Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez and Nikolay Vylegzhanin will square off in the qualifications of the St. Tropez Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 3:00 pm on COURT SAINT-TROPEZ. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez who should win in 2 sets.
Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez -> 1.33
Nikolay Vylegzhanin -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez vs. Nikolay Vylegzhanin
There is no head to head record between Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez and Nikolay Vylegzhanin since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez
22 - 25win/loss
216
196
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-33 | 8-12 | 18-20 | 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. 211 (career-high), the Mexican got to the qualifications after defeating Aidan Mchugh 3-6 7-6(7) 7-6(4).
In the qualifications against Mchugh, Pacheco Mendez recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-67 7-64). During the match, Pacheco Mendez scored 107 points vs Mchugh’s 104. The Mexican was extremely aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pacheco Mendez blasted 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 75% (49/65) of his 1st serve and 68% (21/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Pacheco Mendez broke Mchugh once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).
Pacheco Mendez has won exactly 50% of his matches (76-76) in the last 4 years. 6-11 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Pacheco Mendez has an aggregate35-33 record in the last 4 years on hard.
Rodrigo’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Antalya and the Sassuolo Challenger.
Rodrigo has an overall 22-25 win-loss record in 2025, 6-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Tropez Challenger
Pacheco Mendez has never competed in this tournament before.
Nikolay Vylegzhanin
28 - 22win/loss
503
459
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35-29 | 12-10 | 11-8 | 12-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-29 | 20-10 | 2-7 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2023 | 38-23 | 4-5 | 8-8 | 22-8 | 0-0 | 4-2 |
| 2022 | 34-19 | 18-8 | 10-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 5-2 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 488, Nikolay reached the qualifications after defeating Felix Corwin 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Corwin (6-4 6-4). During the match Vylegzhanin scored 67 points vs Corwin’s 56. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Vylegzhanin made 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Nikolay Vylegzhanin lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Vylegzhanin put 67% of his first serves in, winning 67% (28/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 29% (6/21) on the 2nd serve. Vylegzhanin broke Corwin 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
The Russian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M25 Creteil.
Vylegzhanin has an aggregate 28-22 win-loss record in 2025, 9-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Tropez Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pacheco Mendez | Vylegzhanin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 20 |
| Pts | 107-104 | 67-56 |
| Total Points | 211 | 123 |
| Winners | 49 | 28 |
| %Winners | 46% | 42% |
Both Pacheco Mendez and Vylegzhanin played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez conceded 1 set while Nikolay Vylegzhanin hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Pacheco Mendez has played 1 set more than Vylegzhanin (3 vs 2). Therefore, Pacheco Mendez played 15 games more than Vylegzhanin. Pacheco Mendez scored 49 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian recorded 28 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pacheco Mendez | Vylegzhanin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 3 |
| 1st in | 65/96 | 42/63 |
| %1st in | 68% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 49/65 | 28/42 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 21/31 | 6/21 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 29% |
Pacheco Mendez struck 9 aces . Vylegzhanin bagged 3 aces . Pacheco Mendez won 75% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Vylegzhanin won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 29% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pacheco Mendez | Vylegzhanin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 6 |
| Converted | 1/6 | 6/8 |
| % Converted | 17% | 75% |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 33% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Rodrigo broke his opponent once with a 17% conversion rate. Rodrigo dropped his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Nikolay broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pacheco Mendez | |||
| Q1 Mchugh | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-67 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 107-104 | 107-104 | |
| Total points | 211 | 211 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 65/96 | 65/96 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 49/65 | 49/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/31 | 21/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/6 | 1/6 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 17% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Vylegzhanin | |||
| Q1 Corwin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 67-56 | 67-56 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 42/63 | 42/63 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 28/42 | 28/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/21 | 6/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 29% | 29% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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