Facundo Mena and Nicolas Moreno De Alboran will face off in the 2nd round of the Pereira Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on CANCHA 2. 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 Facundo Mena who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Facundo Mena is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Mena -> 1.66
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran -> 2.10
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Nicolas Moreno De Alboran
This will be the 2nd time that Facundo Mena and Nicolas Moreno De Alboran face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Moreno De Alboran (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Moreno De Alboran won 6-7(4) 6-4 6-1 in the 2nd round in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger back in January 2022.
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), Mena got to the 2nd round after defeating Daniel Dutra Da Silva 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Facundo had a good straight sets win against Dutra Da Silva (6-4 6-2). During the match, Mena scored 60 points vs Dutra Da Silva’s 38. Facundo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mena blasted 8 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Facundo Mena was exceptionally effective on serve to win 90% (26/29) of his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Facundo broke Dutra Da Silva 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Mena has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (320-225). 7-7 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mena has an aggregate 272-189 match record in the last years on clay.
Facundo has an overall 9-9 win-loss record in 2022, 7-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pereira Challenger
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-20 | 10-8 | 12-9 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-30 | 25-16 | 10-8 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-20 | 8-2 | 28-17 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-20 | 22-11 | 22-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-12 | 14-8 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 290 (career-high), the Spaniard got to the 2nd round after beating Facundo Juarez 6-75 6-2 7-5.
In the 1st round against Juarez, Moreno De Alboran recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-2 7-5). During the match Moreno De Alboran scored 114 points vs Juarez’s 105. Nicolas was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Moreno De Alboran fired 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Nicolas Moreno De Alboran lost the serve twice and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Moreno De Alboran put 54% of his first serves in, winning 70% (45/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (30/55) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Juarez 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Moreno De Alboran has a composed 8-6 win-loss record in 2022, 8-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mena | Moreno De Alboran |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 33 |
| Pts | 60-38 | 114-105 |
| Total Points | 98 | 219 |
| Winners | 26 | 45 |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% |
Both Mena and Moreno De Alboran played 1 match. At the moment, Nicolas Moreno De Alboran surrendered 1 set while Facundo Mena hasn’t dropped a set so far. Mena has played 1 set(s) less than Moreno De Alboran (2 vs 3). Therefore, Mena played 15 games less than Moreno De Alboran. The Argentine scored 26 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Nicolas struck 45 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mena | Moreno De Alboran |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 8 |
| 1st in | 29/51 | 64/119 |
| %1st in | 57% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 26/29 | 45/64 |
| %1st pts | 90% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 30/55 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 55% |
Mena bagged 8 aces . Moreno De Alboran bagged 8 aces . Mena won 90% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Moreno De Alboran won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mena | Moreno De Alboran |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 75% | 50% |
| Conceded | 1 | 12 |
| Saved | 1 | 10 |
| % Saved | 100% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Argentine broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Facundo extremely effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Spaniard broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Moreno De Alboran conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mena | |||
| R1 Dutra Da Silva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 60-38 | 60-38 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 29/51 | 29/51 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 26/29 | 26/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 13/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Moreno De Alboran | |||
| R1 Juarez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 114-105 | 114-105 | |
| Total points | 219 | 219 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 64/119 | 64/119 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 45/64 | 45/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 30/55 | 30/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 10/12 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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