Facundo Mena and Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi will square off in the 2nd round of the Antofagasta Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on CANCHA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.46
Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi -> 2.56

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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi

This will be the 2nd time that Facundo Mena and Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Mena (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Mena won 1-6 6-2 6-0 in the 1st round in M25 Punta del Este back in February 2024.

Facundo Mena

Facundo Mena

49 - 21win/loss

Hard
3-1
I Hard
0-0
Clay
46-20
Rank
213
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. 210, Facundo reached the 2nd round after beating Daniel Dutra Da Silva 6-2 6-1.

In the 1st round, Facundo had a good straight sets win against Dutra Da Silva (6-2 6-1). During the match, Mena scored 60 points vs Dutra Da Silva’s 35. Mena was very aggressive to blast 13 winners.

Regarding the service games, Mena struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Facundo Mena was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (13/17) of his 1st serve and 72% (18/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mena broke Dutra Da Silva 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Mena has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (342-231). 46-19 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mena has an aggregate 274-180 match record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Bogota Challenger where he defeated Mateus Alves in the final 6-4 7-5.

Facundo has an overall 49-20 win-loss record in 2024, 46-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Antofagasta Challenger

Antofagasta Challenger
Mena's Record

Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi

Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi

33 - 20win/loss

Clay
33-20
Rank
406
High
367
LLLWLWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 42-30 1-3 41-27 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 45-23 0-0 45-23 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 29-14 0-1 29-13 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 409 (career-high), Luciano got to the 2nd round after beating Boris Arias 6-2 6-4, Anders Matta 6-2 6-1 and Ignacio Antonio Becerra Otarola 6-3 6-1.

In the 1st round, Emanuel had a good straight sets win against Antonio Becerra Otarola (6-3 6-1). During the match Emanuel scored 58 points vs Antonio Becerra Otarola’s 32. The Argentine was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about serving, Emanuel wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Emanuel put 65% of his first serves in, winning 69% (22/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the 2nd serve. Emanuel broke Antonio Becerra Otarola 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

The Argentine’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Bragado.

Luciano has a compiled 32-20 win-loss record in 2024, 32-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Antofagasta Challenger

Luciano has never competed in this tournament before.

Antofagasta Challenger
Emanuel's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

F.Mena
L.Emanuel Ambrogi
1h:16
1h:16
Time on court​
!
3h:46
3h:46
1h:16
1h:16
Last match​
1h:05
1h:05
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
15
15
Games Played​
49
49
2
2
Set played​​
6
6
60
60
Total points​
194
194
60
60
Avg point​
64.7
64.7
13
13
Winners
67
67
13
13
Avg Winners​
22.3
22.3
22%
22%
Ratio winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
3
3
2
2
Avg Aces
1
1
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
1
1
Avg Double Faults
0.7
0.7
13/17
13/17
1st won total​
67/86
67/86
!
76%
76%
1st won %
!
78%
78%
18/25
18/25
2nd won total​
34/49
34/49
!
72%
72%
2nd won %
!
69%
69%
-- Break Points --
5/12
5/12
BP won
14/30
14/30
5/12
5/12
Avg BP won
4.7/10
4.7/10
42%
42%
Won
47%
47%
2
2
Conceded
7
7
2
2
Avg Conceded
2.3
2.3
0
0
Broken
2
2
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
0.7
0.7
2
2
Saved
5
5

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Mena Emanuel
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 2 6
Tot Games 15 49
Pts 60-35 194-117
Total Points 95 311
Winners 13 67
%Winners 22% 35%

Mena played 1 match while Emanuel competed in 3 matches. Emanuel started his run from the qualifications while Mena had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Mena has played 4 set(s) less than Emanuel (2 vs 6). Therefore, Mena played 34 games less than Emanuel. Mena scored 13 winners (22% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine managed to score 67 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve Mena Emanuel
Aces 2 3
Avg per match 2 1
1st in 17/42 86/135
%1st in 40% 64%
1st pts 13/17 67/86
%1st pts 76% 78%
2nd pts 18/25 34/49
%2nd pts 72% 69%

Mena recorded 2 aces . Emanuel fired 3 aces (1 per match). Mena won 76% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, Emanuel won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Mena Emanuel
Won 5 14
Converted 5/12 14/30
% Converted 42% 47%
Conceded 2 7
Saved 2 5
% Saved 100% 71%
Times Broken 0 2

Mena broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Mena very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. Luciano broke his opponents 14 times with a 47% conversion rate. Luciano conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Mena
R1
Dutra Da Silva
Total
Score 6-2 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 15
pts 60-35 60-35
Total points 95 95
Winners 13 13
%Winners 22% 22%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 17/42 17/42
% 1st in 40% 40%
1st pts 13/17 13/17
% 1st pts 76% 76%
2nd pts 18/25 18/25
% 2nd pts 72% 72%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/12 5/12
Converted % 42% 42%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 2/2 2
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Emanuel
Q1
Arias
Q3
Matta
R1
Antonio Becerra Otarola
Total
Score 6-2 6-4 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 18 15 16 49
pts 72-51 64-34 58-32 194-117
Total points 123 98 90 311
Winners 27 18 22 67
%Winners 38% 28% 38% 35%
SERVE
Aces 2 1 0 3
Double Faults 1 0 1 2
1st in 32/53 22/33 32/49 86/135
% 1st in 60% 67% 65% 64%
1st pts 27/32 18/22 22/32 67/86
% 1st pts 84% 82% 69% 78%
2nd pts 13/21 9/11 12/17 34/49
% 2nd pts 62% 82% 71% 69%
Breaks
Won 3 6 5 14
Converted 3/11 6/12 5/7 14/30
Converted % 27% 50% 71% 47%
Conceded 3 1 3 7
Saved 3/3 0/1 2/3 5
Saved % 100% 0% 67% 167%
Times Broken 0 1 1 2

Tennis Scores in Antofagasta Challenger

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