Jesper De Jong and Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Cancun Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 9:00 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 Jesper De Jong who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jesper De Jong is the pick to win this match.
Jesper De Jong -> 1.194
Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez -> 4.2

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Prediction and head to head Jesper De Jong vs. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez

There is no head to head record between Jesper De Jong and Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Jesper De Jong

Jesper De Jong

27 - 24win/loss

Hard
2-4
I Hard
3-2
Clay
20-13
Grass
2-5
Rank
76
High
76
LWLLLWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 35-31 8-7 20-13 5-6 2-5 0-0
2024 48-25 12-5 33-15 2-4 1-1 0-0
2023 52-23 19-4 30-14 0-2 3-3 0-0
2022 24-28 12-7 10-13 2-5 0-3 0-0
2021 32-29 2-6 27-18 3-5 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 79 (career-high), the Dutch will start his run in the Cancun Challenger after he played his last match in Umag where he lost 7-5 6-3 to Taberner in the quarter on the 24th of July.

Jesper has an overall 26-23 win-loss record in 2025, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

De Jong’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Murcia Challenger and Bastad.

Talking about his overall career, Jesper has an overall 279-170 record. He has a positive 87-43 record on hard.

Previously in the Cancun Challenger

De Jong has never competed in this tournament before.

Cancun Challenger
De Jong's Record

Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez

Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez

20 - 23win/loss

Hard
4-9
I Hard
0-1
Clay
16-13
Rank
233
High
196
LLLLLLWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-34 8-12 18-21 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, Pacheco Mendez reached the 2nd round after beating Marco Trungelliti 6-4 7-6(3).

In the 1st round, The Mexican had a good straight sets win against Trungelliti (6-4 7-63

). During the match Pacheco Mendez scored 96 points vs Trungelliti’s 90. The Mexican was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about serving, Pacheco Mendez bagged 6 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez lost the serve twice and he saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Pacheco Mendez put 58% of his first serves in, winning 70% (43/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (19/44) on the 2nd serve. Pacheco Mendez broke Trungelliti 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

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

Rodrigo has a composed 20-22 win-loss record in 2025, 4-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Cancun Challenger
Pacheco Mendez's Record

Tennis Scores in Cancun Challenger

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