Facundo Mena and Miljan Zekic will face off in the final of the Cali Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 10:00 am 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
Miljan Zekic -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Miljan Zekic
There is no head to head record between Facundo Mena and Miljan Zekic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Facundo Mena
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-12 | 3-1 | 21-11 | 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. 160, Mena reached the final after defeating Goncalo Oliveira 6-4 6-4, Facundo Juarez 6-4 6-0, Yunseong Chung 6-3 5-7 7-64 and Nicolas Alvarez 7-66 6-4.
In the semifinal, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Alvarez (7-66 6-4). During the match, Mena scored 70 points vs Alvarez’s 62. Facundo was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mena fired 14 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Facundo Mena was extremely efficient on serve to win 79% (30/38) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Mena broke Alvarez twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mena has lost 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Mena has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (329-233). 15-14 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mena has an aggregate 280-196 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Mena’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Pereira Challenger.
The Argentine has a composed 18-17 win-loss record in 2022, 15-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cali Challenger
Miljan Zekic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-2 | 2-0 | 9-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-31 | 3-6 | 22-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-32 | 0-2 | 41-29 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-23 | 0-0 | 49-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 26-11 | 5-4 | 21-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 276, Zekic got to the final after defeating Aleksandar Kovacevic 1-6 6-4 6-1, Pedja Krstin 4-6 7-68 7-5, Roman Andres Burruchaga 7-5 6-2 and Nicolas Mejia 7-5 6-4.
In the semifinal, Miljan had a good straight sets win against Mejia (7-5 6-4). During the match Zekic scored 78 points vs Mejia’s 68. Zekic was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Zekic blasted 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Miljan Zekic lost the serve once and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Zekic put 66% of his first serves in, winning 76% (39/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. The Serbian broke Mejia 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Miljan has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Serbian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Barletta Challenger and M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
Zekic has an overall 29-16 win-loss record in 2022, 29-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mena | Zekic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 93 | 101 |
| Pts | 293-253 | 341-305 |
| Total Points | 546 | 646 |
| Winners | 117 | 159 |
| %Winners | 40% | 47% |
Both Mena and Zekic played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Facundo Mena lost 1 set, while Miljan Zekic lost 2 sets. Mena has played 1 set(s) less than Zekic (9 vs 10). Therefore, Mena played 8 games less than Zekic. Facundo scored 117 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Serbian scored 159 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mena | Zekic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 36 | 24 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 6 |
| 1st in | 163/271 | 223/341 |
| %1st in | 60% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 117/163 | 159/223 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 70/108 | 50/118 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 42% |
Mena fired 36 aces (9 per match). Zekic blasted 24 aces (6 per match). Mena won 72% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Zekic won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mena | Zekic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 19 |
| Converted | 13/22 | 19/33 |
| % Converted | 59% | 58% |
| Conceded | 22 | 40 |
| Saved | 17 | 27 |
| % Saved | 77% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 13 |
Facundo broke his opponents 13 times with a 59% conversion rate. The Argentine dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Miljan broke his opponents 19 times with a 58% conversion rate. Miljan conceded his serve 13 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mena | ||||||
| R1 Oliveira |
R2 Juarez |
1/4 Chung |
1/2 Alvarez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 6-0 | 6-3 5-7 7-64 | 7-66 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 16 | 34 | 23 | 93 | |
| pts | 62-52 | 56-38 | 105-101 | 70-62 | 293-253 | |
| Total points | 114 | 94 | 206 | 132 | 546 | |
| Winners | 21 | 24 | 42 | 30 | 117 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 43% | 40% | 43% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 8 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 36 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 33/58 | 33/44 | 59/107 | 38/62 | 163/271 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 75% | 55% | 61% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 21/33 | 24/33 | 42/59 | 30/38 | 117/163 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 73% | 71% | 79% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/25 | 6/11 | 28/48 | 15/24 | 70/108 | |
| % 2nd pts | 84% | 55% | 58% | 63% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 5/8 | 4/7 | 2/5 | 13/22 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 63% | 57% | 40% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 22 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 1/2 | 12/15 | 0/1 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 80% | 0% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Zekic | ||||||
| R1 Kovacevic |
R2 Krstin |
1/4 Andres |
1/2 Mejia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-4 6-1 | 4-6 7-68 7-5 | 7-5 6-2 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 35 | 20 | 22 | 101 | |
| pts | 82-74 | 109-107 | 72-56 | 78-68 | 341-305 | |
| Total points | 156 | 216 | 128 | 146 | 646 | |
| Winners | 34 | 53 | 33 | 39 | 159 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 49% | 46% | 50% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 49/82 | 72/105 | 51/77 | 51/77 | 223/341 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 69% | 66% | 66% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 34/49 | 53/72 | 33/51 | 39/51 | 159/223 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 74% | 65% | 76% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/33 | 10/33 | 12/26 | 12/26 | 50/118 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 30% | 46% | 46% | 42% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 6/9 | 6/8 | 3/8 | 19/33 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 67% | 75% | 38% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 40 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 7/13 | 6/9 | 10/11 | 27 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 54% | 67% | 91% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | |
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