Facundo Mena and Lucas Catarina will square off in the 2nd round of the Ambato Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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 -> 1.47
Lucas Catarina -> 2.68
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Lucas Catarina
There is no head to head record between Facundo Mena and Lucas Catarina since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Facundo Mena
Ranked no. 269, the Argentine reached the 2nd round after beating Diego Hidalgo 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Hidalgo (6-4 6-3). During the match, Mena scored 69 points vs Hidalgo’s 53. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mena fired 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Facundo Mena was very efficient on serve to win 85% (28/33) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Facundo broke Hidalgo 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Mena has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (334-238). 20-19 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mena has an overall286-201 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in the Quito Challenger where he beat Gonzalo Lama in the final 6-4 6-4.
The Argentine has an overall 20-23 win-loss record in 2021, 20-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ambato Challenger
Facundo has never competed in this tournament before.
Lucas Catarina
Ranked no. 357, Catarina reached the 2nd round after defeating Mirza Basic 7-67 6-4.
In the 1st round, Lucas had a good straight sets win against Basic (7-67 6-4). During the match Catarina scored 78 points vs Basic’s 62. Catarina was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Catarina struck 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Lucas Catarina was quite efficient on serve to win 91% (39/43) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Lucas broke Basic once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Catarina’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M25 Angers.
Catarina has an overall 36-21 win-loss record in 2021, 9-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mena | Catarina |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 23 |
| Pts | 69-53 | 78-62 |
| Total Points | 122 | 140 |
| Winners | 28 | 39 |
| %Winners | 41% | 50% |
Both Mena and Catarina played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Mena and Catarina have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Mena played 4 games less than Catarina. Mena scored 28 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Monegasque recorded 39 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mena | Catarina |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 6 |
| 1st in | 33/52 | 43/60 |
| %1st in | 63% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 39/43 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 91% |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 12/17 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 71% |
Mena made 8 aces . Catarina made 6 aces . Mena won 85% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Catarina won 91% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mena | Catarina |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 1 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 1/4 |
| % Converted | 33% | 25% |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | NAN% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The Argentine broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Argentine pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points. Catarina broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. Catarina was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Mena | |||
| R1 Hidalgo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 69-53 | 69-53 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/52 | 33/52 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 28/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Catarina | |||
| R1 Basic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 78-62 | 78-62 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 43/60 | 43/60 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 39/43 | 39/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 91% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 12/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 1/4 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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