Facundo Mena and Gonzalo Lama will fight against each other in the final of the Quito Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:00 pm 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 -> 1.85
Gonzalo Lama -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Gonzalo Lama
This will be the 5th time that Facundo Mena and Gonzalo Lama fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Mena (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Mena won 3-6 6-4 7-5 in the 2nd round in Chile F2 (Santiago) back in 2018.
Facundo Mena
Ranked no. 322, Mena got to the final after beating Alejandro Gomez 7-66 7-5, Cristian Rodriguez 6-2 6-4, Genaro Alberto Olivieri 6-4 6-0 and Alexis Gautier 6-2 4-6 6-2.
In the semifinal, Facundo defeated Gautier (6-2 4-6 6-2). During the match, Mena scored 86 points vs Gautier’s 75. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mena scored 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Facundo Mena was quite effective on serve to win 75% (24/32) of his 1st serve and 58% (22/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Argentine broke Gautier 5 times after converting 26% of his break points (5/19).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Facundo started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
Mena has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (332-238). 18-19 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mena has an overall284-201 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
Mena’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Tallahassee Challenger,the Prague 2 Challenger and the Quito Challenger.
Facundo has an overall 18-23 win-loss record in 2021, 18-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Quito Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2017. See his history.
Gonzalo Lama
Ranked no. 417, Gonzalo reached the final after defeating Alvaro Guillen Meza 7-5 4-6 6-2, Mario Vilella Martinez 3-6 7-64 6-3, Thiago Agustin Tirante 7-65 7-64 and Pol Martin Tiffon 7-611 6-4.
In the semifinal, Lama had a good straight sets win against Martin Tiffon (7-611 6-4). During the match Lama scored 80 points vs Martin Tiffon’s 68. The Chilean was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Lama managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Gonzalo Lama was pretty efficient on serve to win 82% (40/49) of his 1st serve and 71% (15/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Gonzalo broke Martin Tiffon once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lama started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Gonzalo’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Cairo,M15 Cordoba and M15 Antalya.
The Chilean has an aggregate 46-14 win-loss record in 2021, 46-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mena | Lama |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 85 | 110 |
| Pts | 312-252 | 372-351 |
| Total Points | 564 | 723 |
| Winners | 111 | 184 |
| %Winners | 36% | 49% |
Both Mena and Lama played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Facundo Mena surrendered 1 set, while Gonzalo Lama lost 2 sets. Mena has played 1 set(s) less than Lama (9 vs 10). Therefore, Mena played 25 games less than Lama. The Argentine scored 111 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Gonzalo recorded 184 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mena | Lama |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 34 | 26 |
| Avg per match | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 145/259 | 229/366 |
| %1st in | 56% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 111/145 | 184/229 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 63/114 | 76/137 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 55% |
Mena made 34 aces (8.5 per match). Lama fired 26 aces (6.5 per match). Mena won 77% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Lama won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mena | Lama |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 16 | 6 |
| Converted | 16/50 | 6/24 |
| % Converted | 32% | 25% |
| Conceded | 12 | 29 |
| Saved | 7 | 27 |
| % Saved | 58% | 93% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
Facundo broke his opponents 16 times with a 32% conversion rate. The Argentine lost his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded. The Chilean broke his opponents 6 times with a 25% conversion rate. Gonzalo conceded his serve twice and he saved 93% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mena | ||||||
| R1 Gomez |
R2 Rodriguez |
1/4 Alberto |
1/2 Gautier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 7-5 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 6-0 | 6-2 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 18 | 16 | 26 | 85 | |
| pts | 86-73 | 69-50 | 71-54 | 86-75 | 312-252 | |
| Total points | 159 | 119 | 125 | 161 | 564 | |
| Winners | 39 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 111 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 35% | 34% | 28% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 34 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 50/73 | 31/54 | 32/62 | 32/70 | 145/259 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 57% | 52% | 46% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 39/50 | 24/31 | 24/32 | 24/32 | 111/145 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 77% | 75% | 75% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 11/23 | 16/30 | 22/38 | 63/114 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 48% | 53% | 58% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 5/11 | 4/12 | 5/19 | 16/50 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 45% | 33% | 26% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 1/3 | 3/3 | 1/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 33% | 100% | 33% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| Lama | ||||||
| R1 Guillen |
R2 Vilella Martinez |
1/4 Agustin |
1/2 Martin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 4-6 6-2 | 3-6 7-64 6-3 | 7-65 7-64 | 7-611 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 31 | 26 | 23 | 110 | |
| pts | 105-94 | 101-104 | 86-85 | 80-68 | 372-351 | |
| Total points | 199 | 205 | 171 | 148 | 723 | |
| Winners | 48 | 52 | 44 | 40 | 184 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 51% | 51% | 50% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 63/96 | 62/108 | 55/92 | 49/70 | 229/366 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 57% | 60% | 70% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 48/63 | 52/62 | 44/55 | 40/49 | 184/229 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 84% | 80% | 82% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 21/46 | 23/37 | 15/21 | 76/137 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 46% | 62% | 71% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 2/6 | 0/3 | 1/5 | 6/24 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 33% | 0% | 20% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 29 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 9/10 | 11/11 | 0/0 | 27 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 90% | 100% | – | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
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