Facundo Mena and Matthew Christopher Romios will face off in the qualifications of the Cuernavaca Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on CANCHA 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Facundo Mena who should win in 2 sets.
Facundo Mena -> 1.139
Matthew Christopher Romios -> 5.2
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Matthew Christopher Romios
There is no head to head record between Facundo Mena and Matthew Christopher Romios 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. 416, Mena got to the qualifications after beating Arjun Kadhe 6-0 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Kadhe (6-0 6-2). During the match, Mena scored 61 points vs Kadhe’s 34. Mena was exceptionally aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mena fired 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Facundo Mena was extremely efficient on serve to win 82% (18/22) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Argentine broke Kadhe 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Mena has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (305-219). 1-0 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mena has an overall 62-47 match record in the last years on hard.
Facundo’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Villa Maria.
Mena has an overall 12-8 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cuernavaca Challenger
Facundo has never competed in this tournament before.
Matthew Christopher Romios
1 - 4win/loss
563
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-7 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 12-14 | 8-8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 7-16 | 6-10 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-16 | 3-7 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, matthew reached the qualifications after defeating Ezekiel Clark 6-3 3-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Christopher defeated Clark (6-3 3-6 6-3). During the match Christopher scored 81 points vs Clark’s 71. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.
About the serving games, Christopher overwhelmed his opponent with 24 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Matthew Christopher Romios lost the serve once. Furthermore, Christopher put 74% of his first serves in, winning 85% (45/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Christopher broke Clark twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Matthew has an overall 1-3 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mena | Christopher |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 27 |
| Pts | 61-34 | 81-71 |
| Total Points | 95 | 152 |
| Winners | 18 | 45 |
| %Winners | 30% | 56% |
Both Mena and Christopher played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Matthew Christopher Romios conceded 1 set while Facundo Mena hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Mena has played 1 set(s) less than Christopher (2 vs 3). Therefore, Mena played 13 games less than Christopher. Mena scored 18 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian managed to score 45 winners (56%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mena | Christopher |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 24 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 24 |
| 1st in | 22/47 | 53/72 |
| %1st in | 47% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 18/22 | 45/53 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 9/19 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 47% |
Mena struck 7 aces . Christopher fired 24 aces . Mena won 82% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Christopher won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mena | Christopher |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 2 |
| Converted | 6/8 | 2/4 |
| % Converted | 75% | 50% |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 |
| Saved | 6 | 0 |
| % Saved | 86% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Argentine broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Mena lost his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Matthew broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mena | |||
| Q1 Kadhe | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 61-34 | 61-34 | |
| Total points | 95 | 95 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 22/47 | 22/47 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 18/22 | 18/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 13/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Christopher | |||
| Q1 Clark | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 81-71 | 81-71 | |
| Total points | 152 | 152 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 56% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 24 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 53/72 | 53/72 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 45/53 | 45/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 9/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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