Facundo Mena and Thiago Agustin Tirante will square off in the quarter of the Ambato Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Thiago Agustin Tirante who should win in 3 sets.
Thiago Agustin Tirante -> 1.82
Facundo Mena -> 1.94
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Thiago Agustin Tirante
This will be the 3rd time that Facundo Mena and Thiago Agustin Tirante fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Agustin (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Agustin won 4-6 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in the Zug Challenger back in July 2022.
Facundo Mena
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 3-11 | 0-2 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 161, Mena reached the quarter after defeating Matias Zukas 4-6 6-1 6-0 and Andres Andrade 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Andrade (6-3 6-4). During the match, Mena scored 60 points vs Andrade’s 45. Mena was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mena managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Facundo Mena was very effective on serve to win 92% (23/25) of his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Facundo broke Andrade twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
Mena has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (345-241). 25-19 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mena has an overall 290-201 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Mena’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Pereira Challenger and the Cali Challenger.
The Argentine has a composed 34-25 win-loss record in 2022, 25-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ambato Challenger
Thiago Agustin Tirante
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-30 | 5-4 | 26-22 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-31 | 13-10 | 29-19 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-31 | 2-4 | 25-26 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-23 | 8-4 | 27-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 35-17 | 17-5 | 18-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 258, Thiago reached the quarter after beating Alvaro Guillen Meza 7-63 7-5 and Kiranpal Pannu 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Agustin had a good straight sets win against Pannu (6-2 6-2). During the match Agustin scored 58 points vs Pannu’s 34. The Argentine was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Agustin struck 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Thiago Agustin Tirante was quite effective on serve to win 90% (27/30) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Agustin broke Pannu 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Thiago hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Agustin’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Lima Challenger.
Thiago has a compiled 25-26 win-loss record in 2022, 23-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ambato Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mena | Agustin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 41 |
| Pts | 136-92 | 127-97 |
| Total Points | 228 | 224 |
| Winners | 54 | 61 |
| %Winners | 40% | 48% |
Both Mena and Agustin played 2 matches. At the moment, Facundo Mena conceded 1 set while Thiago Agustin Tirante hasn’t lost a set so far. Mena has played 1 set more than Agustin (5 vs 4). Therefore, Mena played 1 game more than Agustin. Mena scored 54 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine struck 61 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mena | Agustin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 64/112 | 72/117 |
| %1st in | 57% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 54/64 | 61/72 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 34/48 | 27/45 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 60% |
Mena fired 9 aces (4.5 per match). Agustin struck 9 aces (4.5 per match). Mena won 84% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Agustin won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mena | Agustin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 6 |
| Converted | 7/14 | 6/10 |
| % Converted | 50% | 60% |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 75% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Mena broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Argentine lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponents 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Agustin conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mena | ||||
| R1 Zukas | R2 Andrade | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-1 6-0 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 19 | 42 | |
| pts | 76-47 | 60-45 | 136-92 | |
| Total points | 123 | 105 | 228 | |
| Winners | 31 | 23 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 38% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 39/62 | 25/50 | 64/112 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 50% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 31/39 | 23/25 | 54/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 92% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/23 | 17/25 | 34/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 68% | 71% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 2/7 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 29% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | – | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Agustin | ||||
| R1 Guillen Meza | R2 Pannu | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 7-5 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 16 | 41 | |
| pts | 69-63 | 58-34 | 127-97 | |
| Total points | 132 | 92 | 224 | |
| Winners | 34 | 27 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 47% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 42/70 | 30/47 | 72/117 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 64% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 34/42 | 27/30 | 61/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 90% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/28 | 9/17 | 27/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 53% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 4/8 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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