Facundo Mena and Nicolas Alvarez will square off in the 2nd round of the Bogota Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:00 pm on CAMPO DIRECTV. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Facundo Mena who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Facundo Mena is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Mena -> 1.88
Nicolas Alvarez -> 1.92
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Nicolas Alvarez
This will be the 4th time that Facundo Mena and Nicolas Alvarez face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Mena (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Mena won 7-6(6) 6-4 in the semifinal in the Cali Challenger back in July 2022.
Facundo Mena
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-27 | 4-3 | 21-23 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-24 | 3-1 | 47-23 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-21 | 11-9 | 18-11 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-29 | 8-7 | 25-20 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-30 | 0-4 | 29-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 160, Mena got to the 2nd round after beating Pedja Krstin 7-64 6-2.
In the 1st round, Facundo had a good straight sets win against Krstin (7-64 6-2). During the match, Mena scored 72 points vs Krstin’s 59. Mena was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mena struck 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Facundo Mena was extremely effective on serve to win 84% (31/37) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Argentine broke Krstin 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Mena has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (331-233). 17-14 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Mena has an overall 282-196 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Facundo’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Pereira Challenger and the Cali Challenger.
Facundo has a compiled 20-17 win-loss record in 2022, 17-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bogota Challenger
Nicolas Alvarez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-27 | 5-5 | 18-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-28 | 2-4 | 22-23 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-10 | 1-1 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 369, Alvarez got to the 2nd round after defeating Roman Andres Burruchaga 7-64 4-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, Alvarez defeated Andres Burruchaga (7-64 4-6 6-2). During the match Alvarez scored 108 points vs Andres Burruchaga’s 101. The Peruvian was pretty aggressive to blast 50 winners.
About the serving games, Alvarez managed to score 8 aces and he was not very steady on his 2nd serve to score 16 double faults. Nicolas Alvarez lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Alvarez put 59% of his first serves in, winning 71% (50/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (23/49) on the 2nd serve. The Peruvian broke Andres Burruchaga 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Alvarez’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Campos do Jordao.
Alvarez has an overall 12-11 win-loss record in 2022, 7-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bogota Challenger
Nicolas has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mena | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 31 |
| Pts | 72-59 | 108-101 |
| Total Points | 131 | 209 |
| Winners | 31 | 50 |
| %Winners | 43% | 46% |
Both Mena and Alvarez played 1 match. At the moment, Nicolas Alvarez conceded 1 set while Facundo Mena hasn’t lost a set so far. Mena has played 1 set(s) less than Alvarez (2 vs 3). Therefore, Mena played 10 games less than Alvarez. The Argentine scored 31 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Nicolas made 50 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mena | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 8 |
| 1st in | 37/64 | 70/119 |
| %1st in | 58% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 31/37 | 50/70 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 23/49 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 47% |
Mena made 10 aces . Alvarez fired 8 aces . Mena won 84% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Alvarez won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mena | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 43% | 80% |
| Conceded | 5 | 12 |
| Saved | 4 | 9 |
| % Saved | 80% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Facundo broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Mena surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Nicolas broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Alvarez conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mena | |||
| R1 Krstin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 72-59 | 72-59 | |
| Total points | 131 | 131 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 37/64 | 37/64 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 31/37 | 31/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 14/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Alvarez | |||
| R1 Andres |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 108-101 | 108-101 | |
| Total points | 209 | 209 | |
| Winners | 50 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 16 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 70/119 | 70/119 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 50/70 | 50/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/49 | 23/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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