Andrea Collarini and Facundo Mena will play each other in the final of the Santa Fe Challenger for the 8^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andrea Collarini who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Andrea Collarini is the pick to win this match.
Andrea Collarini -> 1.43
Facundo Mena -> 2.69

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Prediction and head to head Andrea Collarini vs. Facundo Mena

This will be the 8^th time that Andrea Collarini and Facundo Mena play each other. The head to head is 6-1 for Collarini (see full H2H stats), 6-1 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Collarini won 6-3 7-6(6) in the quarter in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger back in 2023.

Andrea Collarini

Ranked no. 292, Collarini reached the final after beating Alejo Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen 6-1 7-6¹, Juan Bautista Torres 6-3 6-1, Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida 5-7 6-2 6-3 and Gonzalo Villanueva 7-5 6-3.

In the semifinal, Collarini had a good straight sets win against Villanueva (7-5 6-3). During the match, Collarini scored 82 points vs Villanueva’s 68. The Argentine was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Collarini scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Andrea Collarini lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Collarini put 74% of his first serves in, winning 67% (33/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the 2nd serve. Andrea broke Villanueva 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Andrea has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Collarini has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (319-253). 21-10 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Collarini has an aggregate 312-226 record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the year was winning the title the San Miguel de Tucuman Challenger where he beat Hernan Casanova in the final 6-4 7-6(3).

The Argentine has an overall 21-11 win-loss record in 2024, 21-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Santa Fe Challenger

Andrea has never competed in this tournament before.

Facundo Mena

Ranked no. 333, Facundo reached the final after beating Emilio Gomez 5-7 6-3 7-5, Guido Ivan Justo 7-6² 6-2, Trey Hilderbrand 6-4 7-6³ and Ulises Blanch 7-6³ 7-6⁵.

In the semifinal, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Blanch (7-6³

7-6⁵). During the match Mena scored 98 points vs Blanch’s 91. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about serving, Mena struck 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Facundo Mena lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Mena put 63% of his first serves in, winning 69% (35/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Blanch 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Mena has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

The Argentine’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Villa Maria and M15 Santiago.

Facundo has a compiled 28-12 win-loss record in 2024, 25-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Collarini	Mena
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	9	9
Tot Games	86	103
Pts	319-252	390-333
Total Points	571	723
Winners	136	147
%Winners	43%	38%

Both Collarini and Mena played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Andrea Collarini lost 1 set, while Facundo Mena conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Collarini and Mena have played the same amount of sets 9. However, Collarini played 17 games less than Mena. The Argentine scored 136 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Mena blasted 147 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Collarini	Mena
Aces	4	20
Avg per match	1	5
1st in	189/253	217/346
%1st in	75%	63%
1st pts	136/189	147/217
%1st pts	72%	68%
2nd pts	36/64	66/129
%2nd pts	56%	51%

Collarini recorded 4 aces (1 per match). Mena struck 20 aces (5 per match). Collarini won 72% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Mena won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Collarini	Mena
Won	17	19
Converted	17/39	19/48
% Converted	44%	40%
Conceded	15	45
Saved	10	31
% Saved	67%	69%
Times Broken	5	14

The Argentine broke his opponents 17 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Argentine surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Facundo broke his opponents 19 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 14 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.

Collarini
	R1 Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen	R2 Bautista	1/4 Pucinelli De Almeida	1/2 Villanueva	Total
Score	6-1 7-61	6-3 6-1	5-7 6-2 6-3	7-5 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	9
Tot Games	20	16	29	21	86
pts	73-57	60-38	104-89	82-68	319-252
Total points	130	98	193	150	571
Winners	33	27	43	33	136
%Winners	45%	45%	41%	40%	43%
SERVE
Aces	1	0	2	1	4
Double Faults	2	1	2	0	5
1st in	49/67	32/40	59/80	49/66	189/253
% 1st in	73%	80%	74%	74%	75%
1st pts	33/49	27/32	43/59	33/49	136/189
% 1st pts	67%	84%	73%	67%	72%
2nd pts	10/18	5/8	12/21	9/17	36/64
% 2nd pts	56%	63%	57%	53%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	4	5	4	17
Converted	4/7	4/10	5/12	4/10	17/39
Converted %	57%	40%	42%	40%	44%
Conceded	5	0	4	6	15
Saved	4/5	0/0	2/4	4/6	10
Saved %	80%	–	50%	67%	49%
Times Broken	1	0	2	2	5

Mena
	R1 Gomez	R2 Ivan	1/4 Hilderbrand	1/2 Blanch	Total
Score	5-7 6-3 7-5	7-62 6-2	6-4 7-63	7-63 7-65
Tot Set	3	2	2	2	9
Tot Games	33	21	23	26	103
pts	116-104	86-65	90-73	98-91	390-333
Total points	220	151	163	189	723
Winners	40	30	42	35	147
%Winners	34%	35%	47%	36%	38%
SERVE
Aces	4	4	4	8	20
Double Faults	0	4	1	2	7
1st in	60/109	49/83	57/73	51/81	217/346
% 1st in	55%	59%	78%	63%	63%
1st pts	40/60	30/49	42/57	35/51	147/217
% 1st pts	67%	61%	74%	69%	68%
2nd pts	23/49	19/34	10/16	14/30	66/129
% 2nd pts	47%	56%	63%	47%	51%
Breaks
Won	8	5	2	4	19
Converted	8/19	5/10	2/9	4/10	19/48
Converted %	42%	50%	22%	40%	40%
Conceded	17	11	10	7	45
Saved	11/17	8/11	9/10	3/7	31
Saved %	65%	73%	90%	43%	68%
Times Broken	6	3	1	4	14

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