Facundo Mena and Stefanos Sakellaridis will square off in the quarter of the Concepcion Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Facundo Mena who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Facundo Mena is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Mena -> 1.24
Stefanos Sakellaridis -> 3.7

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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Stefanos Sakellaridis

There is no head to head record between Facundo Mena and Stefanos Sakellaridis since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Facundo Mena

Ranked no. 406, the Argentine got to the quarter after defeating Daniel Antonio Nunez 7-5 6-1 and Daniel Dutra Da Silva 7-5 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Dutra Da Silva (7-5 6-4). During the match, Mena scored 80 points vs Dutra Da Silva’s 69. The Argentine was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about the service games, Mena scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Facundo Mena was very efficient on serve to win 80% (20/25) of his 1st serve and 55% (23/42) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Facundo broke Dutra Da Silva 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Facundo hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Mena has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (314-220). 18-8 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Mena has a composed 246-169 match record in the last years on clay.

The Argentine’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Villa Maria and M15 Santiago.

The Argentine has a compiled 21-9 win-loss record in 2024, 18-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Concepcion Challenger

Stefanos Sakellaridis

Ranked no. 429, Stefanos reached the quarter after defeating Ignacio Carou 6-3 4-0 ret., Gabriel Decamps 6-4 6-4, Gonzalo Villanueva 6-3 6-4 and Ergi Kirkin 6-3 3-6 7-5.

In the 2^nd round, Stefanos defeated Kirkin (6-3 3-6 7-5). During the match Sakellaridis scored 94 points vs Kirkin’s 91. The Greek was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about serving, Sakellaridis managed to score 2 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Stefanos Sakellaridis was pretty effective on serve to win 74% (40/54) of his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Greek broke Kirkin 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Greek started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

The Greek’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat and M15 Hinode.

The Greek has an overall 23-13 win-loss record in 2024, 4-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Mena	Sakellaridis
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	4	10
Tot Games	41	82
Pts	148-115	284-229
Total Points	263	513
Winners	45	112
%Winners	30%	39%

Mena played 2 matches while Sakellaridis competed in 4 matches. Sakellaridis started his run from the qualifications while Mena had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Stefanos Sakellaridis lost 1 set while Facundo Mena hasn’t conceded a set so far. Mena has played 6 set(s) less than Sakellaridis (4 vs 10). Therefore, Mena played 41 games less than Sakellaridis. Mena scored 45 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, The Greek bagged 112 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Mena	Sakellaridis
Aces	6	21
Avg per match	3	5.3
1st in	57/121	154/249
%1st in	47%	62%
1st pts	45/57	112/154
%1st pts	79%	73%
2nd pts	34/64	54/95
%2nd pts	53%	57%

Mena recorded 6 aces (3 per match). Sakellaridis fired 21 aces (5.3 per match). Mena won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Sakellaridis won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Mena	Sakellaridis
Won	9	15
Converted	9/20	15/33
% Converted	45%	45%
Conceded	9	13
Saved	5	6
% Saved	56%	46%
Times Broken	4	7

Mena broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Facundo dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Stefanos broke his opponents 15 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Greek conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 46% of the break points that he conceded.

Mena
	R1 Antonio	R2 Dutra Da Silva	Total
Score	7-5 6-1	7-5 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	19	22	41
pts	68-46	80-69	148-115
Total points	114	149	263
Winners	25	20	45
%Winners	37%	25%	30%
SERVE
Aces	5	1	6
Double Faults	2	1	3
1st in	32/54	25/67	57/121
% 1st in	59%	37%	47%
1st pts	25/32	20/25	45/57
% 1st pts	78%	80%	79%
2nd pts	11/22	23/42	34/64
% 2nd pts	50%	55%	53%
Breaks
Won	5	4	9
Converted	5/8	4/12	9/20
Converted %	63%	33%	45%
Conceded	3	6	9
Saved	1/3	4/6	5
Saved %	33%	67%	50%
Times Broken	2	2	4

Sakellaridis
	Q1 Carou	Q3 Decamps	R1 Villanueva	R2 Kirkin	Total
Score	6-3 4-0 ret.	6-4 6-4	6-3 6-4	6-3 3-6 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	13	20	19	30	82
pts	52-31	75-59	63-48	94-91	284-229
Total points	83	134	111	185	513
Winners	16	29	27	40	112
%Winners	31%	39%	43%	43%	39%
SERVE
Aces	3	4	12	2	21
Double Faults	0	2	2	0	4
1st in	19/35	48/73	33/53	54/88	154/249
% 1st in	54%	66%	62%	61%	62%
1st pts	16/19	29/48	27/33	40/54	112/154
% 1st pts	84%	60%	82%	74%	73%
2nd pts	13/16	11/25	11/20	19/34	54/95
% 2nd pts	81%	44%	55%	56%	57%
Breaks
Won	3	6	3	3	15
Converted	3/7	6/11	3/6	3/9	15/33
Converted %	43%	55%	50%	33%	45%
Conceded	0	9	1	3	13
Saved	0/0	5/9	0/1	1/3	6
Saved %	–	56%	0%	33%	45%
Times Broken	0	4	1	2	7

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