Menezes hasn’t dropped a set so far. Zukas has played 5 sets more than Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes (7 vs 2). Therefore, Zukas played 51 games more than Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes. Zukas scored 96 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes made 27 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zukas | Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 7 |
| 1st in | 130/224 | 33/42 |
| %1st in | 58% | 79% |
| 1st pts | 96/130 | 27/33 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 52/94 | 6/9 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 67% |
Zukas fired 15 aces (5 per match). Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes managed to score 7 aces . Zukas won 74% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes won 82% of the points on 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 | Zukas | Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 4 |
| Converted | 12/20 | 4/4 |
| % Converted | 60% | 100% |
| Conceded | 19 | 1 |
| Saved | 14 | 0 |
| % Saved | 74% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 |
The Argentine broke his opponents 12 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Argentine surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded. Joao broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Brazilian conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zukas | |||||
| Q1 Estevez |
Q3 Victor Couto Loureiro |
R1 Smith |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | 4-6 7-5 7-64 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 35 | 18 | 69 | |
| pts | 63-40 | 112-104 | 60-48 | 235-192 | |
| Total points | 103 | 216 | 108 | 427 | |
| Winners | 22 | 43 | 31 | 96 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 38% | 52% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 6 | 0 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 27/58 | 63/113 | 40/53 | 130/224 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 56% | 75% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 43/63 | 31/40 | 96/130 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 68% | 78% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/31 | 26/50 | 7/13 | 52/94 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 52% | 54% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 5/9 | 3/4 | 12/20 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 56% | 75% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 15 | 2 | 19 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 10/15 | 2/2 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 100% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes | |||||
| R1 Lama |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |||
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |||
| pts | 59-40 | 59-40 | |||
| Total points | 99 | 99 | |||
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |||
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |||
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |||
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1st in | 33/42 | 33/42 | |||
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |||
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 27/33 | |||
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |||
| 2nd pts | 6/9 | 6/9 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |||
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |||
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |||
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |||
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |||
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |||
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |||
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |||
Head 2 Head
LWWLLW Tennis Scores in Cali Challenger
- Facundo JuarezJuarez – Nick HardtHardt (4-6 7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Evan ZhuZhu (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Joao MenezesMenezes – Gonzalo LamaLama (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Yunseong ChungChung – Mateus AlvesAlves (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Francisco ComesanaComesana (7-5 ret.) – See score progression
- Pedja KrstinKrstin – Nick ChappellChappell (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Matias ZukasZukas – Keegan SmithSmith (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Gerald MelzerMelzer – Mateo GomezGomez (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-4 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez – Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras (7-5 7-63) – See score progression
- Juan Bautista OteguiBautista Otegui – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-3 7-67) – See score progression
- Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Michail PervolarakisPervolarakis (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
- Miljan ZekicZekic – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (1-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Andres UrreaUrrea (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Facundo MenaMena – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gerald MelzerMelzer – Yunseong ChungChung (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedja KrstinKrstin – Miljan ZekicZekic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matias ZukasZukas – Joao MenezesMenezes (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Nicolas MejiaMejia (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Bautista OteguiBautista Otegui – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo JuarezJuarez – Facundo MenaMena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
