H2H, prediction of Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez vs Giulio Zeppieri in Sassuolo Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 18th June 2025

PREVIEW. Sassuolo Challenger. Pacheco Mendez and Zeppieri will face off in the 2nd round of the Sassuolo Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Wednesday the 18th of June

Prediction and head to head Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez vs. Giulio Zeppieri

Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez and Giulio Zeppieri will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Sassuolo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 5:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Giulio Zeppieri who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Giulio Zeppieri is the pick to win this match.
Giulio Zeppieri -> 1.43
Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez -> 2.66

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Prediction and head to head Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez vs. Giulio Zeppieri

There is no head to head record between Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez and Giulio Zeppieri since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez

Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez
Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez

17 - 16win/loss

Hard
3-4
I Hard
0-1
Clay
14-11
Rank
220
High
220
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 19-18 3-4 16-13 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. 259, Rodrigo got to the 2nd round after defeating Vilius Gaubas 6-0 7-5.

In the 1st round, Rodrigo had a good straight sets win against Gaubas (6-0 7-5). During the match, Pacheco Mendez scored 65 points vs Gaubas’s 50. Pacheco Mendez was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Pacheco Mendez made 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Pacheco Mendez put 53% of his first serves in, winning 73% (24/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. The Mexican broke Gaubas 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).

Pacheco Mendez has a winning record in the last 4 years having won 51% of his matches (71-67). 14-11 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Pacheco Mendez has an overall35-39 match record in the last 4 years on clay.

Pacheco Mendez’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Antalya.

Pacheco Mendez has a composed 17-16 win-loss record in 2025, 14-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sassuolo Challenger

Rodrigo has never competed in this tournament before.

Pacheco Mendez
Sassuolo Challenger
Pacheco Mendez's Record

Giulio Zeppieri

Giulio Zeppieri
Giulio Zeppieri

17 - 12win/loss

Hard
3-3
I Hard
3-1
Clay
11-8
Rank
351
High
110
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 20-15 3-3 11-10 3-1 3-1 0-0
2024 18-18 8-4 7-10 3-4 0-0 0-0
2023 41-26 7-5 19-13 14-7 1-1 0-0
2022 30-31 1-2 25-22 4-6 0-1 0-0
2021 27-20 0-0 26-16 1-4 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 368, Giulio got to the 2nd round after beating Stefano Napolitano 6-3 6-2.

In the 1st round, Giulio had a good straight sets win against Napolitano (6-3 6-2). During the match Zeppieri scored 55 points vs Napolitano’s 40. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about serving, Zeppieri made 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Giulio Zeppieri was very effective on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Giulio broke Napolitano 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Zeppieri’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Koblenz Challenger.

Zeppieri has a compiled 17-12 win-loss record in 2025, 11-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sassuolo Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.

Zeppieri
Sassuolo Challenger
Zeppieri's Record
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Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

R.Pacheco Mendez
G.Zeppieri
!
1h:37
1h:37
Time on court​
1h:04
1h:04
1h:37
1h:37
Last match​
1h:04
1h:04
1
1
Match played
1
1
18
18
Games Played​
17
17
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
65
65
Total points​
55
55
65
65
Avg point​
55
55
24
24
Winners
21
21
24
24
Avg Winners​
21
21
37%
37%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
6
6
2
2
Avg Aces
6
6
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
3
3
Avg Double Faults
2
2
24/33
24/33
1st won total​
21/28
21/28
!
73%
73%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
13/29
13/29
2nd won total​
15/28
15/28
45%
45%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
6/12
6/12
BP won
4/6
4/6
6/12
6/12
Avg BP won
4/6
4/6
50%
50%
Won
!
67%
67%
4
4
Conceded
1
1
4
4
Avg Conceded
1
1
2
2
Broken
1
1
2
2
Avg Broken
1
1
2
2
Saved
0
0

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Pacheco Mendez Zeppieri
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 17
Pts 65-50 55-40
Total Points 115 95
Winners 24 21
%Winners 37% 38%

Both Pacheco Mendez and Zeppieri played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Pacheco Mendez and Zeppieri have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Pacheco Mendez played 1 game more than Zeppieri. Pacheco Mendez scored 24 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Giulio bagged 21 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Pacheco Mendez Zeppieri
Aces 2 6
Avg per match 2 6
1st in 33/62 28/56
%1st in 53% 50%
1st pts 24/33 21/28
%1st pts 73% 75%
2nd pts 13/29 15/28
%2nd pts 45% 54%

Pacheco Mendez made 2 aces . Zeppieri scored 6 aces . Pacheco Mendez won 73% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Zeppieri won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Pacheco Mendez Zeppieri
Won 6 4
Converted 6/12 4/6
% Converted 50% 67%
Conceded 4 1
Saved 2 0
% Saved 50% 0%
Times Broken 2 1

Rodrigo broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Mexican lost his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Giulio broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Giulio conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Pacheco Mendez
R1
Gaubas
Total
Score 6-0 7-5
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 65-50 65-50
Total points 115 115
Winners 24 24
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 33/62 33/62
% 1st in 53% 53%
1st pts 24/33 24/33
% 1st pts 73% 73%
2nd pts 13/29 13/29
% 2nd pts 45% 45%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/12 6/12
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 2/4 2
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 2 2
Zeppieri
R1
Napolitano
Total
Score 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 55-40 55-40
Total points 95 95
Winners 21 21
%Winners 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 28/56 28/56
% 1st in 50% 50%
1st pts 21/28 21/28
% 1st pts 75% 75%
2nd pts 15/28 15/28
% 2nd pts 54% 54%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/6 4/6
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 0/1 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 1 1

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Pacheco Mendez
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Zeppieri
LLWWWLWLLW
2025 2024 2023
19 - 17
20 - 15
3-4
Hard
3-3
0-0
I Hard
3-1
16-13
Clay
11-10
0-0
Grass
3-1

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