
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.
As 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


17 - 16win/loss
220
220

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.
Giulio Zeppieri


17 - 12win/loss
351
110

Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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.
H2H Performance in the tournament
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



Tennis Scores in Sassuolo Challenger
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Michael GeertsGeerts (7-63 6-75 6-1) – See score progression
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Taro DanielDaniel (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Ryan NijboerNijboer (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Giovanni FonioFonio (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Federico BondioliBondioli – Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg (6-4 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (7-65 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez – Vilius GaubasGaubas (6-0 7-5) – See score progression
- Daniel RinconRincon – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (7-5 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (6-3 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Federico BondioliBondioli – Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg (6-4 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (6-3 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Giovanni FonioFonio (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (7-6(5) 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Ryan NijboerNijboer (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Dusan LajovicLajovic (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Elias YmerYmer (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (0-0) – H2H and prediction