Facundo Mena and Bruno Kuzuhara will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Santos Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 5:30 pm on QUADRA CENTRAL. In the following lines 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.
Facundo Mena -> 1.49
Bruno Kuzuhara -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Bruno Kuzuhara
This will be the 3rd time that Facundo Mena and Bruno Kuzuhara play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Kuzuhara (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Kuzuhara won 6-1 6-0 in the final in M15 Santo Domingo back in 2023.
Facundo Mena
24 - 11win/loss
213
127
| 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. 340, Facundo will start his run in the Santos Challenger after he played his last match in the Porto Alegre Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Dutra Da Silva in the semifinal on the 4th of May.
The Argentine has an aggregate 24-11 win-loss record in 2024, 21-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Facundo’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Villa Maria and M15 Santiago.
Talking about his overall career, Mena has an overall 433-306 record. He has a positive 359-249 record on clay.
Previously in the Santos Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2016. See his history.
Bruno Kuzuhara
13 - 12win/loss
530
394
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-32 | 12-16 | 15-11 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-30 | 13-6 | 28-23 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-23 | 8-13 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-13 | 6-6 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 469, the American will start his run in the Santos Challenger after he played his last match in the Porto Alegre Challenger where he lost 3-6 6-4 6-2
to Kirkin in the 2nd round on the 2nd of May.The American has a compiled 13-12 win-loss record in 2024, 10-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Kuzuhara has an overall 91-78 record. He has a positive 60-48 record on clay.
Tennis Scores in Santos Challenger
- Igor GimenezGimenez – Seita WatanabeWatanabe (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Alejo Lorenzo Lingua LavallenLorenzo Lingua Lavallen – Leonid SheyngezikhtSheyngezikht (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Alejo Lorenzo Lingua LavallenLorenzo Lingua Lavallen – Leonid SheyngezikhtSheyngezikht (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
- Igor GimenezGimenez – Seita WatanabeWatanabe (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jose PereiraPereira – Ergi KirkinKirkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Wilson LeiteLeite – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo MenaMena – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Leonardo AboianAboian – Trey HilderbrandHilderbrand (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ignacio CarouCarou – Franco RiberoRibero (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aziz OuakaaOuakaa – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli – Rafael TosettoTosetto (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias – (1-1) – H2H and prediction