H2H, prediction of Facundo Mena vs Matias Soto in Ibague Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 28th June 2024

PREVIEW. Ibague Challenger. Mena and Soto will face off in the semifinal of the Ibague Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Friday the 28th of June

Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Matias Soto

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.

See updated oddsAs 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

Facundo Mena
Facundo Mena

37 - 15win/loss

Hard
3-1
I Hard
0-0
Clay
34-14
Rank
199
High
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.

Mena
Ibague Challenger
Mena's Record

Matias Soto

Matias Soto
Matias Soto

25 - 15win/loss

Hard
6-5
I Hard
4-1
Clay
15-9
Rank
296
High
296
WWWWWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 46-23 6-7 36-15 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).

Soto
Ibague Challenger
Soto's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

F.Mena
M.Soto
4h:54
4h:54
Time on court​
5h:13
5h:13
1h:23
1h:23
Last match​
1h:27
1h:27
3
3
Match played
3
3
69
69
Games Played​
59
59
6
6
Set played​​
6
6
218
218
Total points​
230
230
72.7
72.7
Avg point​
76.7
76.7
90
90
Winners
73
73
30
30
Avg Winners​
24.3
24.3
41%
41%
Ratio winners
32%
32%
-- Serve --
25
25
Aces
12
12
8.3
8.3
Avg Aces
4
4
5
5
Double Faults
7
7
1.7
1.7
Avg Double Faults
2.3
2.3
90/115
90/115
1st won total​
73/97
73/97
!
78%
78%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
52/89
52/89
2nd won total​
43/83
43/83
58%
58%
2nd won %
52%
52%
-- Break Points --
7/16
7/16
BP won
12/31
12/31
2.3/5.3
2.3/5.3
Avg BP won
4/10.3
4/10.3
44%
44%
Won
39%
39%
9
9
Conceded
8
8
3
3
Avg Conceded
2.7
2.7
4
4
Broken
5
5
1.3
1.3
Avg Broken
1.7
1.7
5
5
Saved
3
3

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

Win Loss
Mena
WLLWLLWLWW
Soto
WWWWWWLWWW
2024 2023 2022
51 - 24
46 - 23
3-1
Hard
6-7
1-0
I Hard
4-1
47-23
Clay
36-15

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