Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva and Facundo Mena will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Montevideo Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 6:30 pm on CANCHA 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva who should win in 3 sets.
Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva -> 1.39
Facundo Mena -> 2.72
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Prediction and head to head Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva vs. Facundo Mena
This will be the 2nd time that Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva and Facundo Mena square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Lucas Reis Da (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Lucas Reis Da won 4-6 6-0 7-6(9) in the 2nd round in Brazil F5 (Mogi das Cruzes) back in 2018.
Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva
49 - 30win/loss
191
187
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50-32 | 0-2 | 50-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-28 | 3-3 | 21-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-32 | 4-7 | 24-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-24 | 4-3 | 31-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-30 | 8-5 | 24-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 187 (career-high), the Brazilian will start his run in the Montevideo Challenger after he played his last match in the Lima 3 Challenger where he lost 7-6(5) 7-6(3) to Tomas Barrios Vera in the final on the 9th of November.
Joao has a compiled 49-29 win-loss record in 2025, 49-28 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Santa Fe Challenger where he overcame Lautaro Midon in the final 6-4 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, The Brazilian has an overall 251-196 record. He has a positive 197-158 record on clay.
Previously in the Montevideo Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.
Facundo Mena
20 - 24win/loss
369
127
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-26 | 4-3 | 19-22 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-24 | 3-1 | 47-23 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-21 | 11-9 | 18-11 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-29 | 8-7 | 25-20 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-30 | 0-4 | 29-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 401, Facundo got to the 1st round after beating Benjamin Kittay 6-4 7-6(3) and Nicolas Barrientos 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Mena had a good straight sets win against Barrientos (6-3 6-4). During the match Mena scored 68 points vs Barrientos’s 60. Facundo was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Mena recorded 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Facundo Mena lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Mena put 53% of his first serves in, winning 71% (22/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Mena broke Barrientos 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mena started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
The Argentine’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Piracicaba Challenger.
Facundo has an overall 19-24 win-loss record in 2025, 15-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Montevideo Challenger
- Emilio NavaNava – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Cristian GarinGarin – Andrea CollariniCollarini (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ignacio BuseBuse – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gustavo HeideHeide – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Christian GarinGarin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Mariano NavoneNavone (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zdenek KolarKolar – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Facundo MenaMena (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Franco RoncadelliRoncadelli – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction