Matias Zukas and Alejandro Mendoza will face off in the qualifications of the Bogota Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on CAMPO 1. 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 Matias Zukas who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matias Zukas is the pick to win this match.
Matias Zukas -> 1.12
Alejandro Mendoza -> 5.50
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Prediction and head to head Matias Zukas vs. Alejandro Mendoza
This will be the 2nd time that Matias Zukas and Alejandro Mendoza square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Zukas (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Zukas won 6-3 7-5 in the 1st round in Bolivia F3.
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. 455, Zukas reached the qualifications after defeating Fernando Yamacita 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, Zukas had a good straight sets win against Yamacita (6-4 6-3). During the match, Zukas scored 72 points vs Yamacita’s 58. Matias was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zukas struck 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Matias Zukas lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Zukas put 50% of his first serves in, winning 71% (27/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (17/38) on the 2nd serve. Matias was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Yamacita 5 times.
Zukas has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (217-143). 10-9 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zukas has an aggregate199-127 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
Zukas has a composed 10-10 win-loss record in 2022, 10-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bogota Challenger
Alejandro Mendoza
6 - 12win/loss
882
741
LLLWLLLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9-22 | 2-8 | 7-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-16 | 4-8 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-8 | 1-3 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 26-31 | 23-27 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2018 | 15-19 | 6-8 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 869, Alejandro reached the qualifications after defeating Ignacio Carou 7-66 6-3.
In the qualifications, Mendoza had a good straight sets win against Carou (7-66 6-3). During the match Mendoza scored 78 points vs Carou’s 62. Alejandro was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Mendoza struck 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Alejandro Mendoza was very efficient on serve to win 83% (24/29) of his 1st serve and 68% (19/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Bolivian broke Carou 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Mendoza has a compiled 6-11 win-loss record in 2022, 6-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bogota Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2015 and 2017. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zukas | Mendoza |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 |
| Pts | 72-58 | 78-62 |
| Total Points | 130 | 140 |
| Winners | 27 | 24 |
| %Winners | 38% | 31% |
Both Zukas and Mendoza played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zukas and Mendoza have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Zukas played 3 games less than Mendoza. Zukas scored 27 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Mendoza managed to score 24 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zukas | Mendoza |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 38/76 | 29/57 |
| %1st in | 50% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 24/29 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 17/38 | 19/28 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 68% |
Zukas managed to score 3 aces . Mendoza fired 5 aces . Zukas won 71% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Mendoza won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zukas | Mendoza |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/5 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 100% | 33% |
| Conceded | 9 | 3 |
| Saved | 6 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Zukas broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Zukas conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Bolivian broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Bolivian conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zukas | |||
| Q1 Yamacita |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 72-58 | 72-58 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/76 | 38/76 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 27/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/38 | 17/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Mendoza | |||
| Q1 Carou |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 78-62 | 78-62 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 29/57 | 29/57 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 24/29 | 24/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/28 | 19/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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