Alvaro Guillen Meza and Facundo Mena will face off in the semifinal of the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, 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 -> 1.73
Alvaro Guillen Meza -> 2

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Prediction and head to head Alvaro Guillen Meza vs. Facundo Mena

There is no head to head record between Alvaro Guillen Meza and Facundo Mena since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Alvaro Guillen Meza

Ranked no. 283, the Ecuadorian reached the semifinal after defeating Adria Soriano Barrera 7-6⁵ 6-3, Juan Bautista Torres 7-5 6-7² 6-1 and Garrett Johns 6-2 4-6 6-3.

In the quarter, The Ecuadorian defeated Johns (6-2 4-6 6-3). During the match, Guillen Meza scored 94 points vs Johns’s 81. Guillen Meza was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about the service games, Guillen Meza scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 4 double faults. Alvaro Guillen Meza lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Guillen Meza put 66% of his first serves in, winning 62% (40/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (21/34) on the 2nd serve. Alvaro broke Johns 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Ecuadorian has dropped 2 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Guillen Meza has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (112-78). 17-16 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Guillen Meza has an overall109-72 match record in the last 7 years on clay.

Guillen Meza’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Punta del Este.

Guillen Meza has a compiled 17-16 win-loss record in 2024, 17-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger

Guillen Meza has never competed in this tournament before.

Facundo Mena

Ranked no. 295, Facundo got to the semifinal after beating Nicolas Zanellato 7-6⁶ 6-1, Alejo Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen 6-2 7-5 and Leonardo Aboian 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter, Mena had a good straight sets win against Aboian (6-3 6-2). During the match Mena scored 74 points vs Aboian’s 56. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.

About the serving games, Mena scored 3 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Facundo Mena conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Mena put 60% of his first serves in, winning 64% (25/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 73% (19/26) on the 2nd serve. Facundo broke Aboian 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Argentine hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Mena’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Villa Maria,M15 Santiago and the Santa Fe Challenger.

Mena has a composed 33-14 win-loss record in 2024, 30-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Guillen Meza	Mena
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	8	6
Tot Games	81	57
Pts	285-252	230-174
Total Points	537	404
Winners	129	78
%Winners	45%	34%

Both Guillen Meza and Mena played 3 matches. At the moment, Alvaro Guillen Meza dropped 2 sets while Facundo Mena hasn’t dropped a set so far. Guillen Meza has played 2 sets more than Mena (8 vs 6). Therefore, Guillen Meza played 24 games more than Mena. Alvaro scored 129 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Mena fired 78 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Guillen Meza	Mena
Aces	4	11
Avg per match	1.3	3.7
1st in	202/290	107/183
%1st in	70%	58%
1st pts	129/202	78/107
%1st pts	64%	73%
2nd pts	52/88	46/76
%2nd pts	59%	61%

Guillen Meza managed to score 4 aces (1.3 per match). Mena struck 11 aces (3.7 per match). Guillen Meza won 64% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Mena won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Guillen Meza	Mena
Won	12	12
Converted	12/26	12/35
% Converted	46%	34%
Conceded	33	12
Saved	27	9
% Saved	82%	75%
Times Broken	6	3

The Ecuadorian broke his opponents 12 times with a 46% conversion rate. Alvaro surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponents 12 times with a 34% conversion rate. Mena conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Guillen Meza
	R1 Soriano Barrera	R2 Bautista Torres	1/4 Johns	Total
Score	7-65 6-3	7-5 6-72 6-1	6-2 4-6 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	22	32	27	81
pts	78-73	113-98	94-81	285-252
Total points	151	211	175	537
Winners	38	51	40	129
%Winners	49%	45%	43%	45%
SERVE
Aces	3	0	1	4
Double Faults	2	1	4	7
1st in	64/82	73/109	65/99	202/290
% 1st in	78%	67%	66%	70%
1st pts	38/64	51/73	40/65	129/202
% 1st pts	59%	70%	62%	64%
2nd pts	13/18	18/36	21/34	52/88
% 2nd pts	72%	50%	62%	59%
Breaks
Won	2	5	5	12
Converted	2/5	5/13	5/8	12/26
Converted %	40%	38%	63%	46%
Conceded	10	11	12	33
Saved	9/10	9/11	9/12	27
Saved %	90%	82%	75%	82%
Times Broken	1	2	3	6

Mena
	R1 Zanellato	R2 Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen	1/4 Aboian	Total
Score	7-66 6-1	6-2 7-5	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	20	20	17	57
pts	82-63	74-55	74-56	230-174
Total points	145	129	130	404
Winners	26	27	25	78
%Winners	32%	36%	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	5	3	3	11
Double Faults	0	0	0	0
1st in	34/54	34/64	39/65	107/183
% 1st in	63%	53%	60%	58%
1st pts	26/34	27/34	25/39	78/107
% 1st pts	76%	79%	64%	73%
2nd pts	10/20	17/30	19/26	46/76
% 2nd pts	50%	57%	73%	61%
Breaks
Won	5	4	3	12
Converted	5/20	4/5	3/10	12/35
Converted %	25%	80%	30%	34%
Conceded	3	4	5	12
Saved	1/3	3/4	5/5	9
Saved %	33%	75%	100%	69%
Times Broken	2	1	0	3

Tennis Scores in Santa Cruz De La Sierra 2 Challenger

• Hady HabibHabib – Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo (7-6³ 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Facundo MenaMena – Leonardo AboianAboian (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Garrett JohnsJohns (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Hady Habib/Trey HilderbrandHabib/Trey Hilderbrand – Leonardo Aboian/Valerio AboianAboian/Valerio Aboian (6-2 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Facundo MenaMena – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Hady HabibHabib (0-0) – H2H and prediction