Facundo Mena and Alexis Galarneau will play each other in the quarter of the Bogota Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 10:00 am on GRANDSTAND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Facundo Mena who should win in 2 sets.
Facundo Mena -> 1.39
Alexis Galarneau -> 3
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Alexis Galarneau
There is no head to head record between Facundo Mena and Alexis Galarneau since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Facundo Mena
Ranked no. 234, Mena got to the quarter after beating Luca Castelnuovo 6-4 6-2 and Alejandro Gomez 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Mena had a good straight sets win against Gomez (6-3 6-1). During the match, Mena scored 61 points vs Gomez’s 41. The Argentine was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mena recorded 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Facundo Mena was quite effective on serve to win 95% (21/22) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Argentine broke Gomez 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
Mena has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (341-242). 27-23 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mena has a composed293-205 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in the Quito Challenger where he beat Gonzalo Lama in the final 6-4 6-4.
Facundo has an aggregate 27-27 win-loss record in 2021, 27-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bogota Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2017. See his history.
Alexis Galarneau
Ranked no. 354 (career-high), the Canadian got to the quarter after defeating Enrique Pena 6-1 6-1 and Daniel Altmaier 6-3 3-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Alexis defeated Altmaier (6-3 3-6 6-3). During the match Galarneau scored 86 points vs Altmaier’s 80. Alexis was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Galarneau scored 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Alexis Galarneau was very effective on serve to win 71% (40/56) of his 1st serve and 64% (21/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Canadian broke Altmaier twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Galarneau started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Alexis has an aggregate 20-13 win-loss record in 2021, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mena | Galarneau |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 41 |
| Pts | 132-90 | 140-106 |
| Total Points | 222 | 246 |
| Winners | 44 | 58 |
| %Winners | 33% | 41% |
Both Mena and Galarneau played 2 matches. At the moment, Alexis Galarneau conceded 1 set while Facundo Mena hasn’t conceded a set so far. Mena has played 1 set(s) less than Galarneau (4 vs 5). Therefore, Mena played 7 games less than Galarneau. Facundo scored 44 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Galarneau fired 58 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mena | Galarneau |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 49/90 | 78/124 |
| %1st in | 54% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 44/49 | 58/78 |
| %1st pts | 90% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 25/41 | 32/46 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 70% |
Mena recorded 13 aces (6.5 per match). Galarneau blasted 7 aces (3.5 per match). Mena won 90% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Galarneau won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mena | Galarneau |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 7 |
| Converted | 7/22 | 7/17 |
| % Converted | 32% | 41% |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Facundo broke his opponents 7 times with a 32% conversion rate. The Argentine pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Canadian broke his opponents 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. Alexis conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mena | ||||
| R1 Castelnuovo | R2 Gomez | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 16 | 34 | |
| pts | 71-49 | 61-41 | 132-90 | |
| Total points | 120 | 102 | 222 | |
| Winners | 23 | 21 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 34% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 27/46 | 22/44 | 49/90 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 50% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 21/22 | 44/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 95% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 12/22 | 25/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 55% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 4/10 | 7/22 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 40% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Galarneau | ||||
| R1 Pena | R2 Altmaier | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 27 | 41 | |
| pts | 54-26 | 86-80 | 140-106 | |
| Total points | 80 | 166 | 246 | |
| Winners | 18 | 40 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 47% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 22/35 | 56/89 | 78/124 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 18/22 | 40/56 | 58/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 71% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/13 | 21/33 | 32/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 85% | 64% | 70% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 2/9 | 7/17 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 22% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 4/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 80% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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