Facundo Mena and Guido Ivan Justo will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Santa Fe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on CANCHA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Facundo Mena who should win in 3 sets.
Facundo Mena -> 1.45
Guido Ivan Justo -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Guido Ivan Justo
There is no head to head record between Facundo Mena and Guido Ivan Justo since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Facundo Mena
26 - 12win/loss
198
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. 333, Mena got to the 2nd round after beating Emilio Gomez 5-7 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round against Gomez, Mena recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 7-5). During the match, Mena scored 116 points vs Gomez’s 104. Mena was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mena fired 4 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Facundo Mena lost the serve 6 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Mena put 55% of his first serves in, winning 67% (40/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (23/49) on the 2nd serve. Mena broke Gomez 8 times after converting 42% of his break points (8/19).
Mena has good match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (318-223). 22-11 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Mena has an aggregate 250-172 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 an overall 25-12 win-loss record in 2024, 22-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santa Fe Challenger
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
Guido Ivan Justo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-24 | 0-1 | 39-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-17 | 4-3 | 27-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-9 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-7 | 8-4 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 527 (career-high), the Argentine got to the 2nd round after defeating Santiago Rodriguez Taverna 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round, Ivan had a good straight sets win against Rodriguez Taverna (6-3 7-5). During the match Ivan scored 87 points vs Rodriguez Taverna’s 78. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Ivan was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Guido Ivan Justo lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Ivan put 65% of his first serves in, winning 64% (39/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (14/33) on the 2nd serve. Ivan broke Rodriguez Taverna 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Guido’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Neuquen.
The Argentine has a compiled 16-11 win-loss record in 2024, 16-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santa Fe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mena | Ivan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 21 |
| Pts | 116-104 | 87-78 |
| Total Points | 220 | 165 |
| Winners | 40 | 39 |
| %Winners | 34% | 45% |
Both Mena and Ivan played 1 match. At the moment, Facundo Mena surrendered 1 set while Guido Ivan Justo hasn’t lost a set so far. Mena has played 1 set more than Ivan (3 vs 2). Therefore, Mena played 12 games more than Ivan. Mena scored 40 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Guido made 39 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mena | Ivan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 0 |
| 1st in | 60/109 | 61/94 |
| %1st in | 55% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 40/60 | 39/61 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 23/49 | 14/33 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 42% |
Mena made 4 aces . Ivan didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Mena won 67% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Ivan won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mena | Ivan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 5 |
| Converted | 8/19 | 5/6 |
| % Converted | 42% | 83% |
| Conceded | 17 | 9 |
| Saved | 11 | 6 |
| % Saved | 65% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 3 |
Mena broke his opponent 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Argentine surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mena | |||
| R1 Gomez | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 116-104 | 116-104 | |
| Total points | 220 | 220 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 60/109 | 60/109 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 40/60 | 40/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/49 | 23/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/19 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 17 | 17 | |
| Saved | 11/17 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 65% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
| Ivan | |||
| R1 Rodriguez Taverna | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 87-78 | 87-78 | |
| Total points | 165 | 165 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 61/94 | 61/94 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 39/61 | 39/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/33 | 14/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Tennis Scores in Santa Fe Challenger
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lautaro MidonMidon – Nicolas ZanellatoZanellato (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Hugo DellienDellien (5-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Facundo MenaMena – Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida – Andrea CollariniCollarini (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Augusto Barreto SanchezAugusto Barreto Sanchez – Tomas FarjatFarjat (0-0) – H2H and prediction