Enzo Couacaud and Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez will square off in the 2^nd round of the Zagreb Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on COURT 6. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez is the pick to win this match.
Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez -> 1.85
Enzo Couacaud -> 1.89

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Prediction and head to head Enzo Couacaud vs. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez

There is no head to head record between Enzo Couacaud and Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Enzo Couacaud

Ranked no. 208, Couacaud got to the 2^nd round after beating Guy Den Ouden 3-6 7-5 7-6⁵.

In the 1^st round against Den Ouden, Enzo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 7-6⁵).During the match, Couacaud scored less points (2) than Den Ouden. In fact, the world no. 208 won 116 points vs Den Ouden’s. That means that Couacaud was more focused during the important points. Enzo was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Talking about the service games, Couacaud struck 8 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Enzo Couacaud lost the serve 5 times and he saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Couacaud put 48% of his first serves in, winning 79% (46/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (25/64) on the 2nd serve. Couacaud broke Den Ouden 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Couacaud has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (267-181). 13-5 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Couacaud has an overall 74-68 match record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Florianopolis Challenger where he defeated Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva in the final 3-6 6-4 7-6(1).

Couacaud has a compiled 19-9 win-loss record in 2024, 13-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zagreb Challenger

Enzo has never competed in this tournament before.

Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez

Ranked no. 455 (career-high), Rodrigo got to the 2^nd round after defeating Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 6-4 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Rodrigo had a good straight sets win against Moreno De Alboran (6-4 6-3). During the match Pacheco scored 66 points vs Moreno De Alboran’s 56. Pacheco was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Pacheco managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Pacheco put 75% of his first serves in, winning 64% (34/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. The Mexican was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Moreno De Alboran 4 times.

Pacheco’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Xalapa and M15 Villahermosa.

Rodrigo has a compiled 17-10 win-loss record in 2024, 5-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Couacaud	Pacheco
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	34	19
Pts	116-118	66-56
Total Points	234	122
Winners	46	34
%Winners	40%	52%

Both Couacaud and Pacheco played 1 match. At the moment, Enzo Couacaud surrendered 1 set while Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez hasn’t lost a set so far. Couacaud has played 1 set more than Pacheco (3 vs 2). Therefore, Couacaud played 15 games more than Pacheco. The French player scored 46 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Rodrigo recorded 34 winners (52%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Couacaud	Pacheco
Aces	8	4
Avg per match	8	4
1st in	58/122	53/71
%1st in	48%	75%
1st pts	46/58	34/53
%1st pts	79%	64%
2nd pts	25/64	9/18
%2nd pts	39%	50%

Couacaud blasted 8 aces . Pacheco recorded 4 aces . Couacaud won 79% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Pacheco won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Couacaud	Pacheco
Won	5	4
Converted	5/8	4/4
% Converted	63%	100%
Conceded	18	5
Saved	13	3
% Saved	72%	60%
Times Broken	5	2

Enzo broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The French player lost his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded. Rodrigo broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Rodrigo conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Couacaud
	R1 Den	Total
Score	3-6 7-5 7-65
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	34	34
pts	116-118	116-118
Total points	234	234
Winners	46	46
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	8	8
1st in	58/122	58/122
% 1st in	48%	48%
1st pts	46/58	46/58
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	25/64	25/64
% 2nd pts	39%	39%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	18	18
Saved	13/18	13
Saved %	72%	72%
Times Broken	5	5

Pacheco
	R1 Moreno De Alboran	Total
Score	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	66-56	66-56
Total points	122	122
Winners	34	34
%Winners	52%	52%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	53/71	53/71
% 1st in	75%	75%
1st pts	34/53	34/53
% 1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	9/18	9/18
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/4	4/4
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3/5	3
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Zagreb Challenger

• Nick HardtHardt – Yaroslav DeminDemin (6-7⁶ 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-7² 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis (5-7 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Mathys ErhardErhard – Daniel RinconRincon (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Nerman FaticFatic – Adrian AndreevAndreev (6-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Luka MikrutMikrut – Roko HorvatHorvat (6-1 7-6²) – See score progression
• Filip MisolicMisolic – Alexey ZakharovZakharov (7-6⁵ 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Quentin HalysHalys (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Matej DodigDodig – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-3 0-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Gastao EliasElias (7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Guy Den OudenDen Ouden (3-6 7-5 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Henrique RochaRocha – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Aziz DougazDougaz (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis (5-7 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Nerman FaticFatic – Adrian AndreevAndreev (6-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Mathys ErhardErhard – Daniel RinconRincon (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Nick HardtHardt – Yaroslav DeminDemin (6-7(6) 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-7(2) 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Luka MikrutMikrut – Roko HorvatHorvat (6-1 7-6(2)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Nerman FaticFatic (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Filip MisolicMisolic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mathys ErhardErhard – Nick HardtHardt (0-1) – H2H and prediction