Facundo Mena and Gastao Elias will square 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 CANCHA 7 LEGUAS. 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 Gastao Elias who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gastao Elias is the pick to win this match.
Gastao Elias -> 1.51
Facundo Mena -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Gastao Elias
There is no head to head record between Facundo Mena and Gastao Elias since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Facundo Mena
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-27 | 4-3 | 21-23 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 201, Mena will start his run in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger after he played his last match in Acapulco where he lost 7-5 6-2 to Andreozzi in the qualifications on the 25th of February.
The Argentine has an aggregate 0-3 win-loss record in 2023, 0-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Facundo has an overall 378-277 record. He has a positive 56-46 record on hard.
Previously in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
Gastao Elias
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32-19 | 25-9 | 6-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-32 | 8-5 | 27-25 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-18 | 10-8 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-24 | 4-3 | 18-17 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-18 | 13-5 | 24-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 230, Elias will start his run in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger after he played his last match in the Waco Challenger where he lost 7-5 7-5 to Kovacevic in the quarter on the 3rd of March.
Elias has a composed 3-4 win-loss record in 2023, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, The Portuguese has an overall 411-337 record. He has a positive 91-83 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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- 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
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