Facundo Mena and Gonzalo Lama will play each other in the quarter of the Concepcion Challenger for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.75
Gonzalo Lama -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Gonzalo Lama
This will be the 6th time that Facundo Mena and Gonzalo Lama play each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Mena (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Mena won 6-4 6-4 in the final in the Quito Challenger back in 2021.
Facundo Mena
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-9 | 3-1 | 18-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-21 | 11-9 | 18-11 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-29 | 8-7 | 25-20 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-30 | 0-4 | 29-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-11 | 0-2 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 209, the Argentine got to the quarter after defeating Carlos Gomez-Herrera 6-3 4-6 6-4 and Cristian Rodriguez 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Rodriguez (6-2 6-4). During the match, Mena scored 65 points vs Rodriguez’s 45. The Argentine was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mena recorded 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Facundo Mena was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (26/34) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Facundo broke Rodriguez 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Facundo started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Mena has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (315-218). 2-0 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mena has an overall 267-182 match record in the last years on clay.
Mena has an overall 4-2 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Concepcion Challenger
Gonzalo Lama
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-29 | 3-4 | 15-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-29 | 0-0 | 39-28 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-19 | 0-1 | 49-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-16 | 1-4 | 20-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 301, the Chilean reached the quarter after beating Michel Vernier 6-2 6-2 and Gonzalo Villanueva 2-6 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Villanueva, Gonzalo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-4). During the match Lama scored 89 points vs Villanueva’s 86. Lama was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Lama made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Gonzalo Lama lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Lama put 66% of his first serves in, winning 67% (37/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the 2nd serve. Gonzalo broke Villanueva 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lama started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Chilean’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Buenos Aires Challenger.
The Chilean has a composed 5-2 win-loss record in 2022, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Concepcion Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mena | Lama |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 44 |
| Pts | 166-140 | 159-135 |
| Total Points | 306 | 294 |
| Winners | 63 | 64 |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% |
Both Mena and Lama played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Facundo Mena surrendered 1 set, while Gonzalo Lama surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Mena and Lama have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Mena played 3 games more than Lama. The Argentine scored 63 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Gonzalo scored 64 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mena | Lama |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 86/146 | 85/139 |
| %1st in | 59% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 63/86 | 64/85 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 33/60 | 28/54 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 52% |
Mena recorded 6 aces (3 per match). Lama struck 4 aces (2 per match). Mena won 73% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Lama won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mena | Lama |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 7 |
| Converted | 7/19 | 7/18 |
| % Converted | 37% | 39% |
| Conceded | 15 | 12 |
| Saved | 12 | 9 |
| % Saved | 80% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
The Argentine broke his opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. The Argentine lost his serve 3 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Gonzalo broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Chilean conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mena | ||||
| R1 Gomez-Herrera |
R2 Rodriguez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 18 | 47 | |
| pts | 101-95 | 65-45 | 166-140 | |
| Total points | 196 | 110 | 306 | |
| Winners | 37 | 26 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 40% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 52/92 | 34/54 | 86/146 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 63% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 37/52 | 26/34 | 63/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 76% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/40 | 13/20 | 33/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 65% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 3/5 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 60% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 4 | 15 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 4/4 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 100% | 87% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Lama | ||||
| R1 Vernier |
R2 Villanueva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 2-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 28 | 44 | |
| pts | 70-49 | 89-86 | 159-135 | |
| Total points | 119 | 175 | 294 | |
| Winners | 27 | 37 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 42% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 30/56 | 55/83 | 85/139 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 66% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 27/30 | 37/55 | 64/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 67% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/26 | 17/28 | 28/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 61% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/10 | 7/18 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 30% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 | 12 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 6/9 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
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