Denis Kudla and Facundo Mena will play each other in the quarter of the Cary Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 7:00 pm on STADIUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Kudla who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Denis Kudla is the pick to win this match.
Denis Kudla -> 1.41
Facundo Mena -> 2.82
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Facundo Mena
There is no head to head record between Denis Kudla and Facundo Mena since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Denis Kudla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-12 | 5-3 | 6-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 13-17 | 1-3 | 11-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-33 | 21-19 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-27 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 12-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-9 | 13-6 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 105, Denis reached the quarter after defeating Zachary Svajda 0-6 6-2 6-2 and Emilio Nava 6-74 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Nava, Denis recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-1 6-3). During the match, Kudla scored 108 points vs Nava’s 99. Kudla was pretty aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kudla scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 4 double faults. Denis Kudla lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Kudla put 75% of his first serves in, winning 57% (47/82) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Nava 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has dropped 2 set in this tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Kudla has positive record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (350-266). 16-15 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Kudla has a compiled 170-134 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The American’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Phoenix Challenger and the Surbiton Challenger.
Denis has an overall 26-27 win-loss record in 2022, 16-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cary Challenger
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. 127 (career-high), Mena reached the quarter after defeating Oliver Crawford 7-64 6-2 and Govind Nanda 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Mena had a good straight sets win against Nanda (6-3 6-3). During the match Mena scored 73 points vs Nanda’s 52. Facundo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Mena bagged 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Facundo Mena lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Mena put 51% of his first serves in, winning 88% (22/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Mena broke Nanda 5 times after converting 25% of his break points (5/20).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Facundo’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Pereira Challenger and the Cali Challenger.
Mena has a composed 27-22 win-loss record in 2022, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kudla | Mena |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 39 |
| Pts | 176-166 | 150-120 |
| Total Points | 342 | 270 |
| Winners | 78 | 60 |
| %Winners | 44% | 40% |
Both Kudla and Mena played 2 matches. At the moment, Denis Kudla surrendered 2 sets while Facundo Mena hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kudla has played 2 sets more than Mena (6 vs 4). Therefore, Kudla played 12 games more than Mena. Kudla scored 78 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine blasted 60 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudla | Mena |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 10 |
| 1st in | 132/185 | 73/129 |
| %1st in | 71% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 78/132 | 60/73 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 31/53 | 26/56 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 46% |
Kudla managed to score 7 aces (3.5 per match). Mena bagged 20 aces (10 per match). Kudla won 59% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Mena won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kudla | Mena |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 8 |
| Converted | 10/16 | 8/27 |
| % Converted | 63% | 30% |
| Conceded | 19 | 12 |
| Saved | 14 | 9 |
| % Saved | 74% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
The American broke his opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponents 8 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kudla | ||||
| R1 Svajda |
R2 Nava |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 0-6 6-2 6-2 | 6-74 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 29 | 51 | |
| pts | 68-67 | 108-99 | 176-166 | |
| Total points | 135 | 207 | 342 | |
| Winners | 31 | 47 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 50/76 | 82/109 | 132/185 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 75% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 31/50 | 47/82 | 78/132 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 57% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 16/27 | 31/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 59% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 6/12 | 10/16 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 10 | 19 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 8/10 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 80% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Mena | ||||
| R1 Crawford |
R2 Nanda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 18 | 39 | |
| pts | 77-68 | 73-52 | 150-120 | |
| Total points | 145 | 125 | 270 | |
| Winners | 38 | 22 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 30% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 14 | 6 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 48/80 | 25/49 | 73/129 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 51% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 38/48 | 22/25 | 60/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 88% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/32 | 12/24 | 26/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 50% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 5/20 | 8/27 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 25% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 3/5 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 60% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
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