Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez and Etienne Donnet will square off in the 1^st round of the St. Tropez Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 11:30 am on COURT CMA CGM. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez is the pick to win this match.
Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez -> 1.49
Etienne Donnet -> 2.48

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Prediction and head to head Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez vs. Etienne Donnet

There is no head to head record between Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez and Etienne Donnet since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez

Ranked no. 212, the Mexican got to the 1^st round after beating Aidan Mchugh 3-6 7-6(7) 7-6(4) and Nikolay Vylegzhanin 6-4 6-3.

In the qualifications, The Mexican had a good straight sets win against Vylegzhanin (6-4 6-3). During the match, Pacheco Mendez scored 61 points vs Vylegzhanin’s 43. Rodrigo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Talking about the service games, Pacheco Mendez blasted 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Pacheco Mendez put 55% of his first serves in, winning 70% (19/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (9/22) on the 2nd serve. The Mexican broke Vylegzhanin 7 times after converting 88% of his break points (7/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Rodrigo started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Pacheco Mendez has won exactly 50% of his matches (77-76) in the last 4 years. 7-11 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pacheco Mendez has an overall36-33 record in the last 4 years on hard.

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

The Mexican has an overall 23-25 win-loss record in 2025, 7-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the St. Tropez Challenger

Pacheco Mendez has never competed in this tournament before.

Etienne Donnet

Ranked no. 477, Donnet reached the 1^st round after beating Egor Gerasimov 7-5 6-1 and Florent Bax 7-6(2) 2-6 6-3.

In the qualifications, The French player defeated Bax (7-6² 2-6 6-3). During the match Donnet scored 96 points vs Bax’s 88. Etienne was pretty aggressive to blast 48 winners.

About the serving games, Donnet bagged 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Etienne Donnet was pretty efficient on serve to win 73% (48/66) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The French player broke Bax twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Etienne started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

The French player best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Nonthaburi and M25 Monastir.

The French player has an aggregate 35-14 win-loss record in 2025, 29-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Pacheco Mendez	Donnet
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	54	49
Pts	168-147	169-140
Total Points	315	309
Winners	68	73
%Winners	40%	43%

Both Pacheco Mendez and Donnet played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez conceded 1 set, while Etienne Donnet lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Pacheco Mendez and Donnet have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Pacheco Mendez played 5 games more than Donnet. The Mexican scored 68 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The French player made 73 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Pacheco Mendez	Donnet
Aces	14	12
Avg per match	7	6
1st in	92/145	97/146
%1st in	63%	66%
1st pts	68/92	73/97
%1st pts	74%	75%
2nd pts	30/53	27/49
%2nd pts	57%	55%

Pacheco Mendez scored 14 aces (7 per match). Donnet scored 12 aces (6 per match). Pacheco Mendez won 74% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Donnet won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Pacheco Mendez	Donnet
Won	8	7
Converted	8/14	7/12
% Converted	57%	58%
Conceded	12	9
Saved	6	5
% Saved	50%	56%
Times Broken	6	4

Pacheco Mendez broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Rodrigo conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Donnet broke his opponents 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.

Pacheco Mendez
	Q1 Mchugh	Q3 Vylegzhanin	Total
Score	3-6 7-67 7-64	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	35	19	54
pts	107-104	61-43	168-147
Total points	211	104	315
Winners	49	19	68
%Winners	46%	31%	40%
SERVE
Aces	9	5	14
Double Faults	2	3	5
1st in	65/96	27/49	92/145
% 1st in	68%	55%	63%
1st pts	49/65	19/27	68/92
% 1st pts	75%	70%	74%
2nd pts	21/31	9/22	30/53
% 2nd pts	68%	41%	57%
Breaks
Won	1	7	8
Converted	1/6	7/8	8/14
Converted %	17%	88%	57%
Conceded	3	9	12
Saved	1/3	5/9	6
Saved %	33%	56%	45%
Times Broken	2	4	6

Donnet
	Q1 Gerasimov	Q3 Bax	Total
Score	7-5 6-1	7-62 2-6 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	19	30	49
pts	73-52	96-88	169-140
Total points	125	184	309
Winners	25	48	73
%Winners	34%	50%	43%
SERVE
Aces	6	6	12
Double Faults	2	5	7
1st in	31/56	66/90	97/146
% 1st in	55%	73%	66%
1st pts	25/31	48/66	73/97
% 1st pts	81%	73%	75%
2nd pts	14/25	13/24	27/49
% 2nd pts	56%	54%	55%
Breaks
Won	5	2	7
Converted	5/7	2/5	7/12
Converted %	71%	40%	58%
Conceded	5	4	9
Saved	4/5	1/4	5
Saved %	80%	25%	53%
Times Broken	1	3	4

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