Facundo Mena and Matias Soto will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Ibague Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 pm on CAMPO 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
Matias Soto -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Matias Soto
This will be the 3rd time that Facundo Mena and Matias Soto clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Soto (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Soto won 6-3 7-6(4) in the qualifications in the San Luis Potosi Challenger back in March 2024.
Facundo Mena
37 - 15win/loss
213
127
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. 282, Mena got to the semifinal after beating Garrett Johns 7-61 6-4, Juan Carlos Prado Angelo 6-4 7-65 and Hady Habib 6-4 7-66.
In the quarter, Facundo had a good straight sets win against Habib (6-4 7-66). During the match, Mena scored 65 points vs Habib’s 64. The Argentine was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mena struck 14 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Facundo Mena was very effective on serve to win 76% (32/42) of his 1st serve and 77% (20/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Facundo broke Habib once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Facundo hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Mena has good record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (329-226). 33-14 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mena has a compiled 261-175 record in the last years on clay.
Mena’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Villa Maria,M15 Santiago and the Santa Fe Challenger.
Mena has an aggregate 36-15 win-loss record in 2024, 33-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ibague Challenger
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
Matias Soto
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 57-27 | 10-9 | 43-17 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-19 | 4-4 | 14-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-7 | 7-3 | 14-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-9 | 6-3 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 379, Soto got to the semifinal after beating Nicolas Zanellato 6-4 6-4, Mateo Barreiros Reyes 7-63 6-2 and Juan Bautista Torres 6-2 6-4.
In the quarter, Matias had a good straight sets win against Bautista Torres (6-2 6-4). During the match Soto scored 64 points vs Bautista Torres’s 52. The Chilean was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Soto blasted 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Matias Soto lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Soto put 55% of his first serves in, winning 79% (23/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. Matias broke Bautista Torres 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chilean hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Matias’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the San Luis Potosi Challenger and M25 Trelew.
Matias has an aggregate 25-14 win-loss record in 2024, 15-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mena | Soto |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 69 | 59 |
| Pts | 218-202 | 230-183 |
| Total Points | 420 | 413 |
| Winners | 90 | 73 |
| %Winners | 41% | 32% |
Both Mena and Soto played 3 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Mena and Soto have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Mena played 10 games more than Soto. The Argentine scored 90 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Chilean scored 73 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mena | Soto |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 25 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 8.3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 115/204 | 97/180 |
| %1st in | 56% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 90/115 | 73/97 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 52/89 | 43/83 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 52% |
Mena fired 25 aces (8.3 per match). Soto blasted 12 aces (4 per match). Mena won 78% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Soto won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mena | Soto |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 12 |
| Converted | 7/16 | 12/31 |
| % Converted | 44% | 39% |
| Conceded | 9 | 8 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 56% | 38% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
The Argentine broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. The Chilean broke his opponents 12 times with a 39% conversion rate. Soto conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mena | |||||
| R1 Johns |
R2 Carlos Prado Angelo |
1/4 Habib |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-4 | 6-4 7-65 | 6-4 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | 23 | 69 | |
| pts | 77-68 | 76-70 | 65-64 | 218-202 | |
| Total points | 145 | 146 | 129 | 420 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | 32 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | 49% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 7 | 14 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 38/67 | 35/69 | 42/68 | 115/204 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 51% | 62% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 29/35 | 32/42 | 90/115 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 83% | 76% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 16/34 | 20/26 | 52/89 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 47% | 77% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/8 | 1/2 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 38% | 50% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2/4 | 1/1 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 100% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Soto | |||||
| R1 Zanellato |
R2 Barreiros |
1/4 Bautista |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 7-63 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 21 | 18 | 59 | |
| pts | 78-63 | 88-68 | 64-52 | 230-183 | |
| Total points | 141 | 156 | 116 | 413 | |
| Winners | 24 | 26 | 23 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 30% | 36% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 34/64 | 34/63 | 29/53 | 97/180 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 54% | 55% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 24/34 | 26/34 | 23/29 | 73/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 76% | 79% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 17/29 | 11/24 | 43/83 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 59% | 46% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 3/13 | 4/8 | 12/31 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 23% | 50% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 0/1 | 2/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 0% | 67% | 31% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWLWLWW Tennis Scores in Ibague Challenger
- Matias SotoSoto – Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Valerio AboianAboian (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Facundo MenaMena – Hady HabibHabib (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Tomas FarjatFarjat (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Tomas FarjatFarjat (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Matias SotoSoto – Facundo MenaMena (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Nicolas MejiaMejia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
