Marco Trungelliti and Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Cancun Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on ESTADIO KATAN. 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 Trungelliti who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marco Trungelliti is the pick to win this match.
Marco Trungelliti -> 1.86
Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Marco Trungelliti vs. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez

This will be the 2nd time that Marco Trungelliti and Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Trungelliti (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Trungelliti won 2-6 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in the Heilbronn Challenger back in June 2025.

Marco Trungelliti

Marco Trungelliti

26 - 21win/loss

Hard
2-4
I Hard
0-0
Clay
23-15
Grass
1-2
Rank
135
High
112
LLLLWWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 44-28 4-5 39-18 0-3 1-2 0-0
2024 45-28 12-11 31-15 1-1 1-1 0-0
2023 38-29 7-8 30-19 1-1 0-1 0-0
2022 23-16 4-3 16-11 3-2 0-0 0-0
2021 27-16 4-2 20-11 0-2 3-1 0-0

Ranked no. 182, Trungelliti will start his run in the Cancun Challenger after he played his last match in Umag where he lost 7-6(2) 6-2 to Mikrut in the qualifications on the 19th of July.

The Argentine has a compiled 26-20 win-loss record in 2025, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the year was winning the title the Lyon Challenger where he overcame Daniel Merida Aguilar in the final 6-3 4-6 6-3.

Talking about his overall career, Trungelliti has an overall 523-368 record. He has a positive 90-75 record on hard.

Previously in the Cancun Challenger

The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.

Cancun Challenger
Trungelliti's Record

Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez

Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez

20 - 23win/loss

Hard
4-9
I Hard
0-1
Clay
16-13
Rank
216
High
196
LLLLWLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-32 8-12 18-19 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. 224, Rodrigo will start his run in the Cancun Challenger after he played his last match in the Chicago Challenger where he lost 7-6(7) 6-2

to Zheng in the 1st round on the 5th of August.

Pacheco has a composed 19-22 win-loss record in 2025, 3-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Pacheco’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Antalya and the Sassuolo Challenger.

In terms of his career, Rodrigo has an overall 73-73 record. He has a positive 32-30 record on hard.

Cancun Challenger
Pacheco's Record

Tennis Scores in Cancun Challenger

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