Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez and Matias Zukas will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Aguascalientes Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 5:00 pm on ESTADIO CAMPESTRE. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matias Zukas who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matias Zukas is the pick to win this match.
Matias Zukas -> 1.44
Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez vs. Matias Zukas
There is no head to head record between Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez and Matias Zukas since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-14 | 8-4 | 8-9 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-15 | 6-6 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-9 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, the Mexican will start his run in the Aguascalientes Challenger after he played his last match in the San Luis Potosi Challenger where he lost 7-6(7) 6-4 to Klier Junior in the 1st round on the 12th of April.
Pacheco Mendez has a compiled 1-3 win-loss record in 2022, 0-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The Mexican has an overall 1-3 record. He has a negative 0-1 record on clay.
Previously in the Aguascalientes Challenger
Rodrigo has never competed in this tournament before.
Matias Zukas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 12-21 | 0-1 | 12-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-25 | 1-2 | 25-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-26 | 0-0 | 45-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-12 | 6-5 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 49-27 | 3-3 | 46-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 447, Zukas got to the 1st round after beating Gabriel Decamps 6-1 6-3 and Roberto Quiroz 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, Matias had a good straight sets win against Quiroz (6-1 6-2). During the match Zukas scored 57 points vs Quiroz’s 35. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Zukas managed to score 5 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Matias Zukas was pretty effective on serve to win 83% (20/24) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zukas broke Quiroz 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zukas started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 61% of the points he played.
Matias has a composed 4-4 win-loss record in 2022, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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- Federico GaioGaio – Paul JubbJubb (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Nicolas BarrientosBarrientos – Nicola KuhnKuhn (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Elmar EjupovicEjupovic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Antoine BellierBellier – Denis IstominIstomin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
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