Gustavo Heide and Facundo Mena will square off in the semifinal of the Porto Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:25 pm on Court 1. 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 Gustavo Heide who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gustavo Heide is the pick to win this match.
Gustavo Heide -> 1.25
Facundo Mena -> 3.48
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Prediction and head to head Gustavo Heide vs. Facundo Mena
This will be the 2nd time that Gustavo Heide and Facundo Mena play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Heide (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Heide won 6-2 3-1 ret. in the 1st round in the Rosario Challenger back in 2025.
Gustavo Heide
31 - 19win/loss
123
123
LWWLWWWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33-21 | 1-5 | 30-14 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 32-13 | 4-2 | 28-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-25 | 2-2 | 32-21 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-22 | 9-5 | 24-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-13 | 3-2 | 24-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 128 (career-high), Gustavo got to the semifinal after beating Goncalo Marques 6-4 6-3, Tiago Pereira 7-5 7-5 and Thiago Moura Monteiro 6-4 6-3.
In the quarter, Gustavo had a good straight sets win against Moura Monteiro (6-4 6-3). During the match, Heide scored 67 points vs Moura Monteiro’s 54. The Brazilian was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Heide recorded 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Gustavo Heide lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Heide put 60% of his first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the 2nd serve. Gustavo broke Moura Monteiro 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brazilian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
ATP Porto Challenger - Gustavo Heide's projected path
Heide has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (200-112). 28-12 on clay in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Heide has a composed175-87 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Campinas Challenger where he beat Gonzalo Bueno in the final 6-2 7-5 and the Poznan Challenger where he defeated Facundo Diaz Acosta in the final 6-2 6-2.
Gustavo has an overall 31-19 win-loss record in 2026, 28-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Gustavo has never competed in this tournament before.
Facundo Mena
29 - 19win/loss
218
127
WWWWWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31-19 | 4-5 | 27-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 306, Facundo got to the semifinal after beating Patrick Schoen 6-4 6-2, Max Alcala Gurri 0-6 6-0 6-2 and Oriol Roca Batalla 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Roca Batalla (6-4 6-4). During the match Mena scored 62 points vs Roca Batalla’s 54. The Argentine was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Mena scored 3 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Facundo Mena was very effective on serve to win 82% (27/33) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Mena broke Roca Batalla 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
ATP Porto Challenger - Facundo Mena's projected path
The Argentine’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Santiago.
The Argentine has an overall 29-19 win-loss record in 2026, 25-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Heide | Mena |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 62 | 58 |
| Pts | 222-179 | 201-168 |
| Total Points | 401 | 369 |
| Winners | 82 | 73 |
| %Winners | 37% | 36% |
Both Heide and Mena played 3 matches. At the moment, Facundo Mena surrendered 1 set while Gustavo Heide hasn’t lost a set so far. Heide has played 1 set(s) less than Mena (6 vs 7). However, it’s interesting to notice that Heide played 4 games more than Mena. Gustavo scored 82 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Mena fired 73 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Heide | Mena |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 2.7 | 3 |
| 1st in | 114/188 | 105/184 |
| %1st in | 61% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 82/114 | 73/105 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 50/74 | 43/79 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 54% |
Heide scored 8 aces (2.7 per match). Mena bagged 9 aces (3 per match). Heide won 72% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Mena won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Heide | Mena |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 13 |
| Converted | 10/23 | 13/30 |
| % Converted | 43% | 43% |
| Conceded | 15 | 24 |
| Saved | 13 | 18 |
| % Saved | 87% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
The Brazilian broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Brazilian dropped his serve twice and he saved 87% of the break points that he conceded. Facundo broke his opponents 13 times with a 43% conversion rate. Facundo conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Heide | |||||
| R1 Marques |
R2 Pereira |
1/4 Moura Monteiro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 7-5 7-5 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 24 | 19 | 62 | |
| pts | 63-45 | 92-80 | 67-54 | 222-179 | |
| Total points | 108 | 172 | 121 | 401 | |
| Winners | 26 | 32 | 24 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 35% | 36% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 34/53 | 45/77 | 35/58 | 114/188 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 58% | 60% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 32/45 | 24/35 | 82/114 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 71% | 69% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/19 | 20/32 | 15/23 | 50/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 79% | 63% | 65% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/12 | 4/6 | 10/23 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 25% | 67% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 4/5 | 6/7 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 80% | 86% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mena | |||||
| R1 Schoen |
R2 Alcala |
1/4 Roca Batalla |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 0-6 6-0 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 20 | 20 | 58 | |
| pts | 68-51 | 71-63 | 62-54 | 201-168 | |
| Total points | 119 | 134 | 116 | 369 | |
| Winners | 24 | 22 | 27 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 31% | 44% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 33/58 | 39/68 | 33/58 | 105/184 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 22/39 | 27/33 | 73/105 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 56% | 82% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 14/29 | 13/25 | 43/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 48% | 52% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 6/16 | 3/5 | 13/30 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 38% | 60% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 10 | 6 | 24 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 6/10 | 5/6 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 60% | 83% | 77% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Porto Challenger
- Facundo MenaMena – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Gustavo HeideHeide – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Hugo DellienDellien – Miguel DamasDamas (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro Vives MarcosVives Marcos – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (6-3 5-7 7-64) – See score progression
- Rafael Izquierdo Luque/Francisco RochaIzquierdo Luque/Francisco Rocha – Mario Mansilla Diez/Eduardo RibeiroMansilla Diez/Eduardo Ribeiro (6-4 2-6 10-3) – See score progression
- Gustavo HeideHeide – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Facundo MenaMena – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro Vives MarcosVives Marcos – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (6-3 5-7 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Hugo DellienDellien – Miguel DamasDamas (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pedro Vives MarcosVives Marcos – Hugo DellienDellien (0-0) – H2H and prediction
