Facundo Mena and Alexander Ritschard will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on CANCHA 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Ritschard who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Ritschard is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Ritschard -> 1.61
Facundo Mena -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Alexander Ritschard
There is no head to head record between Facundo Mena and Alexander Ritschard since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Facundo Mena
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-16 | 3-1 | 34-15 | 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. 181 (career-high), the Argentine reached the 2nd round after beating Goncalo Oliveira 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, Mena had a good straight sets win against Oliveira (7-5 6-4). During the match, Mena scored 67 points vs Oliveira’s 53. Facundo was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mena fired 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Facundo Mena was pretty efficient on serve to win 86% (25/29) of his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Argentine broke Oliveira 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Mena has a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (318-224). 5-6 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mena has a compiled 270-188 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Facundo has an overall 7-8 win-loss record in 2022, 5-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger
Alexander Ritschard
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-14 | 7-3 | 16-6 | 5-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-30 | 6-8 | 13-11 | 9-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-27 | 7-5 | 11-11 | 15-9 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-23 | 1-4 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 24-13 | 11-5 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 231, Ritschard reached the 2nd round after beating Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, Ritschard had a good straight sets win against Moreno De Alboran (6-3 6-1). During the match Ritschard scored 58 points vs Moreno De Alboran’s 34. Alexander was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Ritschard scored 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Alexander Ritschard lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 53% of his first serves in, winning 92% (23/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (9/22) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Moreno De Alboran 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Ritschard’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Forli 5 Challenger.
The Swiss has an aggregate 10-5 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mena | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 16 |
| Pts | 67-53 | 58-34 |
| Total Points | 120 | 92 |
| Winners | 25 | 23 |
| %Winners | 37% | 40% |
Both Mena and Ritschard played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Mena and Ritschard have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Mena played 6 games more than Ritschard. The Argentine scored 25 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss bagged 23 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mena | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4 |
| 1st in | 29/54 | 25/47 |
| %1st in | 54% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 23/25 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 92% |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 9/22 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 41% |
Mena scored 6 aces . Ritschard made 4 aces . Mena won 86% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Ritschard won 92% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mena | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 5/6 |
| % Converted | 75% | 83% |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Argentine broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Mena lost his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Ritschard broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mena | |||
| R1 Oliveira |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 67-53 | 67-53 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/54 | 29/54 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 25/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 16/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ritschard | |||
| R1 Moreno De Alboran |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 58-34 | 58-34 | |
| Total points | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 25/47 | 25/47 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 23/25 | 23/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/22 | 9/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLWWWWLW Tennis Scores in Santa Cruz De La Sierra 2 Challenger
- Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (7-5 7-64) – See score progression
- Paul JubbJubb – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Nick HardtHardt (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres – Gilbert Klier JuniorKlier Junior (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Steven DiezDiez – Facundo JuarezJuarez (6-0 7-65) – See score progression
- Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Andrea CollariniCollarini (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva – Gerald MelzerMelzer (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Yshai OlielOliel (7-61 6-3) – See score progression
- Johan NiklesNikles – Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Gonzalo LamaLama (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Facundo MenaMena – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Paul JubbJubb – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres – Gilbert Klier JuniorKlier Junior (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Corentin DenollyDenolly (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Yshai OlielOliel (7-6(1) 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva – Gerald MelzerMelzer (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Andrea CollariniCollarini (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Nick HardtHardt (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (7-5 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Nicolas BarrientosBarrientos (2-6 7-6(4) 6-2) – See score progression
- Steven DiezDiez – Facundo JuarezJuarez (6-0 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Pablo CuevasCuevas – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva – Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Steven DiezDiez – Pablo CuevasCuevas (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo MenaMena – Alexander RitschardRitschard (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Jesper De JongDe Jong (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Johan NiklesNikles – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Paul JubbJubb – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
