Beibit Zhukayev and Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Mexico City Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on ESTADIO. 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 Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez is the pick to win this match.
Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez -> 1.86
Beibit Zhukayev -> 1.88

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Prediction and head to head Beibit Zhukayev vs. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez

There is no head to head record between Beibit Zhukayev and Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Beibit Zhukayev

Ranked no. 201, the Kazakhstani got to the 2^nd round after beating Benjamin Lock 4-6 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Lock, Zhukayev recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Zhukayev scored 96 points vs Lock’s 89. Beibit was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zhukayev managed to score 19 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Beibit Zhukayev was very efficient on serve to win 79% (45/57) of his 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Zhukayev broke Lock twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Zhukayev has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 52% of his matches (142-129). 3-1 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zhukayev has a compiled24-36 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.

Zhukayev has a compiled 4-6 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Mexico City Challenger

The Kazakhstani has never competed in this tournament before.

Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez

Ranked no. 685, the Mexican got to the 2^nd round after beating Antoine Bellier 6-7⁸ 6-4 7-6⁷.

In the 1^st round against Bellier, Pacheco recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁸ 6-4 7-6⁷). During the match Pacheco scored 110 points vs Bellier’s 103. Rodrigo was very aggressive to blast 56 winners.

About the serving games, Pacheco fired 4 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Overall, Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez was very efficient on serve to win 80% (56/70) of his 1st serve and 54% (20/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Mexican broke Bellier 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Rodrigo has an overall 3-4 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Mexico City Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zhukayev	Pacheco
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	36
Pts	96-89	110-103
Total Points	185	213
Winners	45	56
%Winners	47%	51%

Both Zhukayev and Pacheco played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Beibit Zhukayev lost 1 set, while Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Zhukayev and Pacheco have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Zhukayev played 7 games less than Pacheco. Zhukayev scored 45 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Mexican managed to score 56 winners (51%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zhukayev	Pacheco
Aces	19	4
Avg per match	19	4
1st in	57/92	70/107
%1st in	62%	65%
1st pts	45/57	56/70
%1st pts	79%	80%
2nd pts	18/35	20/37
%2nd pts	51%	54%

Zhukayev blasted 19 aces . Pacheco managed to score 4 aces . Zhukayev won 79% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Pacheco won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zhukayev	Pacheco
Won	2	3
Converted	2/6	3/4
% Converted	33%	75%
Conceded	3	4
Saved	2	2
% Saved	67%	50%
Times Broken	1	2

The Kazakhstani broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Zhukayev lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Pacheco broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Pacheco conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Zhukayev
	R1 Lock	Total
Score	4-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	96-89	96-89
Total points	185	185
Winners	45	45
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	19	19
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	57/92	57/92
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	45/57	45/57
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	18/35	18/35
% 2nd pts	51%	51%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/6	2/6
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Pacheco
	R1 Bellier	Total
Score	6-78 6-4 7-67
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	36	36
pts	110-103	110-103
Total points	213	213
Winners	56	56
%Winners	51%	51%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	9	9
1st in	70/107	70/107
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	56/70	56/70
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	20/37	20/37
% 2nd pts	54%	54%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/4
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

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• Maxime JanvierJanvier – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (4-6 7-6⁷ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

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