Facundo Mena and Marek Gengel will face off in the qualifications of the San Diego Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.68
Marek Gengel -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Marek Gengel
There is no head to head record between Facundo Mena and Marek Gengel since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Facundo Mena
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-16 | 3-1 | 34-15 | 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 got to the qualifications after beating Keegan Smith 7-61 7-62.
In the qualifications, Mena had a good straight sets win against Smith (7-61 7-62). During the match, Mena scored 88 points vs Smith’s 79. Mena was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mena fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Facundo Mena was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (42/52) of his 1st serve and 55% (18/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Facundo broke Smith once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Mena has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (339-239). 6-4 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Mena has a composed 52-38 match record in the last years on hard.
Mena’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Pereira Challenger and the Cali Challenger.
Mena has a composed 28-23 win-loss record in 2022, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in San Diego
Mena has never competed in this tournament before.
Marek Gengel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-14 | 33-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-27 | 14-15 | 0-7 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-29 | 28-16 | 4-8 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 52-28 | 47-14 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-17 | 16-12 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 388, Gengel reached the qualifications after beating Sebastian Fanselow 6-2 3-6 6-0.
In the qualifications, Gengel defeated Fanselow (6-2 3-6 6-0). During the match Gengel scored 80 points vs Fanselow’s 64. The Czech was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Gengel struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Marek Gengel lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Gengel put 59% of his first serves in, winning 70% (28/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the 2nd serve. Gengel broke Fanselow 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
The Czech’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Sharm ElSheikh.
The Czech has a compiled 26-21 win-loss record in 2022, 17-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mena | Gengel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 23 |
| Pts | 88-79 | 80-64 |
| Total Points | 167 | 144 |
| Winners | 42 | 28 |
| %Winners | 48% | 35% |
Both Mena and Gengel played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Marek Gengel conceded 1 set while Facundo Mena hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Mena has played 1 set(s) less than Gengel (2 vs 3). However, it’s interesting to notice that Mena played 3 games more than Gengel. Facundo scored 42 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech managed to score 28 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mena | Gengel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 52/85 | 40/68 |
| %1st in | 61% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 42/52 | 28/40 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 18/33 | 17/28 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 61% |
Mena recorded 3 aces . Gengel scored 3 aces . Mena won 81% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Gengel won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mena | Gengel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 5 |
| Converted | 1/3 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 33% | 45% |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 75% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Mena broke his opponent once with a 33% conversion rate. Facundo lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Marek broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Gengel conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mena | |||
| Q1 Smith |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 88-79 | 88-79 | |
| Total points | 167 | 167 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 52/85 | 52/85 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 42/52 | 42/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/33 | 18/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 1/3 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Gengel | |||
| Q1 Fanselow |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 80-64 | 80-64 | |
| Total points | 144 | 144 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 40/68 | 40/68 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 28/40 | 28/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 17/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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