Pedro Sakamoto and Facundo Mena will face off in the 2nd round of the Lima 1 Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 5:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Facundo Mena who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Facundo Mena is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Mena -> 1.67
Pedro Sakamoto -> 2.12

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Prediction and head to head Pedro Sakamoto vs. Facundo Mena

This will be the 5th time that Pedro Sakamoto and Facundo Mena face off. The head to head is 2-2 for Sakamoto and Mena (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Sakamoto won 7-6(6) 0-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in M15 Naples back in 2019.

Pedro Sakamoto

Pedro Sakamoto

14 - 14win/loss

Hard
1-1
I Hard
0-0
Clay
13-13
Rank
335
High
271
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 35-30 7-3 28-27 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 39-24 4-2 35-22 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 5-5 0-0 5-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 21-24 2-3 19-21 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 18-14 2-2 14-10 2-2 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 304, Sakamoto reached the 2nd round after beating Milledge Cossu 6-1 6-0.

In the 1st round, The Brazilian had a good straight sets win against Cossu (6-1 6-0). During the match, Sakamoto scored 54 points vs Cossu’s 24. Pedro was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sakamoto bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Pedro Sakamoto was pretty efficient on serve to win 72% (18/25) of his 1st serve and 83% (10/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sakamoto broke Cossu 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Sakamoto has positive record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (300-214). 13-12 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Sakamoto has a compiled 283-195 match record in the last years on clay.

The Brazilian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Tucuman.

Pedro has an aggregate 14-13 win-loss record in 2024, 13-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lima 1 Challenger

Lima 1 Challenger
Sakamoto's Record

Facundo Mena

Facundo Mena

30 - 13win/loss

Hard
3-1
I Hard
0-0
Clay
27-12
Rank
213
High
127
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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
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Ranked no. 307, the Argentine reached the 2nd

round after beating Roberto Cid Subervi 3-6 7-62 7-5.

In the 1st round against Cid, The Argentine recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-62 7-5). During the match Mena scored 112 points vs Cid’s 101. Facundo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Talking about serving, Mena bagged 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Facundo Mena was quite effective on serve to win 75% (46/61) of his 1st serve and 65% (22/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Facundo broke Cid twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).

Facundo’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Villa Maria,M15 Santiago and the Santa Fe Challenger.

The Argentine has an aggregate 29-13 win-loss record in 2024, 26-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Lima 1 Challenger
Mena's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

P.Sakamoto
F.Mena
0h:50
0h:50
Time on court​
!
3h:07
3h:07
!
0h:50
0h:50
Last match​
!
3h:07
3h:07
1
1
Match played
1
1
13
13
Games Played​
34
34
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
54
54
Total points​
112
112
54
54
Avg point​
112
112
18
18
Winners
46
46
18
18
Avg Winners​
46
46
33%
33%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
5
5
2
2
Avg Aces
5
5
1
1
Double Faults
4
4
1
1
Avg Double Faults
4
4
18/25
18/25
1st won total​
46/61
46/61
!
72%
72%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
10/12
10/12
2nd won total​
22/34
22/34
!
83%
83%
2nd won %
!
65%
65%
-- Break Points --
5/8
5/8
BP won
2/9
2/9
5/8
5/8
Avg BP won
2/9
2/9
!
63%
63%
Won
!
22%
22%
0
0
Conceded
5
5
0
0
Avg Conceded
5
5
0
0
Broken
2
2
!
0
0
Avg Broken
2
2
0
0
Saved
3
3
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sakamoto Mena
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 13 34
Pts 54-24 112-101
Total Points 78 213
Winners 18 46
%Winners 33% 41%

Both Sakamoto and Mena played 1 match. At the moment, Facundo Mena surrendered 1 set while Pedro Sakamoto hasn’t conceded a set so far. Sakamoto has played 1 set(s) less than Mena (2 vs 3). Therefore, Sakamoto played 21 games less than Mena. Sakamoto scored 18 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Facundo scored 46 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sakamoto Mena
Aces 2 5
Avg per match 2 5
1st in 25/37 61/95
%1st in 68% 64%
1st pts 18/25 46/61
%1st pts 72% 75%
2nd pts 10/12 22/34
%2nd pts 83% 65%

Sakamoto fired 2 aces . Mena blasted 5 aces . Sakamoto won 72% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 83% of the points. On the other side, Mena won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Sakamoto Mena
Won 5 2
Converted 5/8 2/9
% Converted 63% 22%
Conceded 0 5
Saved 0 3
% Saved 0% 60%
Times Broken 0 2

The Brazilian broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Pedro was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Facundo broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Sakamoto
R1
Cossu		 Total
Score 6-1 6-0
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 13 13
pts 54-24 54-24
Total points 78 78
Winners 18 18
%Winners 33% 33%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 25/37 25/37
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 18/25 18/25
% 1st pts 72% 72%
2nd pts 10/12 10/12
% 2nd pts 83% 83%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/8 5/8
Converted % 63% 63%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % – 0%
Times Broken 0 0
Mena
R1
Cid		 Total
Score 3-6 7-62 7-5
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 34 34
pts 112-101 112-101
Total points 213 213
Winners 46 46
%Winners 41% 41%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 61/95 61/95
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 46/61 46/61
% 1st pts 75% 75%
2nd pts 22/34 22/34
% 2nd pts 65% 65%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/9 2/9
Converted % 22% 22%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 3/5 3
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 2 2

Tennis Scores in Lima 1 Challenger

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