Facundo Mena and Leonardo Aboian will square off in the quarter of the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:30 pm on CANCHA 2. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Facundo Mena is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Mena -> 1.31
Leonardo Aboian -> 3.18
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Leonardo Aboian
This will be the 2nd time that Facundo Mena and Leonardo Aboian fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Mena (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Mena won 3-6 6-1 6-1 in the 1st round in the Porto Alegre Challenger back in May 2024.
Facundo Mena
33 - 14win/loss
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WLLWLLWLWW | 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. 295, the Argentine got to the quarter after beating Nicolas Zanellato 7-66 6-1 and Alejo Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen 6-2 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Mena had a good straight sets win against Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen (6-2 7-5). During the match, Mena scored 74 points vs Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen’s 55. Facundo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mena managed to score 3 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Facundo Mena was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (27/34) of his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Mena broke Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Mena has good record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (325-225). 29-13 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mena has a compiled 257-174 match record in the last years on clay.
Facundo’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Villa Maria,M15 Santiago and the Santa Fe Challenger.
Mena has an overall 32-14 win-loss record in 2024, 29-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger
Leonardo Aboian
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-27 | 0-0 | 33-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 0-0 | 30-28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-20 | 0-0 | 38-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-19 | 0-0 | 32-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 579, the Argentine got to the quarter after beating Federico Gonzalez Benitez 6-0 6-0, Wilson Leite 6-2 6-2, Ulises Blanch 7-65 6-4 and Andrea Collarini 6-3 1-2 ret..
In the 2nd round against Collarini, Aboian had a free pass after Collarini retired on a 6-3 1-2 . scoreline.
The Argentine’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Punta del Este.
Aboian has an aggregate 23-14 win-loss record in 2024, 23-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mena | Aboian |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 63 |
| Pts | 156-118 | 229-162 |
| Total Points | 274 | 391 |
| Winners | 53 | 88 |
| %Winners | 34% | 38% |
Mena played 2 matches while Aboian competed in 4 matches. Aboian started his run from the qualifications while Mena had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Leonardo Aboian surrendered 1 set while Facundo Mena hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Mena has played 5 set(s) less than Aboian (4 vs 9). Therefore, Mena played 23 games less than Aboian. Mena scored 53 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine managed to score 88 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mena | Aboian |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 68/118 | 111/191 |
| %1st in | 58% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 53/68 | 88/111 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 27/50 | 47/80 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 59% |
Mena fired 8 aces (4 per match). Aboian made 17 aces (4.3 per match). Mena won 78% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Aboian won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mena | Aboian |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 15 |
| Converted | 9/25 | 15/31 |
| % Converted | 36% | 48% |
| Conceded | 7 | 12 |
| Saved | 4 | 9 |
| % Saved | 57% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
The Argentine broke his opponents 9 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Argentine dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Aboian broke his opponents 15 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mena | ||||
| R1 Zanellato |
R2 Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-1 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | 40 | |
| pts | 82-63 | 74-55 | 156-118 | |
| Total points | 145 | 129 | 274 | |
| Winners | 26 | 27 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 36% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 34/54 | 34/64 | 68/118 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 53% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 27/34 | 53/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 79% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 17/30 | 27/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 57% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/20 | 4/5 | 9/25 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 80% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 3/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 75% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Aboian | ||||||
| Q1 Gonzalez |
Q3 Leite |
R1 Blanch |
R2 Collarini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-0 | 6-2 6-2 | 7-65 6-4 | 6-3 1-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 16 | 23 | 12 | 63 | |
| pts | 50-12 | 59-38 | 73-69 | 47-43 | 229-162 | |
| Total points | 62 | 97 | 142 | 90 | 391 | |
| Winners | 19 | 20 | 36 | 13 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 34% | 49% | 28% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 20/28 | 25/46 | 46/73 | 20/44 | 111/191 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 54% | 63% | 45% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 19/20 | 20/25 | 36/46 | 13/20 | 88/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 95% | 80% | 78% | 65% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/8 | 14/21 | 16/27 | 12/24 | 47/80 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 67% | 59% | 50% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 4/6 | 2/5 | 3/10 | 15/31 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 67% | 40% | 30% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/1 | 4/5 | 4/6 | 9 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 80% | 67% | 124% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
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