H2H, prediction of Facundo Mena vs Karue Sell in Porto Alegre Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 3rd May 2024

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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Karue Sell

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.

See updated oddsAs 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

Facundo Mena
Facundo Mena

24 - 10win/loss

Hard
3-1
I Hard
0-0
Clay
21-9
Rank
199
High
127
LLWLLWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 50-24 3-1 47-23 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. 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.

Mena
Porto Alegre Challenger
Mena's Record

Karue Sell

Karue Sell
Karue Sell

21 - 8win/loss

Hard
12-7
I Hard
5-0
Clay
4-1
Rank
272
High
262
LWLWWWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 53-18 24-11 21-6 8-1 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).

Sell
Porto Alegre Challenger
Sell's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

F.Mena
K.Sell
3h:38
3h:38
Time on court​
!
6h:04
6h:04
1h:48
1h:48
Last match​
1h:11
1h:11
2
2
Match played
!
4
4
43
43
Games Played​
68
68
5
5
Set played​​
9
9
157
157
Total points​
273
273
78.5
78.5
Avg point​
68.3
68.3
58
58
Winners
102
102
29
29
Avg Winners​
25.5
25.5
37%
37%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
12
12
Aces
21
21
6
6
Avg Aces
5.3
5.3
2
2
Double Faults
3
3
1
1
Avg Double Faults
0.8
0.8
58/76
58/76
1st won total​
102/155
102/155
!
76%
76%
1st won %
66%
66%
30/66
30/66
2nd won total​
55/98
55/98
45%
45%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
11/16
11/16
BP won
21/40
21/40
5.5/8
5.5/8
Avg BP won
5.3/10
5.3/10
!
69%
69%
Won
!
53%
53%
12
12
Conceded
21
21
6
6
Avg Conceded
5.3
5.3
4
4
Broken
6
6
2
2
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
8
8
Saved
15
15

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

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Mena
LLWLLWLWWW
Sell
LWLWWWLWWL
2024 2023 2022
50 - 24
53 - 18
3-1
Hard
24-11
0-0
I Hard
8-1
47-23
Clay
21-6
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