Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez and Gonzalo Villanueva will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Lima 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on CANCHA 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez who should win in 3 sets.
Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez -> 1.39
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 2.72
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Prediction and head to head Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez vs. Gonzalo Villanueva
There is no head to head record between Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez and Gonzalo Villanueva since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez
26 - 31win/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. 202, the Mexican will start his run in the Lima 3 Challenger after he played his last match in the Costa Do Sauipe Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Nava in the 1st round on the 23rd of October.
Pacheco Mendez has a compiled 26-30 win-loss record in 2025, 18-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Mexican’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Antalya and the Sassuolo Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The Mexican has an overall 80-81 record. He has a negative 39-45 record on clay.
Previously in the Lima 3 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
Gonzalo Villanueva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44-30 | 0-0 | 40-29 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-34 | 2-2 | 41-32 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-40 | 5-4 | 39-36 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-33 | 1-5 | 31-28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-29 | 5-10 | 23-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 344, Gonzalo got to the 1st round after beating Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi 3-6 7-6(3) 6-2 and Juan Manuel La Serna 7-5 6-0.
In the qualifications, Villanueva had a good straight sets win against Manuel La Serna (7-5 6-0). During the match Villanueva scored 63 points vs Manuel La Serna’s 49. Villanueva was extremely aggressive to blast 16 winners.
About the serving games, Villanueva wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Gonzalo Villanueva lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Villanueva put 55% of his first serves in, winning 55% (16/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Manuel La Serna 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Villanueva’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Coquimbo and M25 Trelew.
Gonzalo has an overall 43-28 win-loss record in 2025, 39-27 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Lima 3 Challenger
- Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Tristan BoyerBoyer (1-6 6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres – Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo (7-62 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (7-6(5) 3-6 7-6(3)) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Cristian GarinGarin – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gonzalo BuenoBueno – Vilius GaubasGaubas (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (7-65 3-6 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Arklon Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino (6-3 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Murkel DellienDellien – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-2 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (2-6 6-0 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Mariano KestelboimKestelboim (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alex BarrenaBarrena – Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Lautaro MidonMidon (7-64 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Zdenek KolarKolar (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hady HabibHabib – Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo (7-62 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Christian GarinGarin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Hady HabibHabib – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Carlos TabernerTaberner (0-0) – H2H and prediction