Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez and Juan Alejandro Hernandez will face off in the 2nd round of the Merida Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:00 pm on ESTADIO LORENZO MOLINA. 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 Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez is the pick to win this match.
Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez -> 1.4
Juan Alejandro Hernandez -> 2.77
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Prediction and head to head Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez vs. Juan Alejandro Hernandez
This will be the 2nd time that Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez and Juan Alejandro Hernandez square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Pacheco Mendez (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Pacheco Mendez won 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round in M25 Antalya back in February 2025.
Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez
8 - 6win/loss
229
229
WLLWLWWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8-6 | 1-2 | 7-3 | 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. 229 (career-high), the Mexican reached the 2nd round after defeating Govind Nanda 6-0 6-1.
In the 1st round, Rodrigo had a good straight sets win against Nanda (6-0 6-1). During the match, Pacheco Mendez scored 49 points vs Nanda’s 22. The Mexican was exceptionally aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Regarding the service games, Pacheco Mendez struck 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (17/24) of his 1st serve and 70% (7/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Pacheco Mendez broke Nanda 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Pacheco Mendez has a winning record in the last 4 years having won 52% of his matches (62-57). 7-3 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Pacheco Mendez has a composed28-31 record in the last 4 years on clay.
Pacheco Mendez’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Antalya.
The Mexican has a compiled 8-6 win-loss record in 2025, 7-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Merida Challenger
Juan Alejandro Hernandez
9 - 6win/loss
595
462
WLWWWWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-6 | 6-2 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-17 | 13-8 | 11-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-26 | 19-18 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-19 | 18-10 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 595, Alejandro Hernandez reached the 2nd round after defeating Trey Hilderbrand 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Juan had a good straight sets win against Hilderbrand (6-4 6-2). During the match Alejandro Hernandez scored 71 points vs Hilderbrand’s 52. Juan was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Alejandro Hernandez scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Juan Alejandro Hernandez conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Alejandro Hernandez put 79% of his first serves in, winning 69% (34/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 77% (10/13) on the 2nd serve. The Mexican broke Hilderbrand 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Alejandro Hernandez’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Huamantla.
Alejandro Hernandez has a compiled 9-6 win-loss record in 2025, 3-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Merida Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pacheco Mendez | Alejandro Hernandez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 18 |
| Pts | 49-22 | 71-52 |
| Total Points | 71 | 123 |
| Winners | 17 | 34 |
| %Winners | 35% | 48% |
Both Pacheco Mendez and Alejandro Hernandez played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Pacheco Mendez and Alejandro Hernandez have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Pacheco Mendez played 5 games less than Alejandro Hernandez. The Mexican scored 17 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Mexican made 34 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pacheco Mendez | Alejandro Hernandez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
| 1st in | 24/34 | 49/62 |
| %1st in | 71% | 79% |
| 1st pts | 17/24 | 34/49 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 7/10 | 10/13 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 77% |
Pacheco Mendez made 4 aces . Alejandro Hernandez blasted 1 ace . Pacheco Mendez won 71% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Alejandro Hernandez won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 77% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pacheco Mendez | Alejandro Hernandez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 60% | 60% |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The Mexican broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Mexican pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Mexican broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Juan was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Pacheco Mendez | |||
| R1 Nanda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 49-22 | 49-22 | |
| Total points | 71 | 71 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 24/34 | 24/34 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 17/24 | 17/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Alejandro Hernandez | |||
| R1 Hilderbrand |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 71-52 | 71-52 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 49/62 | 49/62 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 34/49 | 34/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/13 | 10/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 77% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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