Facundo Mena and Karue Sell will play each other in the quarter of the Porto Alegre Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on QUADRA CENTRAL. 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 Facundo Mena who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Facundo Mena is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Mena -> 1.84
Karue Sell -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Karue Sell
There is no head to head record between Facundo Mena and Karue Sell since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Facundo Mena
24 - 10win/loss
198
127
WLLWLLWLWW | 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. 406, Mena got to the quarter after defeating Leonardo Aboian 3-6 6-1 6-1 and Kaichi Uchida 7-5 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Uchida (7-5 6-2). During the match, Mena scored 80 points vs Uchida’s 65. Facundo was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mena bagged 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Facundo Mena lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Mena put 53% of his first serves in, winning 77% (30/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (15/35) on the 2nd serve. Facundo broke Uchida 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Facundo has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Mena has good record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (316-221). 20-9 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mena has a composed 248-170 record in the last years on clay.
Facundo’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Villa Maria and M15 Santiago.
Facundo has a composed 23-10 win-loss record in 2024, 20-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Alegre Challenger
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
Karue Sell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 56-20 | 24-11 | 21-6 | 11-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 12-3 | 11-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 555, Karue reached the quarter after beating Aziz Ouakaa 6-1 6-0, Gabriel Decamps 6-1 2-6 6-4, Calvin Hemery 6-2 6-1 and Pedro Boscardin Dias 6-3 6-0.
In the 2nd round, The Brazilian had a good straight sets win against Boscardin Dias (6-3 6-0). During the match Sell scored 56 points vs Boscardin Dias’s 34. Karue was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Sell fired 3 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Karue Sell conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Sell put 71% of his first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 79% (11/14) on the 2nd serve. Karue broke Boscardin Dias 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sell started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
Sell’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Ithaca.
The Brazilian has a composed 21-7 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 | Sell |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 68 |
| Pts | 157-126 | 273-193 |
| Total Points | 283 | 466 |
| Winners | 58 | 102 |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% |
Mena played 2 matches while Sell competed in 4 matches. Sell started his run from the qualifications while Mena had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Facundo Mena lost 1 set, while Karue Sell surrendered 1 set. Mena has played 4 set(s) less than Sell (5 vs 9). Therefore, Mena played 25 games less than Sell. The Argentine scored 58 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Karue managed to score 102 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mena | Sell |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 76/142 | 155/253 |
| %1st in | 54% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 58/76 | 102/155 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 30/66 | 55/98 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 56% |
Mena scored 12 aces (6 per match). Sell bagged 21 aces (5.3 per match). Mena won 76% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Sell won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mena | Sell |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 21 |
| Converted | 11/16 | 21/40 |
| % Converted | 69% | 53% |
| Conceded | 12 | 21 |
| Saved | 8 | 15 |
| % Saved | 67% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
The Argentine broke his opponents 11 times with a 69% conversion rate. Mena lost his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Brazilian broke his opponents 21 times with a 53% conversion rate. Karue conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mena | ||||
| R1 Aboian |
R2 Uchida |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 6-1 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 20 | 43 | |
| pts | 77-61 | 80-65 | 157-126 | |
| Total points | 138 | 145 | 283 | |
| Winners | 28 | 30 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 38% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 37/68 | 39/74 | 76/142 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 53% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 28/37 | 30/39 | 58/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 77% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 15/35 | 30/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 43% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 5/8 | 11/16 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 63% | 69% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 | 12 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 7/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 78% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Sell | ||||||
| Q1 Ouakaa |
Q3 Decamps |
R1 Hemery |
R2 Boscardin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | 6-1 2-6 6-4 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 68 | |
| pts | 58-32 | 96-87 | 63-40 | 56-34 | 273-193 | |
| Total points | 90 | 183 | 103 | 90 | 466 | |
| Winners | 23 | 36 | 19 | 24 | 102 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 38% | 30% | 43% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/57 | 53/102 | 29/45 | 35/49 | 155/253 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 52% | 64% | 71% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 23/38 | 36/53 | 19/29 | 24/35 | 102/155 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 68% | 66% | 69% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 23/49 | 10/16 | 11/14 | 55/98 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 47% | 63% | 79% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 5/12 | 6/13 | 4/6 | 21/40 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 42% | 46% | 67% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 21 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 9/13 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 69% | 50% | 100% | 147% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
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