Facundo Mena and Marco Cecchinato will play each other in the 1st round of the Trieste Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Marco Cecchinato who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marco Cecchinato is the pick to win this match.
Marco Cecchinato -> 1.57
Facundo Mena -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Facundo Mena vs. Marco Cecchinato

There is no head to head record between Facundo Mena and Marco Cecchinato since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Facundo Mena

Facundo Mena

12 - 18win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
0-0
Clay
12-16
Grass
0-1
Rank
369
High
127
WWWLWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 25-26 4-3 21-22 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. 254, Mena will start his run in the Trieste Challenger after he played his last match at Wimbledon where he lost 7-5 6-1 to Blockx in the qualifications on the 23rd of June.

The Argentine has an overall 12-18 win-loss record in 2025, 12-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Facundo’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Piracicaba Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, Mena has an overall 472-337 record. He has a positive 397-278 record on clay.

Previously in the Trieste Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See his history.

Trieste Challenger
Mena's Record

Marco Cecchinato

Marco Cecchinato

23 - 19win/loss

Clay
23-19
Rank
230
High
16
LWLLWWWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 39-34 0-0 39-34 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 26-25 0-2 26-23 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 13-23 1-4 12-17 0-0 0-2 0-0
2022 43-33 0-3 43-30 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 32-27 1-5 31-19 0-2 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 300, the Italian will start his run in the Trieste Challenger after he played his last match in the Modena Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-0

to Kym in the quarter on the 4th of July.

Cecchinato has a composed 23-19 win-loss record in 2025, 23-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Milan Challenger where he defeated Dino Prizmic in the final 6-2 6-3.

In terms of his career, The Italian has an overall 488-362 record. He has a positive 447-271 record on clay.

Previously in the Trieste Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.

Trieste Challenger
Cecchinato's Record

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