Facundo Mena and Mateus Alves will square off in the final of the Bogota Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 10:30 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 Mateus Alves who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mateus Alves is the pick to win this match.
Mateus Alves -> 1.85
Facundo Mena -> 1.89
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Mateus Alves
This will be the 2nd time that Facundo Mena and Mateus Alves face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Mena (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Mena won 3-6 6-1 6-2 in the quarter in M25 Telfs back in July 2024.
Facundo Mena
48 - 19win/loss
198
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. 243, Facundo reached the final after defeating Guido Ivan Justo 6-0 6-4, Tomas Farjat 6-4 3-6 7-6(3), Facundo Bagnis 5-7 6-3 6-2 and Karue Sell 6-4 6-7(5) 6-0.
In the semifinal, Facundo defeated Sell (6-4 6-75 6-0). During the match, Mena scored 108 points vs Sell’s 93. Mena was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mena managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Facundo Mena lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Mena put 54% of his first serves in, winning 68% (39/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (26/49) on the 2nd serve. Mena broke Sell 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Facundo has lost 3 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Mena has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (340-230). 44-18 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mena has a compiled 272-179 match record in the last years on clay.
The Argentine’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Villa Maria,M15 Santiago,the Santa Fe Challenger,the Ibague Challenger and M25 Telfs.
Facundo has a composed 47-19 win-loss record in 2024, 44-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bogota Challenger
Mateus Alves
35 - 18win/loss
271
271
LLWWWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 46-28 | 3-2 | 43-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 4-7 | 26-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-15 | 5-1 | 17-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-33 | 21-20 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 45-15 | 45-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 356 (career-high), the Brazilian got to the final after beating Lorenzo Claverie 6-3 6-3, Benjamin Lock 6-3 6-4, Bernard Tomic 3-6 6-2 7-6(4) and Nicolas Mejia 6-3 6-2.
In the semifinal, Alves had a good straight sets win against Mejia (6-3 6-2). During the match Alves scored 64 points vs Mejia’s 45. Mateus was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Alves blasted 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Mateus Alves conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 58% of his first serves in, win 90% (27/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Alves broke Mejia 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mateus has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Alves’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Maceio and M25 Marburg.
Alves has an aggregate 35-17 win-loss record in 2024, 32-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bogota Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mena | Alves |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 11 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 106 | 84 |
| Pts | 374-325 | 287-225 |
| Total Points | 699 | 512 |
| Winners | 139 | 126 |
| %Winners | 37% | 44% |
Both Mena and Alves played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Facundo Mena dropped 3 sets, while Mateus Alves dropped 1 set. Mena has played 2 sets more than Alves (11 vs 9). Therefore, Mena played 22 games more than Alves. Mena scored 139 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Mateus fired 126 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mena | Alves |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 27 | 40 |
| Avg per match | 6.8 | 10 |
| 1st in | 194/357 | 152/257 |
| %1st in | 54% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 139/194 | 126/152 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 90/163 | 56/105 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 53% |
Mena bagged 27 aces (6.8 per match). Alves fired 40 aces (10 per match). Mena won 72% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Alves won 83% 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 | Mena | Alves |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 12 |
| Converted | 17/31 | 12/29 |
| % Converted | 55% | 41% |
| Conceded | 23 | 12 |
| Saved | 17 | 8 |
| % Saved | 74% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 4 |
The Argentine broke his opponents 17 times with a 55% conversion rate. Facundo surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded. Alves broke his opponents 12 times with a 41% conversion rate. Alves conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mena | ||||||
| R1 Ivan |
R2 Farjat |
1/4 Bagnis |
1/2 Sell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-4 | 6-4 3-6 7-63 | 5-7 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-75 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 32 | 29 | 29 | 106 | |
| pts | 59-37 | 105-103 | 102-92 | 108-93 | 374-325 | |
| Total points | 96 | 208 | 194 | 201 | 699 | |
| Winners | 18 | 47 | 35 | 39 | 139 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 45% | 34% | 36% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 27 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | |
| 1st in | 26/50 | 62/111 | 49/90 | 57/106 | 194/357 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 56% | 54% | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 18/26 | 47/62 | 35/49 | 39/57 | 139/194 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 76% | 71% | 68% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/24 | 22/49 | 25/41 | 26/49 | 90/163 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 45% | 61% | 53% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/5 | 4/11 | 6/8 | 17/31 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 60% | 36% | 75% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 23 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 8/11 | 7/8 | 2/4 | 17 | |
| Saved % | – | 73% | 88% | 50% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| Alves | ||||||
| R1 Claverie |
R2 Lock |
1/4 Tomic |
1/2 Mejia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | 3-6 6-2 7-64 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 | 30 | 17 | 84 | |
| pts | 65-47 | 61-43 | 97-90 | 64-45 | 287-225 | |
| Total points | 112 | 104 | 187 | 109 | 512 | |
| Winners | 23 | 31 | 45 | 27 | 126 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 51% | 46% | 42% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 40 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 27/54 | 34/51 | 61/100 | 30/52 | 152/257 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 67% | 61% | 58% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 31/34 | 45/61 | 27/30 | 126/152 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 91% | 74% | 90% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 10/17 | 19/39 | 11/22 | 56/105 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | 49% | 50% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 2/4 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 12/29 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 50% | 40% | 60% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 12 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/0 | 7/11 | 0/0 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 64% | – | 41% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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