Sebastian Baez and Facundo Mena will fight against each other in the quarter of the Santiago 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on CANCHA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.333
Facundo Mena -> 3.3
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Baez vs. Facundo Mena
This will be the 2nd time that Sebastian Baez and Facundo Mena face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Baez (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Baez won 7-6(4) 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Guayaquil Challenger back in 2020.
Sebastian Baez
Ranked no. 138 (career-high), Sebastian got to the quarter after defeating Dalibor Svrcina 6-2 7-5 and Nick Chappell 5-7 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round against Chappell, Sebastian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-1). During the match, Baez scored 95 points vs Chappell’s 80. Sebastian was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Baez scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Sebastian Baez lost the serve 5 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Baez put 61% of his first serves in, winning 56% (28/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (20/32) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Chappell 8 times after converting 53% of his break points (8/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sebastian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.
Baez has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 70% of his matches (133-58). 35-10 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Baez has a compiled120-51 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title in the Concepcion Challenger where he defeated Francisco Cerundolo in the final 6-3 6-7(5) 7-6(5) and in the Santiago Challenger where he overcame Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera in the final 6-3 7-6(4) and in the Zagreb Challenger where he overcame Juan Pablo Varillas in the final 3-6 6-3 6-1.
Sebastian has an overall 37-12 win-loss record in 2021, 35-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santiago 2 Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2021. See his history.
Facundo Mena
Ranked no. 245, Facundo got to the quarter after defeating Roberto Cid Subervi 6-4 6-72 7-5 and Nicolas Kicker 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Mena had a good straight sets win against Kicker (6-4 6-4). During the match Mena scored 75 points vs Kicker’s 66. Mena was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Mena recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Facundo Mena was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (29/39) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Argentine broke Kicker 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in the Quito Challenger where he overcame Gonzalo Lama in the final 6-4 6-4.
Facundo has an aggregate 25-25 win-loss record in 2021, 25-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Baez | Mena |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 55 |
| Pts | 161-129 | 194-179 |
| Total Points | 290 | 373 |
| Winners | 55 | 75 |
| %Winners | 34% | 39% |
Both Baez and Mena played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Sebastian Baez lost 1 set, while Facundo Mena conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Baez and Mena have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Baez played 6 games less than Mena. Baez scored 55 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine bagged 75 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Baez | Mena |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 88/135 | 108/178 |
| %1st in | 65% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 55/88 | 75/108 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 29/47 | 38/70 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 54% |
Baez made 3 aces (1.5 per match). Mena bagged 8 aces (4 per match). Baez won 63% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Mena won 69% 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 | Baez | Mena |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 9 |
| Converted | 13/23 | 9/22 |
| % Converted | 57% | 41% |
| Conceded | 10 | 15 |
| Saved | 3 | 10 |
| % Saved | 30% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 5 |
Baez broke his opponents 13 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Argentine lost his serve 7 times and he saved 30% of the break points that he conceded. Facundo broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Baez | ||||
| R1 Svrcina |
R2 Chappell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 5-7 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 29 | 49 | |
| pts | 66-49 | 95-80 | 161-129 | |
| Total points | 115 | 175 | 290 | |
| Winners | 27 | 28 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 29% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 38/53 | 50/82 | 88/135 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 61% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 28/50 | 55/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 56% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 20/32 | 29/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 63% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 8/15 | 13/23 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 53% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 2/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 29% | 31% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Mena | ||||
| R1 Cid |
R2 Kicker |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-72 7-5 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 20 | 55 | |
| pts | 119-113 | 75-66 | 194-179 | |
| Total points | 232 | 141 | 373 | |
| Winners | 46 | 29 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 69/110 | 39/68 | 108/178 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 57% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 46/69 | 29/39 | 75/108 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 74% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/41 | 16/29 | 38/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 55% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 3/8 | 9/22 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 38% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 5 | 15 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 4/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 80% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
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