Facundo Mena and Filip Cristian Jianu will play each other in the 1st round of the Sarasota Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:30 pm on NICK BOLLETTIERI COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Filip Cristian Jianu who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Filip Cristian Jianu is the pick to win this match.
Filip Cristian Jianu -> 1.58
Facundo Mena -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Filip Cristian Jianu

There is no head to head record

between Facundo Mena and Filip Cristian Jianu since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Facundo Mena

Facundo Mena

6 - 8win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
0-0
Clay
6-7
Rank
192
High
127
LLLWLLLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 6-10 0-1 6-9 0-0 0-0 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. 188, Facundo will start his run in the Sarasota Challenger after he played his last match in the Campinas Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-2 to Dutra Da Silva in the 2nd round on the 3rd of April.

Facundo has a compiled 6-8 win-loss record in 2025, 6-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Mena’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Piracicaba Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, Mena has an overall 466-327 record. He has a positive 391-269 record on clay.

Previously in the Sarasota Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2015 and 2016. See his history.

Sarasota Challenger
Mena's Record

Filip Cristian Jianu

Filip Cristian Jianu

8 - 13win/loss

Hard
2-5
I Hard
0-3
Clay
6-5
Rank
225
High
211
LLWWLWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 10-15 2-5 8-7 0-3 0-0 0-0
2024 70-34 0-0 70-33 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 52-35 2-2 44-29 6-4 0-0 0-0
2022 32-38 3-9 22-20 7-9 0-0 0-0
2021 50-39 7-5 41-28 2-4 0-1 0-1

Ranked no. 241, Cristian will start his run in the Sarasota Challenger after he played his last match in Bucharest where he lost 6-4 3-6 6-3 to Dzumhur in the 2nd round on the 3rd of April.

Filip has an aggregate 8-13 win-loss record in 2025, 6-5 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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In terms of his career, Cristian has an overall 292-208 record. He has a positive 247-151 record on clay.

Sarasota Challenger
Cristian's Record

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