Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez and Shintaro Mochizuki will face off in the 1st round of the Puerto Vallarta Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 pm on ESTADIO PUERTO MAGICO. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Shintaro Mochizuki who should win in 2 sets.
Shintaro Mochizuki -> 1.23
Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez -> 3.84
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Prediction and head to head Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez vs. Shintaro Mochizuki
There is no head to head record between Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez and Shintaro Mochizuki since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-32 | 8-12 | 18-19 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-27 | 22-12 | 12-14 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-15 | 6-6 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-9 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Pacheco Mendez will start his run in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger after he played his last match in Acapulco where he lost 6-1 6-2 to De Minaur in the 1st round on the 28th of February.
Rodrigo has an overall 1-3 win-loss record in 2023, 0-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The Mexican has an overall 4-12 record. He has a negative 1-6 record on hard.
Previously in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger
The Mexican has never competed in this tournament before.
Shintaro Mochizuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43-30 | 27-16 | 2-6 | 3-5 | 11-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-33 | 19-22 | 7-5 | 0-1 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-33 | 22-16 | 13-8 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-34 | 18-17 | 13-12 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-30 | 11-10 | 18-11 | 5-7 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 274 (career-high), the Japanese will start his run in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger after he played his last match in the Waco Challenger where he lost 6-2 4-0 ret. to Gojo in the quarter on the 3rd of March.
Shintaro has an aggregate 12-7 win-loss record in 2023, 12-6 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.In terms of his career, The Japanese has an overall 118-94 record. He has a positive 67-53 record on hard.
Tennis Scores in Puerto Vallarta Challenger
- Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini – Evan ZhuZhu (3-6 6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Jose StathamStatham – Nick ChappellChappell (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Christian LangmoLangmo – Gabriel DecampsDecamps (6-4 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Alex RybakovRybakov (7-60 7-61) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Keegan SmithSmith (6-77 7-67 6-3) – See score progression
- Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini – Evan ZhuZhu (3-6 6-3 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Keegan SmithSmith (6-7(7) 7-6(7) 6-3) – See score progression
- Jose StathamStatham – Nick ChappellChappell (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Guido AndreozziAndreozzi – Martin DammDamm (7-6(3) 6-3) – See score progression
- Christian LangmoLangmo – Gabriel DecampsDecamps (6-4 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Alex RybakovRybakov (7-6(0) 7-6(1)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gastao EliasElias – Facundo MenaMena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benoit PairePaire – Nicolas MejiaMejia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo – Alex BoltBolt (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H and prediction