Facundo Mena and Karue Sell will square off in the semifinal of the Bogota Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am 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 -> 1.7
Karue Sell -> 2.07
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Karue Sell
This will be the 2nd time that Facundo Mena and Karue Sell face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Mena (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Mena won 6-7(7) 6-4 6-1 in the quarter in the Porto Alegre Challenger back in May 2024.
Facundo Mena
47 - 19win/loss
213
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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. 243, Mena reached the semifinal after beating Guido Ivan Justo 6-0 6-4, Tomas Farjat 6-4 3-6 7-6(3) and Facundo Bagnis 5-7 6-3 6-2.
In the quarter against Bagnis, Facundo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-2). During the match, Mena scored 102 points vs Bagnis’s 92. The Argentine was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mena scored 12 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Facundo Mena was very efficient on serve to win 71% (35/49) of his 1st serve and 61% (25/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Argentine broke Bagnis 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mena has lost 2 set in this competition to win 53% of the points he played.
Mena has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (339-230). 43-18 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mena has an overall 271-179 match record in the last years on clay.
Mena’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Villa Maria,M15 Santiago,the Santa Fe Challenger,the Ibague Challenger and M25 Telfs.
Mena has a compiled 46-19 win-loss record in 2024, 43-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bogota Challenger
Karue Sell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 56-20 | 24-11 | 21-6 | 11-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 12-3 | 11-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 423, Karue got to the semifinal after beating Mateo Barreiros Reyes 7-6(2) 6-1, Alvaro Guillen Meza 6-3 6-4 and Juan Pablo Ficovich 6-4 6-0.
In the quarter, Sell had a good straight sets win against Pablo Ficovich (6-4 6-0). During the match Sell scored 50 points vs Pablo Ficovich’s 30. Sell was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Sell was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Karue Sell was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 67% (8/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brazilian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Pablo Ficovich 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Karue hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
Karue’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Ithaca and M15 San Diego.
Sell has an aggregate 38-12 win-loss record in 2024, 11-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bogota Challenger
Sell has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mena | Sell |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 77 | 55 |
| Pts | 266-232 | 193-134 |
| Total Points | 498 | 327 |
| Winners | 100 | 78 |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% |
Both Mena and Sell played 3 matches. At the moment, Facundo Mena dropped 2 sets while Karue Sell hasn’t conceded a set so far. Mena has played 2 sets more than Sell (8 vs 6). Therefore, Mena played 22 games more than Sell. Mena scored 100 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Sell made 78 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mena | Sell |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 6.7 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 137/251 | 104/162 |
| %1st in | 55% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 100/137 | 78/104 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 64/114 | 38/58 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 66% |
Mena scored 20 aces (6.7 per match). Sell made 5 aces (1.7 per match). Mena won 73% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Sell won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mena | Sell |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 11 |
| Converted | 11/23 | 11/25 |
| % Converted | 48% | 44% |
| Conceded | 19 | 10 |
| Saved | 15 | 7 |
| % Saved | 79% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
The Argentine broke his opponents 11 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Argentine lost his serve 4 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. The Brazilian broke his opponents 11 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Brazilian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mena | |||||
| R1 Ivan |
R2 Farjat |
1/4 Bagnis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-4 | 6-4 3-6 7-63 | 5-7 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 32 | 29 | 77 | |
| pts | 59-37 | 105-103 | 102-92 | 266-232 | |
| Total points | 96 | 208 | 194 | 498 | |
| Winners | 18 | 47 | 35 | 100 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 45% | 34% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 12 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 26/50 | 62/111 | 49/90 | 137/251 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 56% | 54% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 18/26 | 47/62 | 35/49 | 100/137 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 76% | 71% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/24 | 22/49 | 25/41 | 64/114 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 45% | 61% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/5 | 4/11 | 11/23 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 60% | 36% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 11 | 8 | 19 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 8/11 | 7/8 | 15 | |
| Saved % | – | 73% | 88% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Sell | |||||
| R1 Barreiros |
R2 Guillen |
1/4 Pablo Ficovich |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 19 | 16 | 55 | |
| pts | 70-47 | 73-57 | 50-30 | 193-134 | |
| Total points | 117 | 130 | 80 | 327 | |
| Winners | 29 | 23 | 26 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 32% | 52% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 39/56 | 32/61 | 33/45 | 104/162 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 52% | 73% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 29/39 | 23/32 | 26/33 | 78/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 72% | 79% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 19/29 | 8/12 | 38/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 66% | 67% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/12 | 4/4 | 11/25 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 25% | 100% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 5/6 | 2/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 83% | 100% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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