Facundo Mena and Arklon Huertas Del Pino will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Lima Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Facundo Mena is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Mena -> 1.35
Arklon Huertas Del Pino -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Arklon Huertas Del Pino
This will be the 2nd time that Facundo Mena and Arklon Huertas Del Pino play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Mena (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Mena won 6-2 7-5 in the quarter in Chile F2 (Santiago) back in 2018.
Facundo Mena
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 3-11 | 0-2 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 138, Mena reached the 2nd round after defeating Tomas Farjat 7-5 6-0.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Farjat (7-5 6-0). During the match, Mena scored 63 points vs Farjat’s 43. Mena was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mena was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Facundo Mena lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Mena put 63% of his first serves in, winning 74% (23/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Facundo broke Farjat 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Mena has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (332-235). 18-16 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Mena has an overall 283-198 match record in the last years on clay.
The Argentine’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Pereira Challenger and the Cali Challenger.
Facundo has an overall 21-19 win-loss record in 2022, 18-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lima Challenger
Arklon Huertas Del Pino
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-25 | 3-4 | 28-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-22 | 0-2 | 32-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 14-10 | 3-3 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 505, Huertas Del Pino got to the 2nd round after defeating Pedja Krstin 7-64 4-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, Arklon defeated Krstin (7-64 4-6 6-1). During the match Huertas Del Pino scored 107 points vs Krstin’s 93. The Peruvian was very aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Talking about serving, Huertas Del Pino struck 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Arklon Huertas Del Pino lost the serve 3 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Huertas Del Pino put 63% of his first serves in, winning 73% (51/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (20/41) on the 2nd serve. Huertas Del Pino broke Krstin 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Huertas Del Pino’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Quito.
Arklon has a composed 23-13 win-loss record in 2022, 23-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lima Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019 and 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mena | Huertas Del Pino |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 30 |
| Pts | 63-43 | 107-93 |
| Total Points | 106 | 200 |
| Winners | 23 | 51 |
| %Winners | 37% | 48% |
Both Mena and Huertas Del Pino played 1 match. At the moment, Arklon Huertas Del Pino lost 1 set while Facundo Mena hasn’t lost a set so far. Mena has played 1 set(s) less than Huertas Del Pino (2 vs 3). Therefore, Mena played 12 games less than Huertas Del Pino. Mena scored 23 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Huertas Del Pino recorded 51 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mena | Huertas Del Pino |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 9 |
| 1st in | 31/49 | 70/111 |
| %1st in | 63% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 51/70 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 20/41 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 49% |
Mena didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Huertas Del Pino made 9 aces . Mena won 74% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Huertas Del Pino won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mena | Huertas Del Pino |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/11 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 55% | 67% |
| Conceded | 4 | 14 |
| Saved | 2 | 11 |
| % Saved | 50% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The Argentine broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Facundo dropped his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Arklon broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Huertas Del Pino conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mena | |||
| R1 Farjat |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 63-43 | 63-43 | |
| Total points | 106 | 106 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 31/49 | 31/49 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 23/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 9/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Huertas Del Pino | |||
| R1 Krstin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 4-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 107-93 | 107-93 | |
| Total points | 200 | 200 | |
| Winners | 51 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 70/111 | 70/111 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 51/70 | 51/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/41 | 20/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 11/14 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 79% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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