Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez and Ernesto Escobedo will play each other in the 1st round of the Puerto Vallarta Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 9:30 pm on PUERTO VALLARTA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ernesto Escobedo who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Ernesto Escobedo is the pick to win this match.
Ernesto Escobedo -> 1.68
Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez -> 2.09

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Prediction and head to head Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez vs. Ernesto Escobedo

This will be the 2nd time that Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez and Ernesto Escobedo face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Escobedo (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Escobedo won 6-3 7-5 in the final in M15 Villahermosa back in May 2024.

Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez

Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez

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Rank
231
High
231
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 7-5 1-1 6-3 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 38-27 22-12 12-14 4-1 0-0 0-0
2023 13-15 6-6 7-9 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 3-9 1-4 2-5 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 413, Rodrigo will start his run in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger after he won the title in M15 Morelia after beating 7-5 6-1 Brumm in the final.

The Mexican has a composed 36-25 win-loss record in 2024, 20-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Pacheco Mendez’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Xalapa,M15 Villahermosa,M15 Guatemala and M15 Morelia.

The Mexican won his last 5 matches.

Talking about his overall career, Pacheco Mendez has an overall 52-49 record. He has a positive 27-20 record on hard.

Previously in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.

Puerto Vallarta Challenger
Pacheco Mendez's Record

Ernesto Escobedo

Ernesto Escobedo

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Rank
451
High
67
LWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 2-3 0-0 2-1 0-2 0-0 0-0
2024 31-25 21-15 1-6 9-4 0-0 0-0
2023 25-17 19-12 4-2 2-3 0-0 0-0
2022 25-31 16-16 4-5 5-6 0-4 0-0
2021 28-25 17-12 6-8 2-3 3-2 0-0

Ranked no. 460, Ernesto will start his run in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger after he played his last match in the Knoxville Challenger where he lost 6-2 2-1 ret. to Baris in the qualifications on the 3rd

of November.

The American has an overall 29-23 win-loss record in 2024, 19-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The American’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Villahermosa.

In terms of his career, The American has an overall 307-243 record. He has a positive 223-153 record on hard.

Previously in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.

Puerto Vallarta Challenger
Escobedo's Record

Tennis Scores in Puerto Vallarta Challenger

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