Facundo Mena and Mateus Alves will play each other in the 1st round of the Buenos Aires Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on CANCHA 2. 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.
Facundo Mena -> 1.61
Mateus Alves -> 2.2
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Mateus Alves
This will be the 3rd time that Facundo Mena and Mateus Alves square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Mena (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Mena won 6-4 7-5 in the final in the Bogota Challenger back in 2024.
Facundo Mena
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20-25 | 4-3 | 16-21 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 220, the Argentine will start his run in the Buenos Aires Challenger after he played his last match at the Australian Open where he lost 6-4 6-2 to Barranco in the qualifications on the 6th of January.
Facundo has an aggregate 0-1 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on clay.
Talking about his overall career, Facundo has an overall 460-320 record. He has a positive 385-262 record on clay.
Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2016 and 2019. See his history.
Mateus Alves
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28-26 | 1-4 | 27-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-31 | 3-5 | 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 |
Ranked no. 296, the Brazilian will start his run in the Buenos Aires Challenger after he played his last match in the Temuco Challenger where he lost 6-4 4-6 7-6(9) to Guillen in the 1st round on the 26th of November.
This will be the first match of the season on clay.
In terms of his career, Mateus has an overall 209-148 record. He has a positive 124-99 record on clay.
Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Buenos Aires Challenger
- Gonzalo BuenoBueno – Ezequiel MonferrerMonferrer (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gabriel DebruDebru – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler – Andres AndradeAndrade (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Santiago Rodriguez TavernaSantiago – Lautaro MidonLautaro (1-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mateus De Carvalho CardosoDe Carvalho Cardoso – Facundo MenaMena (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Emilio NavaNava – Alex Marti PujolrasMarti Pujolras (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max HoukesHoukes – Mariano KestelboimKestelboim (0-1) – H2H and prediction