Pedro Cachin and Facundo Mena will clash against each other in the quarter of the Santo Domingo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on ESTADIO MITUR. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pedro Cachin who should win in 2 sets.
Pedro Cachin -> 1.22
Facundo Mena -> 4.1
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Prediction and head to head Pedro Cachin vs. Facundo Mena
There is no head to head record between Pedro Cachin and Facundo Mena since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Pedro Cachin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-12 | 5-2 | 7-8 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 11-26 | 0-6 | 11-19 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-32 | 4-8 | 28-19 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 49-22 | 5-4 | 41-13 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-25 | 0-0 | 47-24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 88, Pedro reached the quarter after defeating Gerald Melzer 6-4 6-1 and Alessandro Giannessi 6-1 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Giannessi (6-1 6-2). During the match, Cachin scored 59 points vs Giannessi’s 35. Cachin was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cachin scored 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Pedro Cachin was quite effective on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 58% (7/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Pedro broke Giannessi 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cachin hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
Cachin has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (383-225). 38-12 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Cachin has an aggregate 368-202 record in the last years on clay.
The Argentine’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Marbella Challenger,the Madrid Challenger,the Prague 2 Challenger,the Lyon Challenger,the Todi Challenger and the Verona Challenger.
Pedro has an overall 41-15 win-loss record in 2022, 38-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santo Domingo Challenger
Facundo Mena
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-26 | 4-3 | 20-22 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-24 | 3-1 | 47-23 | 1-0 | 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 |
Ranked no. 137, the Argentine reached the quarter after beating Patrick Kypson 7-66 4-1 ret. and Nicolas Alvarez 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Alvarez (6-4 6-2). During the match Mena scored 69 points vs Alvarez’s 54. Mena was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Mena bagged 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Facundo Mena was very effective on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 64% (18/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mena broke Alvarez 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Mena’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Pereira Challenger and the Cali Challenger.
Facundo has an aggregate 24-20 win-loss record in 2022, 21-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cachin | Mena |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 36 |
| Pts | 128-84 | 135-109 |
| Total Points | 212 | 244 |
| Winners | 54 | 48 |
| %Winners | 42% | 36% |
Both Cachin and Mena played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Cachin has played 1 set(s) less than Mena (4 vs 5). Therefore, Cachin played 4 games less than Mena. Pedro scored 54 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine scored 48 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cachin | Mena |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 76/114 | 55/106 |
| %1st in | 67% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 54/76 | 48/55 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 87% |
| 2nd pts | 18/38 | 28/51 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 55% |
Cachin managed to score 15 aces (7.5 per match). Mena managed to score 11 aces (5.5 per match). Cachin won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Mena won 87% 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 | Cachin | Mena |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 5 |
| Converted | 10/17 | 5/22 |
| % Converted | 59% | 23% |
| Conceded | 10 | 2 |
| Saved | 7 | 1 |
| % Saved | 70% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
The Argentine broke his opponents 10 times with a 59% conversion rate. The Argentine lost his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Facundo broke his opponents 5 times with a 23% conversion rate. Facundo conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cachin | ||||
| R1 Melzer | R2 Giannessi | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 15 | 32 | |
| pts | 69-49 | 59-35 | 128-84 | |
| Total points | 118 | 94 | 212 | |
| Winners | 28 | 26 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 44% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 9 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 44/70 | 32/44 | 76/114 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 73% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 28/44 | 26/32 | 54/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 81% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/26 | 7/12 | 18/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 58% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 4/9 | 10/17 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 44% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 1 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 1/1 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mena | ||||
| R1 Kypson | R2 Alvarez | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 4-1 ret. | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 36 | |
| pts | 66-55 | 69-54 | 135-109 | |
| Total points | 121 | 123 | 244 | |
| Winners | 26 | 22 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 32% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 27/50 | 28/56 | 55/106 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 50% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 26/27 | 22/28 | 48/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 96% | 79% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 18/28 | 28/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 64% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/13 | 3/9 | 5/22 | |
| Converted % | 15% | 33% | 23% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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