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

Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez

18 - 10win/loss

Hard
8-4
I Hard
4-1
Clay
6-5
Rank
413
High
403
WWWWWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 36-25 20-10 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.

Zagreb Challenger
Pacheco Mendez's Record

Luka Mikrut

Luka Mikrut

22 - 12win/loss

Hard
4-2
I Hard
0-2
Clay
18-8
Rank
393
High
345
WLWLLWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 37-25 5-4 31-19 1-2 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).

Zagreb Challenger
Mikrut's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

R.Pacheco Mendez
L.Mikrut
!
4h:25
4h:25
Time on court​
2h:55
2h:55
!
2h:39
2h:39
Last match​
1h:25
1h:25
2
2
Match played
2
2
52
52
Games Played​
37
37
5
5
Set played​​
4
4
176
176
Total points​
136
136
88
88
Avg point​
68
68
70
70
Winners
45
45
35
35
Avg Winners​
22.5
22.5
40%
40%
Ratio winners
33%
33%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
9
9
4
4
Avg Aces
4.5
4.5
5
5
Double Faults
11
11
2.5
2.5
Avg Double Faults
!
5.5
5.5
70/117
70/117
1st won total​
45/63
45/63
60%
60%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
31/58
31/58
2nd won total​
34/63
34/63
53%
53%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
12/20
12/20
BP won
9/14
9/14
6/10
6/10
Avg BP won
4.5/7
4.5/7
!
60%
60%
Won
!
64%
64%
13
13
Conceded
11
11
6.5
6.5
Avg Conceded
5.5
5.5
7
7
Broken
3
3
3.5
3.5
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
6
6
Saved
8
8

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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