Facundo Mena and Gonzalo Villanueva will square off in the 2nd round of the Campinas Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:30 am on QUADRA 3. 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 Facundo Mena who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Facundo Mena is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Mena -> 1.45
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 2.67
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Gonzalo Villanueva
This will be the 5th time that Facundo Mena and Gonzalo Villanueva fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Villanueva (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Villanueva won 6-1 5-1 ret. in the 2nd round in Argentina F9 back in 2016.
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. 157, the Argentine reached the 2nd round after beating Sumit Nagal 3-6 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round against Nagal, Mena recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-2). During the match, Mena scored 100 points vs Nagal’s 92. Facundo was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mena recorded 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Facundo Mena lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Mena put 52% of his first serves in, winning 71% (39/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (24/51) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Nagal 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Mena has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (342-240). 22-18 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Mena has an aggregate 287-200 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Facundo’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Pereira Challenger and the Cali Challenger.
The Argentine has a compiled 31-24 win-loss record in 2022, 22-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Campinas Challenger
Gonzalo Villanueva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-15 | 0-0 | 21-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-40 | 5-4 | 39-36 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-33 | 1-5 | 31-28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-29 | 5-10 | 23-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 272 (career-high), the Argentine reached the 2nd round after defeating Pedro Sakamoto 1-6 3-2 ret., Wilson Leite 6-3 6-4 and Jose Pereira 0-6 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round against Pereira, Gonzalo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-4 6-3).During the match Villanueva scored less points (3) than Pereira. In fact, the world no. 157 won 81 points vs Pereira’s. That means that Villanueva was more focused during the important points. The Argentine was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Villanueva couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Gonzalo Villanueva lost the serve 5 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Villanueva put 53% of his first serves in, winning 68% (23/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (12/30) on the 2nd serve. Gonzalo broke Pereira 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
The Argentine’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Rosario.
The Argentine has an aggregate 31-26 win-loss record in 2022, 30-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Campinas Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mena | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 56 |
| Pts | 100-92 | 182-175 |
| Total Points | 192 | 357 |
| Winners | 39 | 56 |
| %Winners | 39% | 31% |
Mena played 1 match while Villanueva competed in 3 matches. Villanueva started his run from the qualifications while Mena had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Facundo Mena lost 1 set, while Gonzalo Villanueva conceded 2 sets. Mena has played 5 set(s) less than Villanueva (3 vs 8). Therefore, Mena played 29 games less than Villanueva. Mena scored 39 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Gonzalo made 56 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mena | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 55/106 | 83/154 |
| %1st in | 52% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 39/55 | 56/83 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 24/51 | 31/71 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 44% |
Mena made 9 aces . Villanueva fired 5 aces (1.7 per match). Mena won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Villanueva won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mena | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 12 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 12/25 |
| % Converted | 50% | 48% |
| Conceded | 10 | 19 |
| Saved | 7 | 8 |
| % Saved | 70% | 42% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 11 |
The Argentine broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Mena conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Villanueva broke his opponents 12 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 42% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mena | |||
| R1 Nagal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 100-92 | 100-92 | |
| Total points | 192 | 192 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 55/106 | 55/106 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 39/55 | 39/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/51 | 24/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Villanueva | |||||
| Q1 Sakamoto |
Q3 Leite |
R1 Pereira |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 3-2 ret. | 6-3 6-4 | 0-6 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 19 | 25 | 56 | |
| pts | 35-42 | 66-49 | 81-84 | 182-175 | |
| Total points | 77 | 115 | 165 | 357 | |
| Winners | 13 | 20 | 23 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 30% | 28% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 19/34 | 30/56 | 34/64 | 83/154 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 54% | 53% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 13/19 | 20/30 | 23/34 | 56/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 67% | 68% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/15 | 14/26 | 12/30 | 31/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 54% | 40% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 6/11 | 5/12 | 12/25 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 55% | 42% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 3/6 | 3/8 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 50% | 38% | 128% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWLLWWL Tennis Scores in Campinas Challenger
- Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Daniel RinconRincon (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Gastao EliasElias (7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Jose PereiraPereira (0-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Dmitry PopkoPopko (7-63 6-1) – See score progression
- Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva – Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon (5-7 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Wilson LeiteLeite – Matheus Cury BueresCury Bueres (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Remy BertolaBertola – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz (7-69 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres – Nicolas KickerKicker (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Facundo JuarezJuarez – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (4-6 6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (4-6 7-62 7-62) – See score progression
- Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves (1-6 7-66 5-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Eduardo RibeiroRibeiro – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Gonzalo LamaLama (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Facundo MenaMena – Sumit NagalNagal (3-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Wilson LeiteLeite – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Facundo MenaMena (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Remy BertolaBertola – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – Facundo JuarezJuarez (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Eduardo RibeiroRibeiro – Facundo BagnisBagnis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
