Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez and Luka Mikrut will clash against each other in the quarter of the Zagreb Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 -> 1.63
Luka Mikrut -> 2.16
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Prediction and head to head Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez vs. Luka Mikrut
There is no head to head record between Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez and Luka Mikrut since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez
18 - 10win/loss
427
403
LLWLWWWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-24 | 11-9 | 12-14 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-15 | 6-6 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-9 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 455 (career-high), Pacheco Mendez reached the quarter after beating Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 6-4 6-3 and Enzo Couacaud 6-71 7-5 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Couacaud, The Mexican recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-71 7-5 6-2). During the match, Pacheco Mendez scored 110 points vs Couacaud’s 103. Pacheco Mendez was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pacheco Mendez scored 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez lost the serve 5 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Pacheco Mendez put 62% of his first serves in, winning 56% (36/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (22/40) on the 2nd serve. Rodrigo broke Couacaud 8 times after converting 50% of his break points (8/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rodrigo has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Pacheco Mendez has won exactly 50% of his matches (34-34) in the last 3 years. 6-5 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pacheco Mendez has an aggregate15-19 match record in the last 3 years on clay.
The Mexican’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Xalapa and M15 Villahermosa.
The Mexican has a compiled 18-10 win-loss record in 2024, 6-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zagreb Challenger
Rodrigo has never competed in this tournament before.
Luka Mikrut
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-23 | 4-2 | 31-19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-18 | 5-3 | 28-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-14 | 9-2 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 509, Mikrut got to the quarter after defeating Roko Horvat 6-1 7-62 and Henrique Rocha 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Luka had a good straight sets win against Rocha (6-3 6-2). During the match Mikrut scored 59 points vs Rocha’s 44. Mikrut was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.
About the serving games, Mikrut made 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Luka Mikrut lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Mikrut put 43% of his first serves in, winning 70% (19/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the 2nd serve. Luka broke Rocha 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Luka hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
The Croatian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Manacor,M15 Split and M15 Bol.
Luka has an overall 22-12 win-loss record in 2024, 18-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pacheco Mendez | Mikrut |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 37 |
| Pts | 176-159 | 136-100 |
| Total Points | 335 | 236 |
| Winners | 70 | 45 |
| %Winners | 40% | 33% |
Both Pacheco Mendez and Mikrut played 2 matches. At the moment, Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez dropped 1 set while Luka Mikrut hasn’t lost a set so far. Pacheco Mendez has played 1 set more than Mikrut (5 vs 4). Therefore, Pacheco Mendez played 15 games more than Mikrut. Pacheco Mendez scored 70 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Mikrut managed to score 45 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pacheco Mendez | Mikrut |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 117/175 | 63/126 |
| %1st in | 67% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 70/117 | 45/63 |
| %1st pts | 60% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 31/58 | 34/63 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 54% |
Pacheco Mendez managed to score 8 aces (4 per match). Mikrut scored 9 aces (4.5 per match). Pacheco Mendez won 60% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Mikrut won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pacheco Mendez | Mikrut |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 9 |
| Converted | 12/20 | 9/14 |
| % Converted | 60% | 64% |
| Conceded | 13 | 11 |
| Saved | 6 | 8 |
| % Saved | 46% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 3 |
Pacheco Mendez broke his opponents 12 times with a 60% conversion rate. Pacheco Mendez surrendered his serve 7 times and he saved 46% of the break points that he conceded. Mikrut broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. Mikrut conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pacheco Mendez | ||||
| R1 Moreno De Alboran |
R2 Couacaud |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-71 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 33 | 52 | |
| pts | 66-56 | 110-103 | 176-159 | |
| Total points | 122 | 213 | 335 | |
| Winners | 34 | 36 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 33% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 53/71 | 64/104 | 117/175 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 62% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 34/53 | 36/64 | 70/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 56% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 22/40 | 31/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 55% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 8/16 | 12/20 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 38% | 49% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Mikrut | ||||
| R1 Horvat |
R2 Rocha |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-62 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 17 | 37 | |
| pts | 77-56 | 59-44 | 136-100 | |
| Total points | 133 | 103 | 236 | |
| Winners | 26 | 19 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 32% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 36/63 | 27/63 | 63/126 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 43% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 26/36 | 19/27 | 45/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 70% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 20/36 | 34/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 56% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/5 | 9/14 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 80% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 3/4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 75% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
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