Alvaro Guillen Meza and Facundo Mena will fight against each other in the final of the Ibague Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:00 pm on CAMPO 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 -> 1.82
Alvaro Guillen Meza -> 1.92

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

This will be the 2^nd time that Alvaro Guillen Meza and Facundo Mena fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Guillen Meza (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Guillen Meza won 3-6 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger back in June 2024.

Alvaro Guillen Meza

Ranked no. 259 (career-high), the Ecuadorian got to the final after beating Juan Sebastian Osorio 6-1 6-0, Noah Schachter 6-0 6-2, Valerio Aboian 6-1 6-3 and Nicolas Mejia 6-3 6-2.

In the semifinal, The Ecuadorian had a good straight sets win against Mejia (6-3 6-2). During the match, Guillen Meza scored 65 points vs Mejia’s 49. Alvaro was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Regarding the service games, Guillen Meza scored just 1 ace in the match and he committed only 5 double faults. Alvaro Guillen Meza lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Guillen Meza put 57% of his first serves in, winning 64% (21/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (10/25) on the 2nd serve. The Ecuadorian broke Mejia 7 times after converting 78% of his break points (7/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Ecuadorian hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 63% of the points he played.

Guillen Meza has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (117-79). 22-17 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Guillen Meza has a composed114-73 record in the last 7 years on clay.

The Ecuadorian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Punta del Este and the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger.

Alvaro has a composed 22-17 win-loss record in 2024, 22-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Ibague Challenger

Guillen Meza has never competed in this tournament before.

Facundo Mena

Ranked no. 282, the Argentine reached the final after defeating Garrett Johns 7-6¹ 6-4, Juan Carlos Prado Angelo 6-4 7-6⁵

, Hady Habib 6-4 7-6⁶ and Matias Soto 7-6¹ 3-6 6-2.

In the semifinal, Facundo defeated Soto (7-6¹ 3-6 6-2). During the match Mena scored 105 points vs Soto’s 92. Facundo was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.

About the serving games, Mena blasted 13 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Facundo Mena lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Mena put 53% of his first serves in, winning 79% (37/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (18/42) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Soto 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Facundo has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

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

The Argentine has a compiled 37-15 win-loss record in 2024, 34-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Guillen Meza	Mena
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	8	9
Tot Games	60	99
Pts	234-136	323-294
Total Points	370	617
Winners	84	127
%Winners	36%	39%

Both Guillen Meza and Mena played 4 matches. At the moment, Facundo Mena dropped 1 set while Alvaro Guillen Meza hasn’t lost a set so far. Guillen Meza has played 1 set(s) less than Mena (8 vs 9). Therefore, Guillen Meza played 39 games less than Mena. The Ecuadorian scored 84 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Facundo made 127 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Guillen Meza	Mena
Aces	4	38
Avg per match	1	9.5
1st in	112/171	162/293
%1st in	65%	55%
1st pts	84/112	127/162
%1st pts	75%	78%
2nd pts	29/59	70/131
%2nd pts	49%	53%

Guillen Meza made 4 aces (1 per match). Mena managed to score 38 aces (9.5 per match). Guillen Meza won 75% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Mena won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Guillen Meza	Mena
Won	24	11
Converted	24/36	11/24
% Converted	67%	46%
Conceded	11	14
Saved	6	6
% Saved	55%	43%
Times Broken	5	8

The Ecuadorian broke his opponents 24 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Ecuadorian lost his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.

Guillen Meza
	R1 Sebastian Osorio	R2 Schachter	1/4 Aboian	1/2 Mejia	Total
Score	6-1 6-0	6-0 6-2	6-1 6-3	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	8
Tot Games	13	14	16	17	60
pts	53-22	51-23	65-42	65-49	234-136
Total points	75	74	107	114	370
Winners	14	24	25	21	84
%Winners	26%	47%	38%	32%	36%
SERVE
Aces	1	1	1	1	4
Double Faults	1	1	6	5	13
1st in	17/31	30/36	32/46	33/58	112/171
% 1st in	55%	83%	70%	57%	65%
1st pts	14/17	24/30	25/32	21/33	84/112
% 1st pts	82%	80%	78%	64%	75%
2nd pts	10/14	4/6	5/14	10/25	29/59
% 2nd pts	71%	67%	36%	40%	49%
Breaks
Won	6	5	6	7	24
Converted	6/8	5/6	6/13	7/9	24/36
Converted %	75%	83%	46%	78%	67%
Conceded	0	0	5	6	11
Saved	0/0	0/0	3/5	3/6	6
Saved %	–	–	60%	50%	28%
Times Broken	0	0	2	3	5

Mena
	R1 Johns	R2 Carlos Prado Angelo	1/4 Habib	1/2 Soto	Total
Score	7-61 6-4	6-4 7-65	6-4 7-66	7-61 3-6 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	23	23	23	30	99
pts	77-68	76-70	65-64	105-92	323-294
Total points	145	146	129	197	617
Winners	29	29	32	37	127
%Winners	38%	38%	49%	35%	39%
SERVE
Aces	4	7	14	13	38
Double Faults	3	2	0	6	11
1st in	38/67	35/69	42/68	47/89	162/293
% 1st in	57%	51%	62%	53%	55%
1st pts	29/38	29/35	32/42	37/47	127/162
% 1st pts	76%	83%	76%	79%	78%
2nd pts	16/29	16/34	20/26	18/42	70/131
% 2nd pts	55%	47%	77%	43%	53%
Breaks
Won	3	3	1	4	11
Converted	3/6	3/8	1/2	4/8	11/24
Converted %	50%	38%	50%	50%	46%
Conceded	4	4	1	5	14
Saved	2/4	2/4	1/1	1/5	6
Saved %	50%	50%	100%	20%	55%
Times Broken	2	2	0	4	8

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