Facundo Mena and Cristian Rodriguez will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Quito Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on ESTADIO. 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 -> 1.75
Cristian Rodriguez -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Cristian Rodriguez
There is no head to head record between Facundo Mena and Cristian Rodriguez since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Facundo Mena
Ranked no. 322, the Argentine got to the 2nd round after defeating Alejandro Gomez 7-66 7-5.
In the 1st round, Facundo had a good straight sets win against Gomez (7-66 7-5). During the match, Mena scored 86 points vs Gomez’s 73. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mena recorded 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Facundo Mena was quite effective on serve to win 78% (39/50) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Mena broke Gomez twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Mena has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (329-238). 15-19 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Mena has an aggregate281-201 record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Argentine’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Tallahassee Challenger and the Prague 2 Challenger.
Mena has a composed 15-23 win-loss record in 2021, 15-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Quito Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2017. See his history.
Cristian Rodriguez
Ranked no. 396, the Colombian got to the 2nd round after defeating Matias Zukas 6-74 7-5 7-64.
In the 1st round against Zukas, The Colombian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 7-5 7-64). During the match Rodriguez scored 125 points vs Zukas’s 117. Rodriguez was very aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Rodriguez bagged 18 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Cristian Rodriguez was pretty effective on serve to win 72% (48/67) of his 1st serve and 67% (37/55) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Rodriguez broke Zukas twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Rodriguez’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Guayaquil.
Cristian has an aggregate 19-15 win-loss record in 2021, 18-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mena | Rodriguez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 38 |
| Pts | 86-73 | 125-117 |
| Total Points | 159 | 242 |
| Winners | 39 | 48 |
| %Winners | 45% | 38% |
Both Mena and Rodriguez played 1 match. At the moment, Cristian Rodriguez lost 1 set while Facundo Mena hasn’t conceded a set so far. Mena has played 1 set(s) less than Rodriguez (2 vs 3). Therefore, Mena played 13 games less than Rodriguez. Facundo scored 39 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Rodriguez made 48 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mena | Rodriguez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 18 |
| 1st in | 50/73 | 67/122 |
| %1st in | 68% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 39/50 | 48/67 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 37/55 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 67% |
Mena blasted 10 aces . Rodriguez recorded 18 aces . Mena won 78% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Rodriguez won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mena | Rodriguez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 2 |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/7 |
| % Converted | 25% | 29% |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 |
| Saved | 2 | 8 |
| % Saved | 67% | 89% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Mena broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. The Argentine dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Colombian broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Rodriguez conceded his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mena | |||
| R1 Gomez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 86-73 | 86-73 | |
| Total points | 159 | 159 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 50/73 | 50/73 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 39/50 | 39/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 14/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Rodriguez | |||
| R1 Zukas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 7-5 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 38 | 38 | |
| pts | 125-117 | 125-117 | |
| Total points | 242 | 242 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 18 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 67/122 | 67/122 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 48/67 | 48/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 37/55 | 37/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Quito Challenger
- Alexis GautierGautier – Johan NiklesNikles (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras – Carlos Gomez-HerreraGomez-Herrera (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – Andrej MartinMartin (7-66 7-5) – See score progression
- Alejandro GonzalezGonzalez – Luca CastelnuovoCastelnuovo (6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Patrick KypsonKypson (6-77 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Eduard Esteve LobatoEsteve Lobato – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Lucas CatarinaCatarina (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez – Christian LangmoLangmo (6-3 6-75 6-2) – See score progression
- Facundo MenaMena – Alejandro GomezGomez (7-66 7-5) – See score progression
- Gonzalo LamaLama – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (7-5 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Emilio GomezGomez – Gian Carlos RodriguezCarlos Rodriguez (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Cristian RodriguezRodriguez – Matias ZukasZukas (6-74 7-5 7-64) – See score progression
- Mathieu PerchicotPerchicot – Cayetano MarchMarch (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Diego HidalgoHidalgo (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (3-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Mathieu PerchicotPerchicot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo MenaMena – Cristian RodriguezRodriguez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Eduard Esteve LobatoEsteve Lobato – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez – Gonzalo LamaLama (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexis GautierGautier – Emilio GomezGomez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Renzo OlivoOlivo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – Alejandro GonzalezGonzalez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
