Facundo Mena and Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi will square off in the 2nd round of the Antofagasta Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on CANCHA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.46
Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi -> 2.56
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi
This will be the 2nd time that Facundo Mena and Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi clash against 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 1-6 6-2 6-0 in the 1st round in M25 Punta del Este back in February 2024.
Facundo Mena
49 - 21win/loss
210
127
LWLWWWWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-21 | 3-1 | 46-20 | 0-0 | 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. 210, Facundo reached the 2nd round after beating Daniel Dutra Da Silva 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, Facundo had a good straight sets win against Dutra Da Silva (6-2 6-1). During the match, Mena scored 60 points vs Dutra Da Silva’s 35. Mena was very aggressive to blast 13 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mena struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Facundo Mena was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (13/17) of his 1st serve and 72% (18/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mena broke Dutra Da Silva 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Mena has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (342-231). 46-19 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mena has an aggregate 274-180 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Bogota Challenger where he defeated Mateus Alves in the final 6-4 7-5.
Facundo has an overall 49-20 win-loss record in 2024, 46-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Antofagasta Challenger
Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-20 | 0-0 | 33-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-23 | 0-0 | 45-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-14 | 0-1 | 29-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 409 (career-high), Luciano got to the 2nd round after beating Boris Arias 6-2 6-4, Anders Matta 6-2 6-1 and Ignacio Antonio Becerra Otarola 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, Emanuel had a good straight sets win against Antonio Becerra Otarola (6-3 6-1). During the match Emanuel scored 58 points vs Antonio Becerra Otarola’s 32. The Argentine was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Emanuel wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Emanuel put 65% of his first serves in, winning 69% (22/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the 2nd serve. Emanuel broke Antonio Becerra Otarola 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
The Argentine’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Bragado.
Luciano has a compiled 32-20 win-loss record in 2024, 32-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Antofagasta Challenger
Luciano has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mena | Emanuel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 49 |
| Pts | 60-35 | 194-117 |
| Total Points | 95 | 311 |
| Winners | 13 | 67 |
| %Winners | 22% | 35% |
Mena played 1 match while Emanuel competed in 3 matches. Emanuel started his run from the qualifications while Mena had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Mena has played 4 set(s) less than Emanuel (2 vs 6). Therefore, Mena played 34 games less than Emanuel. Mena scored 13 winners (22% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine managed to score 67 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mena | Emanuel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 17/42 | 86/135 |
| %1st in | 40% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 13/17 | 67/86 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 18/25 | 34/49 |
| %2nd pts | 72% | 69% |
Mena recorded 2 aces . Emanuel fired 3 aces (1 per match). Mena won 76% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, Emanuel won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mena | Emanuel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 14 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 14/30 |
| % Converted | 42% | 47% |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Mena broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Mena very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. Luciano broke his opponents 14 times with a 47% conversion rate. Luciano conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mena | |||
| R1 Dutra Da Silva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 60-35 | 60-35 | |
| Total points | 95 | 95 | |
| Winners | 13 | 13 | |
| %Winners | 22% | 22% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 17/42 | 17/42 | |
| % 1st in | 40% | 40% | |
| 1st pts | 13/17 | 13/17 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/25 | 18/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 72% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Emanuel | |||||
| Q1 Arias |
Q3 Matta |
R1 Antonio Becerra Otarola |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 15 | 16 | 49 | |
| pts | 72-51 | 64-34 | 58-32 | 194-117 | |
| Total points | 123 | 98 | 90 | 311 | |
| Winners | 27 | 18 | 22 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 28% | 38% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/53 | 22/33 | 32/49 | 86/135 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 67% | 65% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 18/22 | 22/32 | 67/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 82% | 69% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 9/11 | 12/17 | 34/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 82% | 71% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 6/12 | 5/7 | 14/30 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 50% | 71% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 0/1 | 2/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 67% | 167% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWLWWLLW Tennis Scores in Antofagasta Challenger
- Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Daniel Antonio NunezAntonio Nunez (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Jose PereiraPereira (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Orlando LuzLuz – Alex BarrenaBarrena (7-63 6-75 6-1) – See score progression
- Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero – Leonardo AboianAboian (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Matias SotoSoto – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi – Ignacio Antonio Becerra OtarolaAntonio Becerra Otarola (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Gustavo HeideHeide – Valerio AboianAboian (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Hugo DellienDellien – Mateus AlvesAlves (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (7-64 6-75 7-61) – See score progression
- Karue SellSell – Tomas FarjatFarjat (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Facundo MenaMena – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero – Leonardo AboianAboian (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Matias SotoSoto – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Wilson LeiteLeite (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo MenaMena – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karue SellSell – Jesper De JongDe Jong (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Edoardo LavagnoLavagno (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matias SotoSoto – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (0-2) – H2H and prediction
