Facundo Mena and Gerald Melzer will fight against each other in the final of the Bogota Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on CAMPO DIRECTV. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gerald Melzer who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Gerald Melzer is the pick to win this match.
Gerald Melzer -> 1.53
Facundo Mena -> 2.5

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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Gerald Melzer

This will be the 3rd time that Facundo Mena and Gerald Melzer face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Melzer (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Melzer won 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Bogota Challenger back in 2017.

Facundo Mena

Ranked no. 234, the Argentine reached the final after defeating Luca Castelnuovo 6-4 6-2, Alejandro Gomez 6-3 6-1, Alexis Galarneau 6-1 6-4 and Jesper De Jong 7-63 7-5.

In the semifinal, Facundo had a good straight sets win against De Jong (7-63 7-5). During the match, Mena scored 89 points vs De Jong’s 75. Mena was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Mena recorded 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Facundo Mena was pretty efficient on serve to win 89% (34/38) of his 1st serve and 52% (24/46) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Mena broke De Jong twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Facundo started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.

Mena has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (343-242). 29-23 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mena has a compiled295-205 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.

Mena has an overall 29-27 win-loss record in 2021, 29-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bogota Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2017. See his history.

Bogota Challenger
Mena's Record

Gerald Melzer

Ranked no. 421, the Austrian reached the final after defeating Orlando Luz 7-5 6-2, Daniel Elahi Galan 7-65 6-2, Nicolas Mejia 6-0 6-4 and Nicolas Barrientos 6-2 6-75 6-1.

In the semifinal, The Austrian defeated Barrientos (6-2 6-75 6-1). During the match Melzer scored 111 points vs Barrientos’s 86. Melzer was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Melzer blasted 5 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Gerald Melzer was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (33/45) of his 1st serve and 69% (24/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Melzer broke Barrientos 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Melzer 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.

Melzer’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Lima Challenger and the Bogota Challenger.

Gerald has a compiled 22-11 win-loss record in 2021, 22-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Bogota Challenger
Melzer's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

F.Mena
G.Melzer
4h:59
4h:59
Time on court​
6h:37
6h:37
1h:45
1h:45
Last match​
!
2h:11
2h:11
4
4
Match played
4
4
76
76
Games Played​
85
85
8
8
Set played​​
9
9
281
281
Total points​
323
323
70.3
70.3
Avg point​
80.8
80.8
94
94
Winners
113
113
23.5
23.5
Avg Winners​
28.3
28.3
33%
33%
Ratio winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
24
24
Aces
23
23
6
6
Avg Aces
5.8
5.8
14
14
Double Faults
8
8
3.5
3.5
Avg Double Faults
2
2
94/107
94/107
1st won total​
113/145
113/145
!
88%
88%
1st won %
!
78%
78%
69/119
69/119
2nd won total​
66/113
66/113
58%
58%
2nd won %
58%
58%
-- Break Points --
13/33
13/33
BP won
17/41
17/41
3.3/8.3
3.3/8.3
Avg BP won
4.3/10.3
4.3/10.3
39%
39%
Won
41%
41%
10
10
Conceded
14
14
2.5
2.5
Avg Conceded
3.5
3.5
2
2
Broken
4
4
!
0.5
0.5
Avg Broken
1
1
8
8
Saved
10
10
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Mena Melzer
Match played 4 4
Tot Set 8 9
Tot Games 76 85
Pts 281-207 323-248
Total Points 488 571
Winners 94 113
%Winners 33% 35%

Both Mena and Melzer played 4 matches. At the moment, Gerald Melzer dropped 1 set while Facundo Mena hasn’t lost a set so far. Mena has played 1 set(s) less than Melzer (8 vs 9). Therefore, Mena played 9 games less than Melzer. Facundo scored 94 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian recorded 113 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve Mena Melzer
Aces 24 23
Avg per match 6 5.8
1st in 107/226 145/258
%1st in 47% 56%
1st pts 94/107 113/145
%1st pts 88% 78%
2nd pts 69/119 66/113
%2nd pts 58% 58%

Mena bagged 24 aces (6 per match). Melzer fired 23 aces (5.8 per match). Mena won 88% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Melzer won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Mena Melzer
Won 13 17
Converted 13/33 17/41
% Converted 39% 41%
Conceded 10 14
Saved 8 10
% Saved 80% 71%
Times Broken 2 4

Facundo broke his opponents 13 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Gerald broke his opponents 17 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Austrian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Mena
R1
Castelnuovo		 R2
Gomez		 1/4
Galarneau		 1/2
De		 Total
Score 6-4 6-2 6-3 6-1 6-1 6-4 7-63 7-5
Tot Set 2 2 2 2 8
Tot Games 18 16 17 25 76
pts 71-49 61-41 60-42 89-75 281-207
Total points 120 102 102 164 488
Winners 23 21 16 34 94
%Winners 32% 34% 27% 38% 33%
SERVE
Aces 5 8 2 9 24
Double Faults 4 2 4 4 14
1st in 27/46 22/44 20/52 38/84 107/226
% 1st in 59% 50% 38% 45% 47%
1st pts 23/27 21/22 16/20 34/38 94/107
% 1st pts 85% 95% 80% 89% 88%
2nd pts 13/19 12/22 20/32 24/46 69/119
% 2nd pts 68% 55% 63% 52% 58%
Breaks
Won 3 4 4 2 13
Converted 3/12 4/10 4/7 2/4 13/33
Converted % 25% 40% 57% 50% 39%
Conceded 0 2 2 6 10
Saved 0/0 2/2 1/2 5/6 8
Saved % – 100% 50% 83% 58%
Times Broken 0 0 1 1 2
Melzer
R1
Luz		 R2
Elahi Galan Riveros		 1/4
Mejia		 1/2
Barrientos		 Total
Score 7-5 6-2 7-65 6-2 6-0 6-4 6-2 6-75 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 2 3 9
Tot Games 20 21 16 28 85
pts 71-50 79-72 62-40 111-86 323-248
Total points 121 151 102 197 571
Winners 26 33 21 33 113
%Winners 37% 42% 34% 30% 35%
SERVE
Aces 7 5 6 5 23
Double Faults 3 5 0 0 8
1st in 35/54 40/78 25/46 45/80 145/258
% 1st in 65% 51% 54% 56% 56%
1st pts 26/35 33/40 21/25 33/45 113/145
% 1st pts 74% 83% 84% 73% 78%
2nd pts 11/19 18/38 13/21 24/35 66/113
% 2nd pts 58% 47% 62% 69% 58%
Breaks
Won 5 2 4 6 17
Converted 5/12 2/5 4/8 6/16 17/41
Converted % 42% 40% 50% 38% 41%
Conceded 2 5 4 3 14
Saved 0/2 5/5 4/4 1/3 10
Saved % 0% 100% 100% 33% 58%
Times Broken 2 0 0 2 4

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