Facundo Mena and Sebastian Baez will face off in the 2nd round of the Guayaquil Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on COURT 10. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Baez who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sebastian Baez is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Baez -> 1.32
Facundo Mena -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Sebastian Baez
There is no head to head record between Facundo Mena and Sebastian Baez since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Facundo Mena
Ranked no. 237, the Argentine reached the 2nd round after beating Emilio Gomez 3-6 7-67 6-2.
In the 1st round against Gomez, The Argentine recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-67 6-2). During the match Mena scored 100 points vs Gomez’s 92. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mena blasted 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Facundo Mena lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Mena put 49% of his first serves in, winning 67% (33/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (25/51) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Gomez 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Mena has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (313-213). 2-7 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mena has a 265-180 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Mena has a 2-9 win-loss record in 2020, 2-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Guayaquil Challenger
Mena lost in the 1st round to Christian Lindell.
Sebastian Baez
Ranked no. 333, Baez reached the 2nd round after beating Roberto Quiroz 7-5 7-61.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Quiroz (7-5 7-61). During the match Baez scored 84 points vs Quiroz’s 73. The Argentine was pretty aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about serving, Baez fired 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sebastian Baez lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Baez put 86% of his first serves in, winning 65% (49/75) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (6/12) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Quiroz 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
His best result of the year was winning the title in M15 Monastir where he overcame Gauthier Onclin in the final 6-1 6-2.
The Argentine has a 24-10 win-loss record in 2020, 14-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Guayaquil Challenger
The Argentine didn’t compete in the Guayaquil Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mena | Baez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 25 |
| Pts | 100-92 | 84-73 |
| Total Points | 192 | 157 |
| Winners | 33 | 49 |
| %Winners | 33% | 58% |
Both Mena and Baez played 1 match. At the moment, Facundo Mena lost 1 set while Sebastian Baez hasn’t dropped a set so far. Mena has played 1 set more than Baez (3 vs 2). Therefore, Mena played 5 games more than Baez. Mena scored 33 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine recorded 49 winners (58%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mena | Baez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 49/100 | 75/87 |
| %1st in | 49% | 86% |
| 1st pts | 33/49 | 49/75 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 25/51 | 6/12 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 50% |
Mena blasted 5 aces . Baez scored 2 aces . Mena won 67% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Baez won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mena | Baez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/8 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 75% | 67% |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 |
| Saved | 6 | 8 |
| % Saved | 55% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
The Argentine broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Facundo conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Sebastian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mena | |||
| R1 Gomez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-67 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 100-92 | 100-92 | |
| Total points | 192 | 192 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 49/100 | 49/100 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 33/49 | 33/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/51 | 25/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/11 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 55% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Baez | |||
| R1 Quiroz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 84-73 | 84-73 | |
| Total points | 157 | 157 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 58% | 58% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 75/87 | 75/87 | |
| % 1st in | 86% | 86% | |
| 1st pts | 49/75 | 49/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLLWLWWL Tennis Scores in Guayaquil Challenger
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (5-7 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Facundo MenaMena – Emilio GomezGomez (3-6 7-67 6-2) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez (5-7 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (5-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Federico CoriaCoria (7-67 6-72 7-68) – See score progression
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (7-5 7-61) – See score progression
- Christian LindellLindell – Cayetano MarchMarch (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro SousaSousa – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Jelle SelsSels (4-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Pedja KrstinKrstin (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Joao MenezesMenezes (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Andrej MartinMartin – Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Gonzalo EscobarEscobar – Diego HidalgoHidalgo (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pedro SousaSousa – Vit KoprivaKopriva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrej MartinMartin – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Christian LindellLindell – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Gonzalo EscobarEscobar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Facundo MenaMena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
