Alexis Galarneau and Facundo Mena will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Cuernavaca Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on ESTADIO MORELOS. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexis Galarneau who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexis Galarneau is the pick to win this match.
Alexis Galarneau -> 1.39
Facundo Mena -> 2.84
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Prediction and head to head Alexis Galarneau vs. Facundo Mena
This will be the 3rd time that Alexis Galarneau and Facundo Mena face off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Galarneau won 6-1 0-6 6-4 in the 1st round in the Las Vegas Challenger back in 2022.
Alexis Galarneau
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LWWWLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-6 | 5-3 | 6-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-26 | 20-18 | 3-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-28 | 12-7 | 9-9 | 18-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 13-9 | 5-6 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-3 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 176, the Canadian reached the 2nd round after beating Rinky Hijikata 7-5 1-0 ret..
In the 1st round against Hijikata, Alexis had a free pass after Hijikata retired on a 7-5 1-0 . scoreline.
Galarneau has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (148-120). 1-1 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Galarneau has a composed 83-64 match record in the last years on hard.
Alexis’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Mexico City Challenger.
Alexis has a composed 7-4 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cuernavaca Challenger
Galarneau has never competed in this tournament before.
Facundo Mena
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-11 | 3-1 | 21-10 | 0-0 | 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. 419, Facundo got to the 2nd round after defeating Arjun Kadhe 6-0 6-2, Matthew Christopher Romios 6-4 6-1 and Skander Mansouri 7-65 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Mansouri (7-65 6-2). During the match Mena scored 83 points vs Mansouri’s 68. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Mena made 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Facundo Mena was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (38/50) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Facundo broke Mansouri twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
The Argentine’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Villa Maria.
Mena has an aggregate 14-8 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Galarneau | Mena |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 52 |
| Pts | 50-42 | 204-141 |
| Total Points | 92 | 345 |
| Winners | 14 | 80 |
| %Winners | 28% | 39% |
Galarneau played 1 match while Mena competed in 3 matches. Mena started his run from the qualifications while Galarneau had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Galarneau has played 3 set(s) less than Mena (3 vs 6). Therefore, Galarneau played 39 games less than Mena. Galarneau scored 14 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine struck 80 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Galarneau | Mena |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4 |
| 1st in | 17/33 | 104/168 |
| %1st in | 52% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 14/17 | 80/104 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 37/64 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 58% |
Galarneau blasted 2 aces . Mena recorded 12 aces (4 per match). Galarneau won 82% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Mena won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Galarneau | Mena |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 12 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 12/25 |
| % Converted | 38% | 48% |
| Conceded | 1 | 11 |
| Saved | 0 | 9 |
| % Saved | 0% | 82% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Galarneau broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Galarneau dropped his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponents 12 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.
| Galarneau | |||
| R1 Hijikata |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 1-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 50-42 | 50-42 | |
| Total points | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 14 | 14 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 17/33 | 17/33 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 14/17 | 14/17 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 8/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Mena | |||||
| Q1 Kadhe |
Q3 Christopher |
R1 Mansouri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | 6-4 6-1 | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 17 | 21 | 52 | |
| pts | 61-34 | 60-39 | 83-68 | 204-141 | |
| Total points | 95 | 99 | 151 | 345 | |
| Winners | 18 | 24 | 38 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 40% | 46% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 22/47 | 32/45 | 50/76 | 104/168 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 71% | 66% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 18/22 | 24/32 | 38/50 | 80/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 75% | 76% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 10/13 | 14/26 | 37/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 77% | 54% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 4/7 | 2/10 | 12/25 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 57% | 20% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 0/1 | 3/3 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 0% | 100% | 186% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLWWWWW Tennis Scores in Cuernavaca Challenger
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Aidan MchughMchugh (4-6 7-61 7-66) – See score progression
- Facundo MenaMena – Skander MansouriMansouri (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Alafia AyeniAyeni (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Aidan MayoMayo – Omar JasikaJasika (7-61 6-3) – See score progression
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (0-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Kiranpal PannuPannu (6-4 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Benjamin LockLock (7-66 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Rinky HijikataHijikata (7-5 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (7-65 7-63) – See score progression
- Antoine BellierBellier – Keegan SmithSmith (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Christian LangmoLangmo – Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Maxime CressyCressy – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Dominik PalanPalan – Nick ChappellChappell (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Vasek PospisilPospisil – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Rinky HijikataHijikata (7-5 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Antoine BellierBellier – Keegan SmithSmith (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Alafia AyeniAyeni (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (7-6(5) 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Maxime CressyCressy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Antoine BellierBellier – Adam WaltonWalton (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Facundo MenaMena (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Christian LangmoLangmo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Vasek PospisilPospisil (0-0) – H2H and prediction
